Barryh
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- Former owner of a P T -180 / Kubota BX-1500 .. A Craftsman Yard Tractor / John Deere 140 H-1 / Cub Cadet 108. And now ( Little Red ) a Power Trac 1425
Finally finished up my Grapple today. Started with shorting the bite by a few inches. First 4 pictures are of running the wiring and the switch holder I made. Here is the control switch, I drilled out and mounted it to a piece of steel with a bracket. In between I put to layers of gasket material to dissipate heat from the hydraulic handles.
I also put rubber rings around inside and out on the screws hopefully there will be no heat issues on the plastic switch. The toggle switch is spring loaded as it jumps back to neutral after it is pushed forward or backward. I mounted it next to the tilt handle so it is easy to access. The actuator can be unplugged from the outside harness along with 3 pins I can take the unit off of the bucket.
I ran two hot wires one for the toggle switch and grapple control, and also a separate wire for a 12 Volt accessories plug for heaters, fans etc. It's pictured to the right, on the ROPS bar.
I ran both wires through the tunnel and incased in plastic tube. You can see the tube pictured with plenty of play for articulation. The grapple control has a 30 amp fuse, the 12 Volt accessories has a 10 amp fuse. I then mounted the control bracket to the control valve support bolt. Using a longer stronger bolt.
I also put rubber rings around inside and out on the screws hopefully there will be no heat issues on the plastic switch. The toggle switch is spring loaded as it jumps back to neutral after it is pushed forward or backward. I mounted it next to the tilt handle so it is easy to access. The actuator can be unplugged from the outside harness along with 3 pins I can take the unit off of the bucket.
I ran two hot wires one for the toggle switch and grapple control, and also a separate wire for a 12 Volt accessories plug for heaters, fans etc. It's pictured to the right, on the ROPS bar.
I ran both wires through the tunnel and incased in plastic tube. You can see the tube pictured with plenty of play for articulation. The grapple control has a 30 amp fuse, the 12 Volt accessories has a 10 amp fuse. I then mounted the control bracket to the control valve support bolt. Using a longer stronger bolt.
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