Backhoe John Deere controls to Cat style

[bcp]

This is the type of hose arrangement I was thinking of.



Bruce

 

[Tfish]

That's what I need to look at tomorrow, wasn't sure if the hoses just go to the cylinders at the bottom or to a solid line like that

 

[Tfish]

You are right Tom, the hoses go out to all of the cylinders. I just sent an email to the woods guy this morning, I will hopefully see what he says about this by the time I get off work. Seems like maybe it had something to do with the swing speed control.

 

[MORRISONSTEEL]

View attachment t159676.pdf old Deere instructions for construction backhoes if that helps.

 

[Tfish]

Thanks for sending that on to me but it appears that it might be a little different application then what I have, I will take a closer look at it when I get home. I seems arc weld was right, you can't just change hose positions because of the relief valves. The woods guy said that I would be bending and breaking things. He said that it was a pretty labor intensive job as far as time goes to change it over. Long story short, I think I might be getting used to JD controls!

 

[Arc weld]

It doesn't matter how long it takes if you can do it yourself. Just need to know the proper way to do it.

 

[jimmysisson]

Amazing how hard it is to unlearn those muscle memory tasks - good luck with it.
Jim

 

[Tfish]

Thanks Jim, like rustyiron said your hands just take over when you sit in the seat. Ya, I agree with you arc weld, I don't mind spending the time to do it, I just wish I had some kind of reference to go by. I've always fixed my own stuff but I haven't messed with hydraulics very much other than changing out a cylinder or something like that. I guess it's not a bad idea to get the feel of the JD controls anyway. I'm kinda surprised that I have never came across them before anyway. I sure appreciate all the input from you guys, hopefully I can be of help to one of you guys on something!

 

[MORRISONSTEEL]

Thanks for sending that on to me but it appears that it might be a little different application then what I have, I will take a closer look at it when I get home. I seems arc weld was right, you can't just change hose positions because of the relief valves. The woods guy said that I would be bending and breaking things. He said that it was a pretty labor intensive job as far as time goes to change it over. Long story short, I think I might be getting used to JD controls!

Yep, didn't expect it to be exactly like your situation just wanted to show that just moving hoses may not be the best route to go. But like you mentioned...once a machinery operator knows one system they can typically learn another in a relative short amount of time.

 

[Rustyiron]

So when were you up in this neck of the woods?

My mistake, never been up into the pan handle. Hayden sounded familiar, I had to look at the map, it's been 15 years by now. We made a big southern loop around the state, that was the summer after Yellowstone burned, prolly 16-18 years actually.
Just re-learn the JD controls as long as you don't have to jump on an excavator now & then, but a lot of them have a valve that let's you switch back & forth.