restricting flow

[fishhead]

Oh-

and Happy thanksgiving folks

 

[npalen]

May have to try a five foot long handle on those rascal valves.:laughing:

 

[fishhead]

May have to try a five foot long handle on those rascal valves.:laughing:

and six foot arms to operate them

 

[KiotiWhite]

May have to try a five foot long handle on those rascal valves.:laughing:

That's exactly what I did (well, same concept but a little shorter).
Rear remote levers on my Bobcat CT are stubby little things on a pedestal to the right of seat.
Too short to operate with any finesse.
They're round bar 3/16" or so with a plastic cap.
Removed the cap, threaded the ends and added a piece of 3/16 threaded rod and coupling to each. Cover back over the new end.
Think I added about 10" or so and it's a little too much but just haven't gotten around to cutting.
MUCH easier to control now and well worth the effort and minimal expense.

 

[fishhead]

Just wanted to circle back with the end result, been traveling a lot for work so so time has elapsed

i got the fittings Brian had suggested all 4 at .031 orifice, i guess i am a little clueless but i did not realize i could just place them in-line till they arrived. With the .031 orifice i went from a sub 2 second cycle time on both rotation and spout to about 8 seconds- a little slow and i could really hear the engine load when i used the hydraulics.
I ordered some 3/64 bits (.047) as i could not find them locally, too, i got a drill press rig for a dremel as that was recommended for super small bits. they arrived, everything worked like a charm and i took extra pains to clean up all the fittings. Now cycle time is in the 3.5 to 4 second time frame which seems perfect- fast enough but not too fast.

Thanks Brian- good recommendations,

thanks

That's exactly what I did (well, same concept but a little shorter).
Rear remote levers on my Bobcat CT are stubby little things on a pedestal to the right of seat.
Too short to operate with any finesse.
They're round bar 3/16" or so with a plastic cap.
Removed the cap, threaded the ends and added a piece of 3/16 threaded rod and coupling to each. Cover back over the new end.
Think I added about 10" or so and it's a little too much but just haven't gotten around to cutting.
MUCH easier to control now and well worth the effort and minimal expense.

 

[Todd727]

You can also find those fittings at Tractor Supply for anyone else that may want to use them and doesn't want to wait.

 

[fishhead]

thanks Todd,
I will say the folks at Trausch seemed quite nice and i would not hesitate to give them addl business

I used my blower tonight for the first time since drilling the larger holes tonight and the swing time is almost perfect, Maybe 20% after might be ideal but i am not about to take it all apart for that, plus i am guessing the next bit size would speed it up a bit more than that. The valve seems to have some proportionality at the restricted flow so i guess i could go a bit bigger but really i am at the good enough stage.

Thanks all and have great holidays with people you care about.

You can also find those fittings at Tractor Supply for anyone else that may want to use them and doesn't want to wait.