jgbanshee
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- Joined
- Sep 16, 2004
- Messages
- 338
- Location
- PA
- Tractor
- JD 310SE, JD 4300, JD 5210, JD 450 Crawler, CAT D3B, Ford 2N, Ford 5000 Ford 4000su, Ford 1100
I took a job spreading stone and digging a few rocks from a house a couple miles down the road. I am a little nervous because I will be using my Ford 345C TLB. As some of you already know, I split one loader valve and broke one hydraulic pump with the addition of the Bradco backhoe. I have since replaced the pump with a new one (26 GPM @ 2200 RPM) and replaced the loader valve with a Cross valve with power beyond (30 GPM) and replaced the relief valve in the backhoe. I have been using the machine now for a couple small jobs around the property. The relief valve in the backhoe was preset for 2550 PSI and my loader valve I set with a gauge to 2450 PSI. I can hear the relief working while using both the loader and backhoe. Nothing seems to be wrong or anything but I am a little nervous to drive this down the road to another site. I guess I am worried about the hydraulic oil heating up as I drive at high RPM down the road. Should I be worried?