Many people wonder why they would want a hydraulic side link.
My answer is that if you will be doing much grading at all, having a hydraulic side link will make getting the grade that you want that much easier and faster to achieve.
If you need to ditch alongside your road, put a crown on that road, or cut a level area into a sloped area, all of this is much easier when you have a hydraulic side link. It is so much more convenient to be able to tilt your implement with a simple touch of your finger on a hydraulic control lever vs stopping your tractor, getting off the tractor, making the manual adjustment, and hoping that you make that adjustment correct, get back onto the tractor and proceed. Then in just a short distance, stopping and doing it all over again. And then doing that same thing over and over and over again and again.
This leads to what I call
"it's good enough syndrome" and that is because you simply get tired of continually stopping, getting on-off over and over. So you end up calling it good enough and let it go at that. The end result is not what you want, but
"it's good enough" and you let it go as is even though it is not the end result that you were looking for.
Of all the side links that I have sold, I have only heard of one person saying that they would not purchase it again. It's one of those things that it only takes a single project to appreciate it. If you have a drive that needs regular maintenance, then it most likely would be beneficial.
Everyone does not need this, but those that do are happy to have the capabilities that it provides.
