Hot Quick-Connect Couplers

[Suburban Plowboy]

I got my new flail mower working again, and I spent around an hour obliterating weeds and little trees.

When I was done, I tried to decouple the hoses, and the couplers were hot. Too hot to handle comfortably. I let the tractor sit for a while.

These hoses have restrictors on them to keep the mower from flying around due to excessive flow. Is it normal for the couplers to get hot? I have used an FEL a lot, but it never occurred to me to feel the couplers to see how warm they were, so I don't know.

Also, I have two rear remote valves and 4 hoses. When I bought the restrictors, I bought one for each hose. In retrospect, that seems stupid, since one restrictor per loop will slow the fluid down. Should I take a couple of the restrictors off?

 

[Shawn T. W.]

Hydraulic fluid get hot, how hot it seems is all perspective ...

I know using my backhoe, that if I place my hand on the cylinder as a hand hold, I'm quickly reminded that it's a bad idea, unless it's winter and I have gloves on!

@kennyd could give you more insite on whether the restrictors are causing excess heat, and if one is good enough in a loop or not ...