[AT] OT Bachtold Brothers log splitter

[jtchall at nc.rr.com]

I forgot about Surplus Center! I haven't seen the pump. Dad was helping the 
guy try to get the coupler off so they could put on a new one. Doing 
something both of them new better than to do, they broke the pump shaft. All 
they wanted me to do was get the model off the splitter. I've since run into 
a complete dead end on contacting the manufacturer or a dealer. I've got a 
feeling an aftermarket retrofit will be in order.

John Hall


-----Original Message----- 
From: Alan Nadeau
Sent: Monday, March 17, 2014 11:27 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] OT Bachtold Brothers log splitter

John,

The only in-tank pumps I have run across have been little multiple cylinder
piston pumps and the valve has been in the tank as well, IIRC.   Surplus
Center usually has the whole assemblies somewhere in their hydraulics
listings.  You might get a manufacturers name from the listing and be able
to track down a pump from that.

They are really quite an ingenious design.  Being submerged in the tank the
crankshaft and connecting rods are open and run submerged in the hydraulic
oil.  Not a lot of volume to them but they make wicked pressure.  The one I
got expensively intimate with blew the end out of a dump truck piston when I
forgot it was engaged.

PS, sorta

I just remembered that I recently received a new Surplus Center catalog.
They still have the units I was thinking of, made by a Williams Machine &
Tool Company.  Go to www.surpluscenter.com and look up their Item # 9-1049.
Their is a photo that you can compare to what you have.

Al Nadeau


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <jtchall at nc.rr.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Monday, March 17, 2014 5:37 PM
Subject: [AT] OT Bachtold Brothers log splitter


> Trying to help a friend who needs a pump for his log splitter. The pump is
> evidently submersible as it goes inside the tank. The splitter is made by
> Bachtold Bros (we can’t read the model number). I can’t find anything
> productive on the net other than a phone number for Midwest Mfg, and they
> aren’t answering. Anyone know if they are still in business of if someone
> other than Midwest has bought them out?
>
> John Hall
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