The yellow hydraulic connection is used for the indpendent lift so we have to disconnect that hose for the bucket to connect the MMM. The dealer here told me to disconnect the grey hose connection for the bucket as well when using the MMM. Now that I have this figured out it should be much easier to switch between the two without removing attachment from the tractor.
2320 and 54D MMM
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I've got several implements that use hydraulics and every once in a while there is some weight such as your bucket tilt that pressurizes one of the hoses from the implement and you simply cannot get the line hooked up. Moving the SCV lever on the machine won't help when that happens. The implement hose that hooks into the tractor has the male coupler on it. The easiest thing to do rather than try to wrestle the weight off the cylinder is to simply push the poppet valve at the end of the male coupling by pressing it up against a hard surface and this will vent the pressure out. You'll lose a teaspoon or so of oil but no big deal. Just make sure you know what your doing and there isn't some huge weight being held up by the pressure in that hose. This is generally no problem with loaders sitting on the ground but you need to take a look to make sure nothing will fall when you do this. For instance if I would ever disconnect my dump trailer with the bed tilted up it would obviously fall down if I bled the line in this fashion. Not a good thing to do.
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First posting for me, I like all the valuable information sharing that is occurring here. First a little Hx, after moving to an acreage/retired Xmas tree farm last year I was blessed with a nod from *the boss* to purchase a 2320 (went in looking @ a 2210) and numerous attachments. Had to upsize since the ROP on the smaller units wouldn't fold/fit in the garage. I have since put about 120 hours on it and use it pretty much everyday. It currently sees alot of brush work, but am about done clearing dead trees. I too have made alot of *rookie* mistakes with her attachments, but it does get smoother with familiarity. One modification I made was to my 62D mmm. The front turning floater wheels on my deck would scalp my yard when I would go over some uneven spots. The manual reccomends using JD spray lube on the shafts. I would routinely apply said lubricant, to find it really didn't free up the turning shaft. A couple of guys @ work have similar problems with their mmm wheels. This winter I drilled, tapped, and installed grease zerks toward the rear of the housing hoping this would remedy my problem. So far it seems to work pretty slick.
Do you have the new "rounded" wheels up front. When my 2320 was new in 08, the dealer changed out the flat wheels with the rounded type and added the zerks, (at no cost) which virtually eliminated the wheel scalping problem.
My 2320 has been awesome, in my opinion. The mower wheels scalping issue was the only problem I've had. I have about 150 hours on it with 90% of that doing FEL or hoe work. I recently retired and have been getting gobs of seat time, even to the point of it almost being work! Moved & leveled 100's of tons of dirt this summer, that I procured from a sewer project in the area..
Also have a TSC box blade that is a great tool & forks that are indispensible.
