Anyone have pictures of Quck Attach Handle Mods

[woodlandfarms]

I am starting to collect parts for this summers upgrades / repairs to the PT. I am thinking about following JJ's advice and buying this handle

Surplus Center Item Detail

And the 50" cable and placing this on the left side of the wheel.

My concern is connecting this cable to the hydraulic control and wondering if anyone has pix of how that short little handle attaches and any other ideas on how to get it to work.

I searched the sight and it looked like a bunch of pictures were missing (bummer).

Carl

 

[KMA]

You can find a link to the picture of the mod I did on my PT422 in my signature. If I had to do it over again, I would make it about 2 inches longer/taller.

Let us know how yours goes!

 

[woodlandfarms]

KMA.. I saw those pix. But I did not see how the whole thing fits into the actual valve actuator.

I am 1000 miles away from my tractor so I am doing this through the kindness of others in terms of pictures and ideas.

But I do dig your system, I thought about it as a great solution but realized it would be nice to 2 hand the backhoe and that could only happen if the QA lever was on the left side...

 

[KMA]

Unfortunately, I'm at work and don't have access to a good picture.

On the 422, there was a small lever that actuated the valve. When my modification extended it out and up, I just matched the stock shape and hole pattern on the valve end of the new longer lever. It's hard to describe, but IIRC there were two holes on the lever where it mated with the valve. One hole was used to fix the lever at a pivot point, and the other had a pin through it connecting it to the valve piston. When you pushed down, the piston moved up and vice versa.

I don't know much about the handle and cable system you are using, but I'd imagine you could mount the cable above the valve, and attach it to a shortened version of the existing lever. When the cable pushes outward, the lever is pushed down, and the valve piston moves up, etc... If you didn't want to cut the stock lever, you could make a new one out of a short piece of 1/2" round stock, grinding the section with the holes flat so it can fit into the valve system. Or find some stock that was a better fit from the start.

Hope that was somewhat helpful, and made a bit of sense. Again, I'm guessing at what you are trying to do and I'm not familiar with the 1850 layout. On the 422, the two handed operation wouldn't be as beneficial since you need to articulate the tractor to dump the mini hoe.

Best of luck!

 

[BobRip]

See link http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/...-control-handle.html?highlight=control+handle

 

[SwampmanLA]

Having the quick attach handle on the left side of the console would be ideal to me but when I looked at what it would take to relocate I opted to do this instead.

 

[KMA]

Having the quick attach handle on the left side of the console would be ideal to me but when I looked at what it would take to relocate I opted to do this instead.

Very nice! Did you make that, or purchase the handle as a direct fit?

Thanks.

 

[woodlandfarms]

Swampman.

That falls under the make a few of those and sell them category

Very nicely done...

 

[ponytug]

Great job!

I am continually impressed by the talent and creativity shown by PT users here at TBN.

All the best,

Peter

 

[SwampmanLA]

Very nice! Did you make that, or purchase the handle as a direct fit?

Thanks.

I made it. It was raining here today so I went into the shop and removed all the metal that did not look like a handle extension.