t and t / ccmachinery ?

texastomtom · Dec 29, 2004

http://www.ccmachinery.com/TNT.htm

Does anyone have the top and tilt
on a john deere ?

I'm mean specifically the the ccmachery stuff..

Thanks in AdvAnCe

tom
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tomrscott · Dec 31, 2004

I was hoping there would be an answer to your query. I am also looking very closely at this product. I like the double action cylinders with check valves, and the price is at least reasonable. Might be able to do a bit better with some scrounging for parts, but so far haven't seen all the pieces as reasonably. Wish someone here had used it and could report.

Bob_Skurka · Dec 31, 2004

One of my surprise Christmas gifts to myself was a CCM TNT set up. I don't have it installed yet, and I don't have a JD tractor. However, what impressed me was the time Mark Carter took to make sure I got exactly the right parts.

Mine was purchased without any hoses, those will be purchased from my local hydraulics shop so I get the right lengths. The CCM TNT set up includes 2 cylinders and the control valve/joystick. It is up to you to figure out how to mount it and plumb it into your hydraulics. As a possible option, Mark is looking into supplying the same type of "arm" and joystick controller cover box that Integrated Engineering had with their set up. The hydraulic components from CCM and IE are the same components because the two companies are working together and CCM purchased the TNT inventory from IE.

There are no instructions, but Mark did email valve control instructions so I know which port is which on the valve controller. Mark told me he is hoping to develop a simple instructions . . . but as different as each brand of tractor is, I think Mark may find it hard to make anything more than the most basic diagram.

tomrscott · Dec 31, 2004

Thanks that's good info. Explains why IE hadn't been answering emails. And why their stuff looked so similar.

I think I want my controller mounted on the ROP since I'll be turning around to see the 3pt when I adjust it anyway. The cover would be nice though. Like others have observed, I'd like the protection of having something between me and the hydraulic connections in case of a leak.

Haven't ordered from CCM yet because my JD dealer hasn't delivered my 790 yet. It is a used machine and the dealer is mounting a new loader on it and going through it with a full tune up and semi-refurb. They even put a new JD battery in it just because the old batter wasn't original, and it needed new battery cables. Also the hood and grill needed a little straightening. They almost got it done for delivery today, but the loader needed a bolt they were out of stock on, so next week for sure.

Once I get it I am planning to order the CCM TNT kit, but I need to play with my boxblade and carefully measure the cylinder adjustment range I want first.

I'd like to talk with anyone who has done a TNT on the 790. It is a bit different because there is apparently not a true "power beyond" port available. You have to break into the line between the loader valve and the 3pt rocker hydraulics. You take that line out and either get a kit for rear hydraulics (which is just some hydraulic lines with the banjo fittings and some rear couplings and mounting brackets (~$200), or I guess you could take the old line out and cut it apart and then splice some other couplings onto the two ends. I have not measured that line to be sure what size it is, but I think it was about 1/4" or 3/8" steel tubing. I guess you can braze a FOR-SEAL tailpiece onto the two steel tubing ends. and then use standard fittings a lot cheaper than using the JD kit.

-ts