skipmarcy
Veteran Member
QD's makes excellent swivels, and I can't see why XCAT's solution shouldn't work....
if cylinder movement is vertical, hoses needs to be looped in a horizontal or offset plane, to allow flexing alt swiveling....to longer loop the less need of a swivel, and vice versa....
Good example XCAT!:thumbsup:
I like tight plumbing, but Skipmarcy's plumbing looks little too tight, and it don't look like the QD can swivel?? The, way too short, hoses, might put tension into hose wiring and the fittings on the DPOCV. Do you have to plug in the QD's before connecting the blind side of cylinder to tractor?? Looks very tight....but if it works it works...:thumbsup:
Agree that vertical loop (at vertical movement) can eliminate need of swivel if plumbed right, but then you'll depend on a hose bend flex, and that might take an extra large loop of hose....(have seen 360+ deg loops LOL)...but now you have to use QD's so why not take advantage of the swivel option QD's give you!?
Yes, my hoses are right short but they work very well and haven't had a single drop of fluid leak in 6 years and over 1300 hours of use, and the tractor has lived it's complete life outside to boot - rough on any hoses. The hoses will twist (swivel) in the QDs but they barely move throughout the whole range of my hitch up & down cycle and I have no problem disconnecting or reconnecting them when I remove the cylinder for using either my PHD or 2 bottom plow. Given the good service I've had out of these hoses I would rather have these again when time to replace than longer hoses in the way or getting hung in brush etc. in the woods. I'll use my boxblade to push brushpiles, logs etc. alot sometimes. These hoses are pretty heavy duty 2-wire braid hoses and the curvature you see in them is pretty well set - they hold that shape pretty close when disconnected and don't really have hardly any stress on them in use.