TC24DA Top and Tilt.

[JSUnlimited]

Well, I had all of the hoses and fittings made yesterday and it all worked great the first time!

Pic of hoses off of valve, this will be covered with a fabbed trim panel held in place with those studs sticking up.

 

[JSUnlimited]

Pic of hoses to cylinders. I have Q/C's @ each cylinder port so they can be taken off without tools and then the lines can be plugged into each other to keep the dirt out.

 

[JSUnlimited]

Tilt to the right. I can tilt to the left also. I have the cylinder at mid-stroke when level to get even tilt on both sides. I used the adjustable link opposite of the tilt cylinder.

 

[JSUnlimited]

Top-link extended, enough for smoothing/spreading.

 

[JSUnlimited]

Top-link retracted.

 

[JSUnlimited]

Thats it for now, I'll get the valve cover made the end of this week and post a pic or two of that.

Used it last night to grade the drive and......WOW! How did I get along without this set up for so long?!?!?

 

[pekabu]

I am curious as to how you plumb the main lines. So you start at the hose the comes out of the loader control valve, run to the new spool, then run back into the line that connects to the loader control valve?

 

[JSUnlimited]

Yep, I went from the power beyond hose on the loader joystick to the "in" on the valve. The "out" on the valve T's into the return for the backhoe at the rear axle. Then from the power beyond on the TnT valve, went back to the Q/C for the 3PTH. Don't you have a backhoe too? If so, this is as easy as can be to plumb and when you go to use the BH, then it just works as before.

 

[pekabu]

Thanks for that info. I do have a BH and wasn't sure on the proper routing of the hoses.

Love the bracket. Whats the two long threaded rods for? Cover I assume. Can't wait to see it buttoned up.

 

[JSUnlimited]

Dave, yeah the bracket worked out great as it does not interfere with the seat, oh-crap handle and the levers on the fender. I used it for a good while today and it's at the perfect angle when looking over my right shoulder to watch what's going on, right at the finger tips. The studs are for a cover plate that my buddy and I are going to work on the end of this week. I'll get some more pics up when done. Joe