TBarD
Silver Member
- Joined
- Mar 5, 2012
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- 183
- Tractor
- Kubota M59
More active cooling could help, but would be hard to achieve.
Well I should be working but I couldn't help thinking about this a bit more. It actually could be done, by adding an additional reservoir to double or more the hydraulic oil capacity as well as cooling (passive might be enough). I considered this earlier but couldn't see any place to put an additional reservoir, however there is plenty of room as well as good air flow for cooling in the ROPS roof area. The return from the backhoe (or any return line) would be directed to the upper reservoir; the overflow from the upper reservoir would drain back to the main reservoir, maintaining a constant level. Not seriously suggesting this (the fluid cost alone would be prohibitive) but it could actually work.