Need to slow down plow

[butlp]

Hi, I'm either digging up gravel or leaving too much snow on my road with my Kubota RTV that uses the dump box hydraulics to a DA cylinder mounted on a Curtis plow. I need to make smaller movements

 

[oldnslo]

Is this a manually operated valve or electrically operated?
If electrical: flow controls or orifices in the plow line will slow down the movement.

If Manual: feather the control or use flow controls or orifices.

 

[Tx Jim]

Ditto on installing flow control valve or orifice. I did just that on a M4900 FEL that boom dropped to fast when handling rd bales of hay

 

[ovrszd]

Yeah, you can buy restrictor fittings that go in the line. You want them between the quick coupler and the hose. Or between the plow end of the hose and the cylinder fitting.

Don't put them between the Quick Couplers on the RTV and the hydraulic valve. If you do you'll have that restriction on everything else you use that system for including bed dump.

My local tractor supply store stocks them for the larger, tractor size couplers. But I don't think they carry them for the smaller RTV size couplers. Might have to order a pair.

Brian, with Fitrite Hydraulics here on TBN might be able to fix you up with a pair.

 

[ovrszd]

One more thing. Not being condescending, just don't know your experience level. You should be plowing with the hydraulic lever in the "float" position. That allows the plow to run along on the skid shoes and move up/down over uneven terrain without lifting off the ground. "Float" is achieved by pushing the lever forward until you feel it lock into a detent. The lever will then stay in that position until you pull it rearward and it snaps back into the valve closed position. Or pull it farther rearward and it then lifts the plow.

 

[Texasmark]

One more thing. Not being condescending, just don't know your experience level. You should be plowing with the hydraulic lever in the "float" position. That allows the plow to run along on the skid shoes and move up/down over uneven terrain without lifting off the ground. "Float" is achieved by pushing the lever forward until you feel it lock into a detent. The lever will then stay in that position until you pull it rearward and it snaps back into the valve closed position. Or pull it farther rearward and it then lifts the plow.

If I'm moving manure (or anything else) around on concrete,or any hard surface, float works great for me. But if I'm attempting to move sand from a pile on soft ground it just digs in unless I tilt the bucket and then it wants to ride up and over the material I want to load.

 

[ovrszd]

If I'm moving manure (or anything else) around on concrete,or any hard surface, float works great for me. But if I'm attempting to move sand from a pile on soft ground it just digs in unless I tilt the bucket and then it wants to ride up and over the material I want to load.

Yep, I agree. But the OP was talking about plowing snow with his RTV.

 

[PILOON]

A restricter is fairly easy to make.
You get a fitting that has same male and female threads, weld the opening closed and then drill a small restriction hole to limit the oil flow.
Start small (like 3/32) and increase size if too slow.