MadDog
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Herewith a link to my tractor pics. The last eight pics (begining with DSCN0268) show the tractor 3ph hookup and the changes in sidek-to-side and front-to-back implement attitude that can be made w/out leaving the tractor seat:
Kubota Tractor
The single joystick, which controls both cylinders, is mounted (w/ Ubolts - and without drilling /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif ) to the lower right ROPS just behind the SMV sign, on the right of the operator. The hydraulic lines run from the joystick console under the main frame to the FEL and are well out of harms way since they are pretty well protected by (as well as tied to) the frame itself.
The right lift arm cylinder, even fully retracted, was a bit longer than the adjustable lift arm so that, in order to get both arms level with the cylinder at 1/2 extension, I had to drill a hole in the left lower arm somewhat closer to the tractor, as shown on DSCN0268.
This works OK, but a better permanant solution will be to get a lift arm for the left lower arm that is the right length when it is connected to the equivilent hole on the lower left arm, as the right cylinder is on the right arm. That way, the implement will keep its level or tilt as you raise or lower the attachment throughout its range. (The reason that it doesn't if you have the left lift arm connected at a different point on the lower arm is that the lift is being communicated along an arc with a longer radius.)
You can still get precisely the amount of tilt that you want, but you have make the tilt adjustment with the attachment lowered to the depth at which you are going to use it.
As you can see, it is possible to use the TCC hydraulics to make quite significant adjustments of both side-to-side and front-to-back attitude. I think that this will be a great advantage when using a boxblade, and also more convenient when using a rear blade and, possibly, a post hole digger (as, for example, when the tractor is on a grade, but you want to drill a hole that is vertical).
I started cutting a path into the woods on our back land this past weekend and experimented a bit with the TCC. I think that it will be quite useful for many things, including (1) getting exactly the right relationship for the particular terrain conditions between the scarifiers and the rear blade of the boxblade, (2) cutting into the side of a grade and (3) using a single scarifier at one end or the other to help pry up larger rocks (or cut roots) that would be hard to dislodge with the FEL.
Hope all of this is useful to those interested in TCC/TnT.
Kubota Tractor
The single joystick, which controls both cylinders, is mounted (w/ Ubolts - and without drilling /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif ) to the lower right ROPS just behind the SMV sign, on the right of the operator. The hydraulic lines run from the joystick console under the main frame to the FEL and are well out of harms way since they are pretty well protected by (as well as tied to) the frame itself.
The right lift arm cylinder, even fully retracted, was a bit longer than the adjustable lift arm so that, in order to get both arms level with the cylinder at 1/2 extension, I had to drill a hole in the left lower arm somewhat closer to the tractor, as shown on DSCN0268.
This works OK, but a better permanant solution will be to get a lift arm for the left lower arm that is the right length when it is connected to the equivilent hole on the lower left arm, as the right cylinder is on the right arm. That way, the implement will keep its level or tilt as you raise or lower the attachment throughout its range. (The reason that it doesn't if you have the left lift arm connected at a different point on the lower arm is that the lift is being communicated along an arc with a longer radius.)
You can still get precisely the amount of tilt that you want, but you have make the tilt adjustment with the attachment lowered to the depth at which you are going to use it.
As you can see, it is possible to use the TCC hydraulics to make quite significant adjustments of both side-to-side and front-to-back attitude. I think that this will be a great advantage when using a boxblade, and also more convenient when using a rear blade and, possibly, a post hole digger (as, for example, when the tractor is on a grade, but you want to drill a hole that is vertical).
I started cutting a path into the woods on our back land this past weekend and experimented a bit with the TCC. I think that it will be quite useful for many things, including (1) getting exactly the right relationship for the particular terrain conditions between the scarifiers and the rear blade of the boxblade, (2) cutting into the side of a grade and (3) using a single scarifier at one end or the other to help pry up larger rocks (or cut roots) that would be hard to dislodge with the FEL.
Hope all of this is useful to those interested in TCC/TnT.
