bindian
Super Member
Nice looking operator station.
Just to illustrate different opinions. All I see in the photo is all that plastic that will crack out some day.
Nice looking operator station.
Just to illustrate different opinions. All I see in the photo is all that plastic that will crack out some day.
Don,
Wondering how many more hours you have used your grapple since the extra valve discussion took off?
Are you anymore comfortable using it just as you had it hooked up originally?
It sounded like your original problem was more of needing an additional remote to supply your box scraper tilt
than one of a dexterity problem in operating your grapple as you originally hooked it up.
Do you really need to operate the tilt on your box blade while using the grapple?
More goodies are fun to contemplate but often become just one more leak or electrical problem to fool
with down the road a bit in addition to not really improving efficiency that much.
Ron, It has been cold down here also but I have operated it a full 2 days and I OK with the remote operation away from the joystick. I think I found a $99 valve (+ connections) to add to one of the rear remotes to keep my top and tilt operations on the box blade. I just can't figure out if I need a 3/4" valve or a 1/2" valve. I'm leaning to a 1/2" today. ?
Sounds like a simple solution.
Have you compared the cost to getting a kit with a new handle and solenoid valve to go into your "power beyond"
rear remote line?
How does the cost compare?
Here's a video with your brand. How To Series - 3rd Function Auxiliary Hydraulics for Tractor Loaders - YouTube
Ted is great but his premise that "you're going to want to operate the grapple open/close and loader dump/curl at the same time" is debatable. Many of us do just fine with sequential operation.
Here is one that might be easier to operate: 1/2" NPT 20 GPM DOUBLE SELECTOR VALVE