</font><font color="blue" class="small">( O.K. sorry but this is the last try. I had the tracotr at dealers all winter to get things worked out. Loader specs out with the tracotr hydraulics and pressure. BUT it is so slow !!! Any one have any pearls of wisdom besides selling this rig. It has a Woods 1020 loader . It is trong and the curl angle and power are good but wow baby is it slow to curl and dump ! Please help !! )</font>
Back on topic, hydraulics are pretty simple (I know that because even I understand them, but MadReferee and JerryG are real experts). Your speed of operation is based on several factors. If your engine speed is up, then your pump is not going to be the limiting factor in this situation since you seem to have plenty of capacity. The next factors will be fitting sizes, hose diameters, and the cylinder sizes. You cannot practically change the loader cylinders, at least not without entering a very large dollar alteration. So that leaves you with the ability to change out the fittings and the hoses. Both have been briefly discussed.
If the fittings are 1/4" or 3/8" and your hoses are 1/2" then you are not getting the capacity of your hoses. The same is true if things are reversed. And if your whole system is based on 1/4" or 3/8" fittings and hoses then the whole system is your limiting factor. By whole system I mean the first output fitting from your hydraulic pump to your loader valve, then through your loader valve to the cylinders, and then back to the return port of your hydraulic pump.
Unfortunately a constriction point anywhere in the system is going to be the thing that slows the whole system.
Take a look at the flow through your loader valve itself, that could be the constriction point too. If the loader valve is based on 1/4" or 3/8" input/output then changing to 1/2" fittings and hoses won't solve your problem. Before I considered doing anything, I would look at the loader valve's flow rate ability as replacing the loader valve will cost as much to swap out as it would cost to replace the hoses and fittings.
Also I would suspect that the hoses on the Woods loader are properly sized for the cylinders they used since Woods would have supplied that part of the system as one unit. You may want to check with Woods and ask them for information on the 'cycle times' for that loader. If the cycle times are similar to your experiences then there is likely no real fix for you. If their published cycle times are faster than you are experiencing, then I would go back to the loader valve as the possible part to swap out IF all the hoses for the loader were supplied by Woods.
This is one reason why I typically recommend buying a loader that the tractor manufacturer recommends. Sorry if that doesn't offer much optimism, but it gives you a direction to look for your fix.
