WE'RE doing good today?

What equipment are you running in the rain?

Are you in construction or what?

Just wondering.

Gary

Oh I forgot to say cows did want to cooperate so I didn't get my scheduled job finished today. Sorry

Still gotta glue some insulation on around the handles yet, but we're gettin' closer.

Boy! Do I ever like the way that thing "feathers" now. Sweeeee t!!!! :>)

Allan

MAY GOD BLESS THE USA

I had to plug off two "returns" and change out the little valves inside the hooters.

I went thru my dealer parts guy and he is a sharp bird and just a killer fer figuring things out. After he called and talked to the manufacturer, we thought this would be the cheapest, easiest way to do it.

Allan

Even so, my loader tank only has one return and I would have had to plumb it looking like a Christmas tree to do it that way.

My thinking was that it was going to be awfully hard to beat that original "series-flow" system with one in and one out, all using the same oil.

Just works good. :>)

Allan

When I was marryin' the valves together, they ended up being 5" apart at the handles. Okay, I figured that would have put that third handle way back at my elbow, so I just left the grapple on the tractor's hydraulics for now.

I wish I would have went ahead and plumbed 'er in 'cause I think it would have worked out. That PTO pump is sooooo much faster than the tractor's hydraulic pump.

Maybe one of these days, I'll take a wild hair and stick that other valve on there.

Allan

Or, maybe mount it out on that axle and build myself a handle extender. The last owner of this cab obviously ran his hydraulics in thru this little hole at the rear of the cab.

Dunno, my ol' pee brain hasn't got that far down the line yet. :>)

Allan

Don't think I touched that "clutch" pedal three times since I've owned the tractor until I put the loader on. Now, I use the silly thing with every bite. Find myself using it all the time.

The grapple works "okay" the way it is on the tractor's system, 'cause you only use it about 25% of the time anyway.

I'm just used to that "clamp" of the PTO pump and besides, I like to hear myself whine a heck of a lot too. :>) I'll use it the way it is for now and just see how it goes. My biggest "fix" was to get the heat anyways. Allan

Allan;

I like Cliffs idea of using a foot pedal for the grapple. Just for s___ts and grinns. And since you dont have to use the clutch very often put the foot pedal on the left side.

Wish I would have thought of that when I was
playing with loader hydraulics. Supposed to get bitter cold here tonight. Here is southern NM not too far from the Rio Grande and by bitter I mean b elow 30*

steveormary

Allan;

I like Cliffs idea of using a foot pedal for the grapple. Just for s___ts and grinns. And since you dont have to use the clutch very often put the foot pedal on the left side.

Wish I would have thought of that when I was
playing with loader hydraulics. Supposed to get bitter cold here tonight. Here is southern NM not too far from the Rio Grande and by bitter I mean b elow 30*

steveormary