Fitting hydraulics to 4x4

Sir Arthur Daley

I have an idea of fitting a hydraulic pump to a 4x4 to run hydraulics for a log splitter, have a couple of jeeps lying around and have a pajero that I could put the pump where the ac compressor is and could take out second battery and have reservoir there.
I know a portable hydraulic pack is probably an easier alternative but how hard could it be?

dharn

Sounds to me an expensive way to split logs, if the jeep needed much revs to power the pump

101sean

Transfer box mounted hydraulic pumps are common on Land Rover Defenders. I would have thought a hydraulic pump would have to be mechanically driven off either the gearbox or crankshaft, belts wouldn't be good enough?

Tail Docker

Biggest issue usually is keeping the oil cool if you're doing any amount of work - you need a cooler plumbed in- also belt drive will be slippey, you need a mechanical drive with a clutch.. could get dull tbh - it's a fair bit of work. For hydraulic stuff needing power I built up a 17 hp Robin diesel engine with a cooler, tank, pump, filter and diverter valve, I have two hoses coming off it with quick couplers on them and it gets connected to whatever needs oil - will happily run all day on a couple of liters of diesel and power pretty much anything. Fierce handy tbh. It's in a frame so easy to chuck into whatevers head in the direction of the work..

Edgey75

my previous land rover (1975 series 3) had a hydraulic pump powering a 10 ton captsain winch, it bolted onto the back of the gearbox in the same place a overdrive would go, to operate you would put the ratio selector to nuetral, then engage the pump. i sold the pump and winch and assosiated pipes, tank for more money than i got for the land rover that it had been fitted too.