That's a good idea. Will do that to mine.I use the plastic cable ties where the end goes through an opening at the other end and you pull the end through and they lock. I put one tie around the first outlet connector and one around the hose that goes to that connector, and then two ties on the next outlet connector and two ties on the hose that goes to that connector, etc for each connector and hose. I cut off the long end of the tie. This allows me to always get the correct hose on the correct outlet, even in the dark! It works fine for me.
Are you driving forward all of the time? If so then switch you ends around. What I mean is if the female end keeps poping off because of the brush pushing it back. Switch it to the other side and the pusing back will no longer happen.
Man, I thought I was aggressive in clearing brush from overgrown pastures but I've only knocked a hose off twice in four years with my DK. I'd say you should rethink how you are using the tractor if you are knocking all four connectors off at once. One of these days you will rip a hose or worse if those sorts of forces are occurring regularly.
Can you explain just what you are doing when the hoses pop off? Backing up? Snagging on a stump? What type and density of brush are you dealing with? Is a brush hog involved?
It is possible to build guards that could provide extra protection to the hydraulics and you might also want to protect the electrical wires under the left side of the operator station.
I use the plastic cable ties where the end goes through an opening at the other end and you pull the end through and they lock. I put one tie around the first outlet connector and one around the hose that goes to that connector, and then two ties on the next outlet connector and two ties on the hose that goes to that connector, etc for each connector and hose. I cut off the long end of the tie. This allows me to always get the correct hose on the correct outlet, even in the dark! It works fine for me.
Ok, first one of my few gripes with my DK45SE - just about every time I bush hog, at least one of the quick connects for the FEL hoses under the step has a hose disconnected. I know I'm a bit aggressive bush hogging, but I'm trying to reclaim pasture that hasn't been mowed in years, so a lot of saplings. Couldn't Kioti have put some type of protection around the quick connects so that this doesn't happen?
Most of the time, it is one or two hoses and I have to horse them on. This time, all four hoses came off and I'm not sure which hose goes to which quick connect (one hose was up the sleeve around the hoses and when I pulled it out, not sure if I messed up the order).
Anyone know an easy way to match hose to quick connect? Anyone have any home made solutions to keep the hoses connected when plowing through brush?
Thanks!