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I got a 27ton log splitter from Lowe's so I don't break my back splitting wood.
I read a ton of reviews.
Found 4 reoccurring things, on machines put together by Lowe's employees.
1 Not put together very well.
Cause, Labor problem, people don't care or aren't smart enough to do it right.
Remedy, check nuts, bots, hydraulic connectors.
2 gas tank, crank case has water in there.
Cause, they're stored outside, caps get stolen by people or left loose.

Remedy, check for signs of water in fuel tank and crank case.
3 the wheel bearings fail.
Cause, it has wheelbarrow wheels on it.
Remedy, don't pull the thing at high speeds, put it on a trailer when transporting if speeds will hit 45mph or be at 35mph for more than a few minutes.
Final solution, put a 1.062 inch trailer axle on there, with little trailer tires.
4 people take it home and it don't start for whatever reason.
Cause, don't know, don't care, potentially a lot of things.
Remedy, make sure it stars before leaving with it.
The funniest problem.
5 a guy went to put his in vertical mode and the lines weren't long enough for the thing to stand up.
Cause, lol.
Remedy, do a full ops ckeck.

Ecomods:
Make sure that the carb has the right jet in there.
Put a bigger hydraulic pump on there, a 16gpm.
Put the original 11gpm hydraulic pump on an electronic motor, add plumbing so both can work together or independently.
Steam punk it, put a few gauges on it, a high pressure gauge and return low pressure gauge, some where they won't get smashed.

You might be thinking "it won't have enough power to run a 16gpm pump". Correct, normally it wouldn't.
A 27t log splitter, with a 4.5 inch cylinder and 11gpm pump should run a 2gpm high pressure pump at about 3,500psi and a 9gpm low pressure pump, probably set around 500psi.
Normally a 16gpm pump is a 3gpm high pressure pump and a 13gpm low pump.
I found an odd ball 16gpm pump that does 1.7gpm on the high side and 14.1gpm on the low side.

Worst case scenario the 16gpm pump is too big and a I have to put bigger engine on there. Boohoo.
I'll probably run the 11gpm pump on an electric motor, an 1,800rpm turning it into a 5.5gpm pump. Running it at full speed is probably a bit too much for a single phase motor.