3-Point Hitch First time using hydraulic toplink

[LlamaLand1]

I'm a relatively new member to this forum. After reading about hydraulic top links here I recently purchased one and today was the first time I used it. I had some serious potholes in my 800' gravel driveway and my box blade made quick work of them. What a huge difference as compared to having to manually adjust the cutting/grading angle. I had owned a L3000 without rear remotes for 12 years before recently getting the MX5100 (with one remote). I plan on adding a second remote soon and will look at adding a hyd side link to make crowning the driveway easier.

To be honest, before joining TBN I had not even heard of "Top & Tilt". What a great source of information...

 

[newbury]

Boy, Southwest, Vermont looks a lot like north central Vermont.

 

[LlamaLand1]

You're right! The snow finally melted this past week so now have a long list of projects...

 

[newbury]

Is ice out on Joe's Pond going to be before May?

 

[LlamaLand1]

I doubt it. Most lakes and ponds around here are still frozen so I imagine that Joe's pond will have ice until May.

 

[Gordon Gould]

Congrats on the top and tilt. Most people find them a great addition. I know I did.

Still snow in NE VT. But it is going fast. This is a couple days ago.

 

[tcreeley]

Yesterday the last of the snow melted from the roof, still a lot of snow in the fields, but I'm hearing redwings and song sparrows. Spring is making itself known!


I have a carryall I put a hydraulic top link on this past winter so I could lower it up and down easily while keeping it flat. I intend ti use that cylinder on my hiller for the garden as well. - Just saw the corner of the garden through the melted snow today- covered still, but the corner showed- with a large covering of water, melted snow!

 

[Texasmark]

I have been farming for 35 years and just recently read a post concerning a hydraulic top link. I didn't even think about it as I had drag implements over the years with cylinders and had a problem controlling the depth...course that and 3rd member on a tractor is not the same as I learned.

So I put one on my tractor recently and I too am sold on the idea. I run some pretty good sized implements for the size of my tractor and depth and tilt are big factors in overloading it or not. With the cylinder I can get going and look out the back and tweak the implement for best performance.

Mark

 

[ovrszd]

You'll enjoy adding the second remote and getting a tilt cylinder as well. Especially when doing BB work.

When I'm doing fine finish work I set the 3pt height with the BB off the ground a few inches. Then I adjust the height with the top link. Seems like I can get a finer touch that way. Once you add the tilt cylinder you can really do some slick finish work. Especially if working on a driveway or something that needs a specific grade.

 

[LlamaLand1]

Thanks for the tips. I have some more experimenting to do...

Ed

 

[Baby Grand]

Congrats on the top and tilt. Most people find them a great addition. I know I did.

Still snow in NE VT. But it is going fast. This is a couple days ago.

We got all your snow, Gordon, but in condensed form!
Connecticut River is in flood and the water's still risin'.
Gonna have a bumper skeeter crop, down by the river.

To the OP:
I put T-N-T from Brian (MountainView) on our L series, last year.
Sure makes using just about everything on the 3pt faster, easier and better.
Wish I'd done it years ago, but I had to wait until I could afford to install the remotes for a long time.

 

[The Fred]

We still have some snow I had to dig a bit to find the clean stuff for wife's buffet she hosted on Sunday. TNT hard to live without for sure. Hooterville is right on the Lamoille river and flooding today.

Fred

 

[Guesseral]

We still have some snow I had to dig a bit to find the clean stuff for wife's buffet she hosted on Sunday. TNT hard to live without for sure. Hooterville is right on the Lamoille river and flooding today.

Fred

No that's a good use for snow, about one of the only ones but still. Man I never would have thought of that! :thumbsup:

 

[ovrszd]

If the Beer is already cold works pretty well. If not, just tends to melt away from the containers and lose contact. Not that I've ever tried it......