Cyl. force

[kennyd]

Get a telescopic cylinder with trunnion mount, that will give much better geometry and lifting force from start of lifting cycle, short retracted with a long stroke....
see Prince catalog pdf

I doubt that's in the budget!

 

[Hooked_on_HP]

Get a telescopic cylinder with trunnion mount, that will give much better geometry and lifting force from start of lifting cycle, short retracted with a long stroke....
see Prince catalog pdf

You dont have one of these lying arround you would like to donate to the cause do you. I think I have to have a double acting cyl.to work with the hyd. on the tractor.
Bill

 

[CurlyDave]

Calculate torque around the pivot point, not force.

If you just calculate force you may be embarrassed at the county dump with a trailer full of something you don't really want to bring home.

 

[J_J]

Why would I want to use 80deg instead of 10. The cyl. is 10deg up from horizontal.

Here is another dump setup being worked on by rdbrumfield

 

[rdbrumfield]

I understand your problem with the 10 degree starting angle. Can you lower the front of the ram a bit? With only a 3 inch ram it isn't going to lift much very high. If you move it forward to lighten the ram load it won't pick as high. Tradeoffs are a bummer.

Lowering the ram on the subframe will give you better angle for lift and still keep the same height pretty much full extended.