Adding hydraulic attachments to a Q.A. front loader

[zogman]

777777,

I like the idea, it would definitely be cheaper but would it inhibit the raising and lowering of the front end loader?

 

[zogman]

Chip, do you have an idea off hand as to the GPM of the KB60 Bhoe pump? I would go out to the shed to look i n my manual but it almost 30 degrees outside and I'm in SC! I could die of frost bite!!

 

[bluechip]

The KB75 uses an 8 gpm pump. the minimum for the backhoe is 4.5gpm You can buy PTO pumps large enough to run a front mount brush cutter. I would think you would want a hyd resevoir no smaller than the gallons cycled per minute, twice is probably a better design although I am certainly not an engineer. On the tractor tank, we circlulate the entire tank about twice a minute. With heavy use, like constanty driving a large hyd motor, you will build up quite a bit of heat in the oil and a larger tank will give it somplace to disipate.

Mounting a front mount safely requires limiting the lift of the loader, i don't remember how high they suggest. also if you get to cutting small trees, remember your tractor dose not have a FOPS (falling object protection) that fiberglass canopy will not hold much of a tree off your head. In fact I think I have seen push bars mounted on the leading edge to push the brush forward and expose the trunk to the blades better.

The best think I have seen for this type of clearing work was a device mounted on the front of a skid steer, it had cabide teeth like a stump grinder and a large push bar, you could go up against a tree, grind it off below ground level then just grind up the tree as you drove forward. Not for compact tractors however...

 

[zogman]

The KB75 uses an 8 gpm pump. the minimum for the backhoe is 4.5gpm You can buy PTO pumps large enough to run a front mount brush cutter. I would think you would want a hyd resevoir no smaller than the gallons cycled per minute, twice is probably a better design although I am certainly not an engineer. On the tractor tank, we circlulate the entire tank about twice a minute. With heavy use, like constanty driving a large hyd motor, you will build up quite a bit of heat in the oil and a larger tank will give it somplace to disipate.

Mounting a front mount safely requires limiting the lift of the loader, i don't remember how high they suggest. also if you get to cutting small trees, remember your tractor dose not have a FOPS (falling object protection) that fiberglass canopy will not hold much of a tree off your head. In fact I think I have seen push bars mounted on the leading edge to push the brush forward and expose the trunk to the blades better.

The best think I have seen for this type of clearing work was a device mounted on the front of a skid steer, it had cabide teeth like a stump grinder and a large push bar, you could go up against a tree, grind it off below ground level then just grind up the tree as you drove forward. Not for compact tractors however...

I really don't want a rainforest remover, I just I might be able to fabricate something that would cut the 1 inch stuff. I would think a beefed up version of my medium duty "haycutter" would do the job with a much lower GPM requirement. The unit that requires 13GPM weighed in at 1100 lbs.