Loader WHAT IS QUICK ABOUT QUICK COUPLINGS?

[CalG]

Here is today's version
Kubota Auto Hitch with snowblower & blade - YouTube

Hands free!

Times HAVE changed. OP.... Get with today's program!

 

[ddbackhoe]

Self bleeding valve? Does my loader have this? I don't think so but maybe I'm missing something? After 7 months and from highs of 40 degrees to today's 80, heat expansion is going to be an issue I think. Your "slightly" better, is probably a correct assumption. A single lever to snap four fittings in place, would have it all over individual struggles with 4 separate fittings. I don't build tractors but even I know this. Why doesn't JD?

They know it, they just don't add the extra cost to all of the product lines. Most consumers aren't demanding anything better, so why bother?

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[npalen]

Single-point hydraulic connection to save time and eliminate oil loss

The "SINGLE POINT HYDRAULIC CONNECTION" mentioned by BIGTILLER in post #34 above is shown in this video at the 14:22 time.

 

[Fiziksgeek]

Anyone mentioned the loader hydraulic connector on the new Kubota BX80 series? Seems like that is what you are looking for. Makes a lot of sense for homeowner type use, where you might be taking the loader on and off more often...and are willing to pay for easy-of-use features.

 

[bigtiller]

Single-point hydraulic connection to save time and eliminate oil loss

The "SINGLE POINT HYDRAULIC CONNECTION" mentioned by BIGTILLER in post #34 above is shown in this video at the 14:22 time.

When I clicked on it all I got was a page from a H480 loader manual for a series 7 & 8 row-crop tractor. Here is an interesting vidio but the guy doesn't say anything. I don't know if it is homemade or factory.

No drip connect coupling for FEL on John Deere 272 - YouTube

 

[npalen]

When I clicked on it all I got was a page from a H480 loader manual for a series 7 & 8 row-crop tractor. Here is an interesting vidio but the guy doesn't say anything. I don't know if it is homemade or factory.

Sorry. Try this:

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May have to "rewind" a bit to get to the 14:22 point in the video.

 

[npalen]

When I clicked on it all I got was a page from a H480 loader manual for a series 7 & 8 row-crop tractor. Here is an interesting vidio but the guy doesn't say anything. I don't know if it is homemade or factory.

No drip connect coupling for FEL on John Deere 272 - YouTube

Multi-X Range – Advanced technology made easy and user friendly | CEJN
That appears to be the "Multi-X" mentioned in post #52 above.

 

[Bavarian]

Rustyshakelford, I will try that next time and hope it will help but ultimately, imagine just lining up the four fittings and swinging a lever to engage. Done! No matter if I do as you suggest, pray to the Gods, watch the Zodiac, roll three snake eyes, this process should not require this. Old, antiquated fittings that require a special touch, is 1970, not 2018. That's nearly 50yrs. I will never believe this system to be adequate. Like I stated in my original post, it sucks.

Don't expect this to be a cheap and easy solution. Those couplers are pricey and you still have to release the pressure.
I hooked once up without releasing the pressure and blew a seal. It wouldn't fit on my pinky finger and it was $30.

 

[Oldpath05]

What it sounds like to me is it's all about the pressure, before hook up one must relieve the pressure, in 11 years I never taken my FEL off but when I do I'll try to remember to relieve the pressure, if that dont work I start throwing hammers to relieve my pressure.

 

[npalen]

Anyone else remember the quick couplers, of fifty or so years ago, where you inserted the male tip and then gave it a twist to lock it in? The female part had a helical groove to accept a pin in the male part and then a detent at the end of the groove. Not sure but I am guessing they could be connected under pressure. Maybe a good simple idea lost in time?