CDN Farm Boy
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The only way to have the thumb work in conjunction with ALL the other functions is for it to have it's own valve independent of the rest. Factory B26 does this with a foot operated control valve. jim_wilson has a plan to tie in an aux valve to his system. With mine, I may cheap out and cheat by running another pair of lines to another remote on the tractor (valves are expensive up here in Canada). I'll have to reach by my left elbow to operate but still way better than getting off the machine to adjust. Diverter valve off the boom swing would be the other option -- use boom swing because the need to swing and thumb at the same time is all but non existent but curl and thumb can still be done together which would be the most common of dual operations.
You have come to the right thread to follow.
The only way to have the thumb work in conjunction with ALL the other functions is for it to have it's own valve independent of the rest. Factory B26 does this with a foot operated control valve. jim_wilson has a plan to tie in an aux valve to his system. With mine, I may cheap out and cheat by running another pair of lines to another remote on the tractor (valves are expensive up here in Canada). I'll have to reach by my left elbow to operate but still way better than getting off the machine to adjust. Diverter valve off the boom swing would be the other option -- use boom swing because the need to swing and thumb at the same time is all but non existent but curl and thumb can still be done together which would be the most common of dual operations.