I am looking to add a hydraulic top link to my Grand L 5460. I am currently building a cabin on our rural property and will have lots of grading to do this spring. I have one rear remote. I know very little about hydraulics. I would really like to order from Fit Rite because he always is willing to give advice on TBN but I really need something within a couple of months.
Does anyone have any experience with this company TOP-N-TILT ?
Buck12, yes, I've had their cat 1 hydraulic top link on my Kioti NX4510HST cab for six years. It's held up just fine for me, and I use it heavily for grading with an 84" 750 lb box blade, and also with an 84" 550 lb rear blade. Your tractor's 3pt is set up for both cat 1 and cat 2, so you'd probably want to go with their cat 2 top link if you source from Haytools.com
The company is owned/run by Mark Carter, who, as you can see from the disclaimer on the website, is careful to note that it's not associated with another ag equipment company run by some of his kin. The hydraulic top link is imported, and from what I can see from specs and artwork, is similar to other units in that price range equipped with an onboard check valve, offered by several other ag supply vendors.
Up until six years ago, Haytools also offered custom/semi-custom hydraulic side links as well, but at about the same time that I bought my top link, Mark was discontinuing them. He had run into a supply problem with the fabricators he was using in the U.S. (Midwest) that were making the side links up for him on an order-by-order basis. As you probably know, the side links must be carefully matched to the geometry of the specific brand and model of tractor because of the offset angle(s) and clearance required. As others note, Brian Scudder at Fit-Rite Hydraulics is a very well regarded source for those, and of course for top links as well. A good guy also, who's very helpful on this board. :thumbsup: I don't know if Brian now offers check valves on his units on request. Some folks want them, some don't.
