hydrolic top link

[MtnViewRanch]

I can hardly wait to get a customers pictures of his 7 rear remote system that we did. Hopefully next week. It's a little over kill, I would have only had 5 myself, but what can you say, the customer is always right.

 

[ovrszd]

Richard, without knowing your needs, I personally would go with blade angle, then the offset. Is this something that you plan on starting soon?

Can you post a picture of the blade, or at least what model it is?

I just move the tractor and blade to my shop from the farm this morning. It's my next project. But I'm having back surgery next Wednesday so don't know how fast I'll get to it. I'll start a thread when I do.

I dug thru my pics and don't have anything of the blade. It's a Servis (Big Rhino) blade, model # HD3WM. Has manually adjustable beam swing, angle, tilt. With my TnT consuming 2 of my 3 remotes I need to be critical about what I add to the blade. I'll still have to unplug a remote to add duals to the blade.

 

[TomSeller]

I found a con once. On a tightly coupled boom flail mower with a short PTO shaft, extending the top link resulted in the PTO shaft extending and coming apart and flailing around. Not good. Fortunately I stomped on the clutch real quick. I now use a fixed top link when using that boom mower.

 

[MtnViewRanch]

I just move the tractor and blade to my shop from the farm this morning. It's my next project. But I'm having back surgery next Wednesday so don't know how fast I'll get to it. I'll start a thread when I do.

I dug thru my pics and don't have anything of the blade. It's a Servis (Big Rhino) blade, model # HD3WM. Has manually adjustable beam swing, angle, tilt. With my TnT consuming 2 of my 3 remotes I need to be critical about what I add to the blade. I'll still have to unplug a remote to add duals to the blade.

Depending on your conditions, (does your hitch raise the blade high enough that you don't need to use the top link?)but I would say set the top link and unplug it. Then when you get around to it, a couple of electric diverters and you'll be set. 5 sets of RR is all you need.

 

[tman1020]

I did also think of a negative. The hydraulic link will drift down when under a load. It requires a adjust once in a while depending how much weight is on it and will drift down overnight if left with a load on it. It's not a big deal but nonetheless a negative. This is one of the main reasons I don't use hydraulic tilt. It's mostly flat around here and don't find many times I need to adjust tilt for my work either. I like tilt to stay where I put it.

 

[DK35vince]

I did also think of a negative. The hydraulic link will drift down when under a load. It requires a adjust once in a while depending how much weight is on it and will drift down overnight if left with a load on it. It's not a big deal but nonetheless a negative. This is one of the main reasons I don't use hydraulic tilt. It's mostly flat around here and don't find many times I need to adjust tilt for my work either. I like tilt to stay where I put it.

Mine originally did that.
I replaced the top and tilt cylinders with cylinders that have the check valves. They never drift, they stay where I put them.

 

[tman1020]

Mine originally did that. I replaced the top and tilt cylinders with cylinders that have the check valves. They never drift, they stay where I put them.

Interesting. Thank you. That would be nice.

 

[Eric102]

Mine originally did that.
I replaced the top and tilt cylinders with cylinders that have the check valves. They never drift, they stay where I put them.

Can you still use the float function with check valves?

 

[DK35vince]

Can you still use the float function with check valves?

No, I don't believe so.
My valves don't have the float function anyway, so it's a non issue for me.

 

[Fallon]

Can you still use the float function with check valves?

Nope. My TnT sags, but I measure things in inches per day. No way in **** I'd give up float, its half the reason I love my TnT setup.

Check valves are just to cover up a poor quality valve or worn out cylinder packings or valve seals IMHO.