CHDinCT
Veteran Member
I am modifying a manual angle Kubota snow plow to add hydraulic angling. By way of background, I picked up a slightly used 54" blade from Messick's about two weeks ago for $350. Since the 60" Kubota blade that comes standard with hydraulic angling was s over $1,000, this seemed the obvious choice.
I have ordered the cylinder and hoses I need but will need to take the plow and cylinder to a welder to weld on the cylinder mounts since I don't weld. I can't bring the tractor to him since I don't have a trailer (yet - on my longer term needs list). So, I can show him where I need the cylincder mounts welded on and those can be trialed with the cylinder closed, but, without the tractor along, we would have no way to extend the cylinder to make sure there's no clearance issues, etc. when fully extended ....... unless the cylinder can be manually extended somehow. I just didn't know if you can put the cylinder in a vise, for example, and safely pull out the rod without oil in it. Obvously, we'd have to remove the caps on the hose fittings to let air in. So is this doable or would this score the cylinder from lack of oil in it? Thanks in advance.
By the way, this pic from blackmajicwomen is the inspiration for what I"m trying to accomplish.
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/...lade-question-534638-041121-kubota-plow-angle
I have ordered the cylinder and hoses I need but will need to take the plow and cylinder to a welder to weld on the cylinder mounts since I don't weld. I can't bring the tractor to him since I don't have a trailer (yet - on my longer term needs list). So, I can show him where I need the cylincder mounts welded on and those can be trialed with the cylinder closed, but, without the tractor along, we would have no way to extend the cylinder to make sure there's no clearance issues, etc. when fully extended ....... unless the cylinder can be manually extended somehow. I just didn't know if you can put the cylinder in a vise, for example, and safely pull out the rod without oil in it. Obvously, we'd have to remove the caps on the hose fittings to let air in. So is this doable or would this score the cylinder from lack of oil in it? Thanks in advance.
By the way, this pic from blackmajicwomen is the inspiration for what I"m trying to accomplish.
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/...lade-question-534638-041121-kubota-plow-angle
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