Finished adding cylinder for MMM

[dennysm]

I just finished adding an additional cylinder to lift the mid mount mower or any other mid mount accessory like my 72” mid mount grader blade. I just could not tolerate not having independent control over my MMM. I added a Parker cylinder style BC3L, 2” bore with 1” rod and 7/8”X14 thread and having a 2 ½” stroke, controlled by a Parker D1VL1CN directional valve mounted on the ROPS support strut under the left fender. I connected my hydraulics supply line into the outlet side of the pump and the return line was connected into the PTO return to sump line I ran tubing ever where except at the cylinder where I used two short hoses because of the small vertical movement of the cylinder.
If anyone really wants to do this mod and needs help then just let me know and I will try to clear up any questions. It is not for the faint of heart and was a little expensive but worth all of the work and expense and I would do it again in a heartbeat. Good luck
Denny

 

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Cylinder

 

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valve

 

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supply

 

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return line

 

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bottom left side of valve

 

[JDFANATIC]

Denny,

Nice work. A bit over my head I must admit. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif Separating the 3PH and MM is a great idea though.

 

[KubotaSteve]

I'm not sure how the JD mmm are set up but with your modification does that give you down pressure on the mid mount attachments? It could be beneficial for a mid mount blade but could be bad for a mmm as it could break something. Just curious if the cylinder is hooked directly to the deck or what? I know with my Kubota when I have the mmm on it and want to use the 3ph, it isn't that difficult just more of a hassle to pin the deck out of place to use the 3ph. Sounds like your setup is pretty nice and will cause you less headaches when having the mmm on.

 

[beenthere]

Great project. And nice to have a project like that come together, and a reward for the planning and fitting necessary to make it work.

Missed seeing the cylinder pic.

 

[fgross335_2210]

Wondering if I could do something similar to have rear hyd outlets, would like to be able to run a splitter on occassion and also hyd angle my back blade......

Nice job. Make this into a D-I-Y kit and you can sell a bunch of them to other TBN 2210 owners!