I need second spool valve on Iseki TX2160HST

[hobbyist]

First of all I need to admit that I'm clueless with hydraulics! I want to use a small finger (or flail) mower/hedge trimmer on my TX2160 HST. The ones which run solely off pto are either too heavy or require too much power for my little Iseki, but the ones which run off tractor's hydraulis are much lighter. But there is only one spool valve on my tractor. Is there a way of adding a second spool valve to achieve this? (Please be nice and bear in mind my first sentence!)

 

[Harry in Ky]

Before you get too excited about adding a valve, you need to determine how much oil flow (gallons per minute) the machine will require to operate. Most tractors similar to yours don't have much in that regard. In fact yours is listed at under 3 GPM. Probably not going to work.

 

[hobbyist]

Thanks for you reply. Hmmm ... I wonder if a machine exists where the the finger mower head is run directly off the pto with just the rams controlling its positioning from the tractor's hydraulics. I've done a search but no luck. Looks like my only solution is to trade up my forty-year-old, totally reliable little Iseki with something with a bit more 'ooomph'! Unless someone has another idea.

 

[oldnslo]

Hobbyist
Not familiar with term finger mower. Is this similar to boom mower where the cutting head is on the end of an arm or boom that you move around to trim hedges beside the tractor? If yes then the weight hanging off the side of the tractor is what is determining tractor size.