Hook up a hydraulic ram (rear) to hydraulic lines of FEL?

[Scut 4 Big Bucks]

I own a Massey Ferguson 1715 tractor, around 25HP, with a front end loader. The FEL has four hydraulic lines to operate it.

I'm in the market for a corn planter. I've found that I can buy a 4 row planter for about half the price of a 2 row planter. So, can I hook up the hydraulic ram on a 4 row planter (2 lines) to the hydraulics that run my FEL?

Any thoughts on this are appreciated.

Mike

 

[oldnslo]

Yes you can. Will you be removing the FEL when using the planter? If no I would recommend lowering the FEL to the ground and disconnect the tilt/curl hoses. Then use those two lines for the corn planter. This would allow you to then raise the FEL and drive around.

Lower the FEL to the ground and reconnect the tilt/curl lines and the FEL is back in operation.

 

[Scut 4 Big Bucks]

Thanks, oldnslo.

I did end up buying a 4 row corn planter. I'm hoping to buy a 5' hydraulic line to make the two connections, as the lines from the ram on the planter will not reach my hydraulic connections on the tractor. The hydraulic hose on the ram looks to be around 3/4" diameter, and the line for the FEL look to be around a 1/2". I'm sure this is possibly, but where would I find the parts for this?

 

[TMGT]

Local hydraulic supply will have adaptors or surplus center, I use discounthydraulichose.com for most of my hyd. stuff.