Hydraulic top link questions

[Rowski]

CCI

Made up my mind. I'll go with the shorter HTL 6" stroke.

How do you want to do this, private message, e-mail, or phone?

Look forward to doing business with you.

 

[Anonymous Poster]

CCI,

I'm interested in your HTL for my TC40D. I'm doing a lot of box blading and those two remotes that I purchased aren't helping much without an HTL. I've sent a private message as well.

Thanks,

Tom

 

[HayDR]

The # 06003 18-26" Hydraulic unit works best on compact tractors.

 

[TBone]

Derek,

My M4900 is CAT I. I'll probably have to grind off the 1/4" off the tractor end. The other end will be ok.

I wish now I had waited and bought the HTL with the double pilot valve. It sounds a little safer.

TBone

 

[markct]

i dont get what the big deal is about the pilot operated safety valve is, if something blows in your 3pt lift its gona drop just as fast as your toplink blowing would, and besides, you should never get under a raised implement unless its blocked up period. i dont care weather ya have a pilot check valve whatever, ya dont get any part of you under it unless its firmly blocked up. i just made a cat 2 toplink last weekend and it doesnt have a pilot safety valve but i have no worries at all about using it

 

[Bird]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( i dont get what the big deal is about the pilot operated safety valve )</font>

If I understand it right, some cylinder seals and/or valves may allow some drift; i.e., it may self adjust when you don't want it to, and the pilot operated safety valve prevents that. And if I'm right, it's like a lot of things; not absolutely necessary but sure a nice feature to have. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[TBone]

Yeah, you're probably right - the likelihood of something failing back there is probably not greater than another point on the hydraulic system. I don't get under anything either but sometimes, when using the boom pole you have to "steady" something you are loading on a trailor and if it fell suddenly you could get hurt. For the small amount of cost involved I think the pilot valve would have given me a little piece of mind. Too late now anyway - I ordered mine Friday before I saw the one from CCI. The one I ordered is a little heavier cylinder so that makes up some of the difference.

Like Bird said it would also eliminate the drift you might get but my experience with external hydraulic cylinders is that you would get very little if any drift provided everything was in good shape.

TBone

 

[John_Mc]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Derek, my HTL is 21 inches retracted and my stock TL is also 19-1/2 like yours. In my opinion, the HTL is much better if it is shorter than the original TL. I cannot get my boxblade to come completely level or tilt slightly forward because my toplink is just a bit too long. )</font>

Jinman-

If you have a bit of extra shaft sticking out of your cylinder when fully retracted, you can fix this problem by cutting down the shaft to shorten the link overall. Even better, a lot of the HTL assemblies out there have an 8" range of motion, but get the overall length they need by welding a bracket on to the base of the cylinder, and attaching the ball or "eye" to that. This is how mine was set up). I had to adjust it by cutting off some of the bracket and welding the eye back on.

John Mc

 

[Rowski]

I got my HTL on Friday from CCI. Didn't instatll it till today, actually this early evening. Works well. I didn't get to use very much. Just played with it for about 1/2 hr with the rear blade. Hoses are a bit long but they came as a kit with the HTL. Better to long than to short. I'll have to see, right now they work well being as long as they are. I may make a bracket that hold them. One thing I like about the double pilot valves are that you can disconnect the HTL and the position is held with out having pressure on the couplers. That had never crossed my mind but seems to work well. The idea of being able to adjust the toplink on the fly was a reason for getting it. Another more important reason was that with large implements it is a real pain to adjust the toplink to get the implement level. Usually required adjusting the position control and then turning the toplink a few turns and then doing it again. Not any more /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif...

Attached are some pictures.

 

[Rowski]

Another view.