Hydraulic hookup on bush hog

[dmaxxx21]

I have a 15ft bush hog with 3 hydraulic lines but the tractor only has 2 remotes, how do I need to hook it up for either lifting both wings at the same time or individually plus raising the cut height, my other tractor had 3 remotes so it was not a problem, any help would be appreciated.

 

[Tx Jim]

You can tee the 2 hoses together that raise/lower the wings. Downside is both wings will raise simultaneously unless one side has less resistance.

 

[dmaxxx21]

I thought it would be something like that, How do I tee the 2 together? What part do I need? Thanks for the help.

 

[Zebrafive]

You need to determine the type and size of the fittings currently used, as in the threads/type of the hose ends and male quick coupler.

If you wanted to control the wings separately you could put a ball valve (high pressure) in each wing line and shut off the one you did not want to raise. That would be an expensive way to go, but cheaper than adding a third remote.

 

[SSdoxie]

You could hook up a diverter/selector valve on the tractor. Run lines from 1 remote to the selector valve, then coming out of the selector valve put in remote coupler for both wings. One wing would work as normal, acitvate the selector valve and move your remote lever to run the other wing. Selector valve could be manual or electric depending on how convenient you want or $ you wnat to spend.

 

[Tx Jim]

Another option would be an electrically controlled Fasse valve.

 

[pedalstomper78]

Ask questions and plan before you go designing stuff.

Do you plan on having one side down and the other side up? If not, use a T-fitting to put both sides working in unisyn and you're good to go. If you need to have one side or the other down, anything from diverter valves to a simple "on/off" on each side could do the trick for you.

 

[dmaxxx21]

Raising and lowering the wings together would be fine and sounds the simplest way to do this,so can I just get a t fitting at tsc or where? Thanks for the help.

 

[murphy1244]

Yes TSC should have the fittings.

 

[dmaxxx21]

I believe I found what needed so I will try it out this week, thanks for all your help.