Hydraulic Cylinder bleeds down time to rebuild

[MtnViewRanch]

Brian, please accept my apology for assuming you were referencing the lift cylinder when in reality you have a hydraulic top link.

Not a problem, mis communication is one of the worlds biggest problems. :ashamed:

 

[ovrszd]

I've never used a hydraulic top link, so I assume it has its own control valve? When you say it seems like air in it, does it act spongy with a lot of give when you hit something hard with your blade? If you leave it on for all your attachments one would think that eventually air would work its way out of the system. If you take it off frequently I might suspect one of the quick connects to the top link may not be sealing allowing air into the lines when detached.

For example. If I have my BB on. I carry it to a work site. Lower the 3pt to dig with the scarifiers or the blade. The top link will collapse a couple inches before holding. So I add length to the top link with the circuit valve. Now when I lift the BB, the top link will extend a couple inches. I've tried it on all 3 circuits with same results.

Separate subject. If you've never used a hydraulic top link, or my favorite, a hydraulic side link, you've not experienced the full potential of your 3pt.

 

[Fawken]

Well the box blade is the implement I have used most over 32 years, for digging, smoothing, and road maintenance. Any flex at all I would find very agitating. On Saturday I went over to the neighbor's place to smooth out that trench I dug the previous day with my 5' backhoe. My plan was to use his tractor (2008 NH 50hp) and Rhino 6' box blade, as I figured that'd be quicker. His is a 2WD but I figured that wouldn't be so bad as it is a BIG tractor. First, he and his son couldn't get the mower off the back as it was parked sideways on a steep hill. Second, there were no teeth in his Rhino and he said the kids broke them all off due to misuse. Third, that 6' Rhino looked like it had less steel than my 33 year old 4' Ford. Long story short, the two-wheel drive coupled with a light, no teeth, box blade meant that I had to finish the work with my little tractor. No big deal but it isn't safe to smooth out a 3' deep trench with a small tractor.

That's the kind of stuff I find myself doing day after day- so IF the thing doesn't have "give" or flex, and IF the control for it is mounted in a handy spot (like on the right fender) then MAYBE it could be useful. I have only really wanted to adjust the top link on the fly when tilling and surprisingly I only use the tiller once or twice a year.

 

[ovrszd]

Well the box blade is the implement I have used most over 32 years, for digging, smoothing, and road maintenance. Any flex at all I would find very agitating. On Saturday I went over to the neighbor's place to smooth out that trench I dug the previous day with my 5' backhoe. My plan was to use his tractor (2008 NH 50hp) and Rhino 6' box blade, as I figured that'd be quicker. His is a 2WD but I figured that wouldn't be so bad as it is a BIG tractor. First, he and his son couldn't get the mower off the back as it was parked sideways on a steep hill. Second, there were no teeth in his Rhino and he said the kids broke them all off due to misuse. Third, that 6' Rhino looked like it had less steel than my 33 year old 4' Ford. Long story short, the two-wheel drive coupled with a light, no teeth, box blade meant that I had to finish the work with my little tractor. No big deal but it isn't safe to smooth out a 3' deep trench with a small tractor.

That's the kind of stuff I find myself doing day after day- so IF the thing doesn't have "give" or flex, and IF the control for it is mounted in a handy spot (like on the right fender) then MAYBE it could be useful. I have only really wanted to adjust the top link on the fly when tilling and surprisingly I only use the tiller once or twice a year.

I've done a dozen or so modifications to my M9540. One of my favorite, right behind the cooler holder, is TnT. All accomplished with finger action on 2 very handy levers. See pics.

 

[Fawken]

I've done a dozen or so modifications to my M9540.

That looks pretty cool I must admit. That would greatly ease attaching the backhoe. Sadly, I'll need to wait until I find some gold or some other windfall comes my way. I do not want to add any more hydraulics to my small machine. Perhaps I'll invent an electric alternative? My link levelers (OEM) are pretty worn out anyway. Sounds like a project for the new TIG welder, maybe. Now my neighbor with the 50hp NH could really use a setup like that to ease his implement change hassles if for nothing else. But he is talking about trading in for an air conditioned cab. The guy goes through tractors like I go through jeans.

 

[ovrszd]

I leave a QH on the Kubota all the time. I can set down an implement anywhere and still pick it back up with TnT. My 3pt attachments are heavy enough that you can't push them around to get hooked up.

I don't have TnT on the smaller Ford. Yet. But it's small enough I can push it around a bit while trying to hitch to something and usually don't have much of a problem.