I have a Kubota L3400 that I've used to plow (i.e. push) snow off my 1/4 mile driveway for about 3 years now. I desperately want to use a plow that I can angle off to one side just like a plow truck and pile the snow up on the edge versus having to scoop and dump it off the edge of the road every 50 feet or so.
So I found a couple of old plows with hydraulic pistons to control right and left angle movement and I'm wondering what needs to be done to make these work with my FEL hydraulics...or if it would work at all.
I know very little about how the hydraulic system works, but I am here to learn. My assumption was that I could give up the controls that roll the bucket up and down and use those two ports to angle the plow right/left...but I think I would need something called a power beyond control to do that. I have no idea what that is and why it is needed, but that is why I'm here.
Can anyone explain how the system works and what parts I need, or if there is a simpler way to do what I am proposing?
FYI, I have a backup plan that is much simpler: there is a manual control plow I have my eye on which will just stay angled to the right or left until you walk around and change it by hand. I could just bolt that to my bucket, connect it to the clevis hook mounted it the top of my bucket by a chain to support it vertically, and I should be good to go with no hydraulic complications.
Thoughts?
Thanks in advance.
Mike
So I found a couple of old plows with hydraulic pistons to control right and left angle movement and I'm wondering what needs to be done to make these work with my FEL hydraulics...or if it would work at all.
I know very little about how the hydraulic system works, but I am here to learn. My assumption was that I could give up the controls that roll the bucket up and down and use those two ports to angle the plow right/left...but I think I would need something called a power beyond control to do that. I have no idea what that is and why it is needed, but that is why I'm here.
Can anyone explain how the system works and what parts I need, or if there is a simpler way to do what I am proposing?
FYI, I have a backup plan that is much simpler: there is a manual control plow I have my eye on which will just stay angled to the right or left until you walk around and change it by hand. I could just bolt that to my bucket, connect it to the clevis hook mounted it the top of my bucket by a chain to support it vertically, and I should be good to go with no hydraulic complications.
Thoughts?
Thanks in advance.
Mike