fishguy10
New member
I recently purchased a used Thorson hydraulic cattle chute that uses three hydraulic cylinders, spool, a Vickers vane pump of either 3 or 8 gpm (it's overstamped with both numbers and FluidDyne can't help) and what appears to be a GE 10hp electric motor without a rating plate or any identifying numbers. The capacitors on the motor burned up (probably a bad relay) and I'm having difficulty replacing them due to a lack of identifying marks. Since the motor is bad, I cannot test the flow rate of the pump.
Rather than chase ghost parts, I'm thinking about replacing/updating the pump and electric motor and cannot find advise on how to size a hydraulic pump based on the size/desired cycle times of the hydraulic cylinders. I've searched google and this site and while there are a number of posts that come close to answering this question, I was not able to find anything directly responsive.
Q: Is it possible to calculate the hydraulic pump requirements given that at least two of the cylinders are typically in operation concurrently and, if so, how is that done?
Thanks,
Shaun
John Day, OR
Rather than chase ghost parts, I'm thinking about replacing/updating the pump and electric motor and cannot find advise on how to size a hydraulic pump based on the size/desired cycle times of the hydraulic cylinders. I've searched google and this site and while there are a number of posts that come close to answering this question, I was not able to find anything directly responsive.
Q: Is it possible to calculate the hydraulic pump requirements given that at least two of the cylinders are typically in operation concurrently and, if so, how is that done?
Thanks,
Shaun
John Day, OR