Thinkin' about tapping into my rear hydraulics

[ampa]

Hi everyone.....I mentioned at the first of this thread of buyin' a new 48" Crastman SnowBlade(Plough) "DON'T BUY" these flimsy things......all though John Deere sell almost the same as the Craftsman,theirs are a bit more robust,but still made out of very light guage metel,I was able to find one that is quite robust(steel bracing on the back of blade) that are made to fit most ATV's, 48"-60" etc.I chose the 48",these are under the brand name of POWERBLADE manufactured up here in Canada, CANADIAN TIRE here in Canada sell them,be aware these are not sold as a complete unit like the Crasftman which include the main frame and that(Ugg) crazy manual lift handel and cable control for the angle,which suited me just fine,first I bought the 48" blade thinkin' it was the whole complete unit including the to me the useless manual lift but a way more robust than the Crasftsman @ $169.00 plus tax,I thought what a good deal,so then I thought I was ordering the main frame for the blade @$179.00,to me still a good deal,turns out this was the lift handle only,took it back,found out,the part I needed was called pushbar(main frame as I would call it,this sells @$199.00,to me still a good deal,I wouldn't be needing the manual lift handle anyhow,so I saved shelling out the $169.00, I think there is another attachment for a electric winch, which to me is better than using the manual lift,I chose a different route,leavin' my tractors hydraulics as they are, and bought a 12 volt acutator this looks very same as a hydraulic cylinder except it has an inclosed 12 volt motor at the top mounted to the side of it,bought this at Princess Auto, kinda' exspensive @249.00 but still way cheaper than goin' the hydraulic route, I needed to buy the so called extra's so now the total price for this item came to around$320.00 including tax, back to the 48" blade,which was in stock as well as the pushbar,which I was told was a Canadian Tire stock item,both of these were open boxes,the blade had a ding on the edge which to me is no big deal,the pushbar frame box look like it was in the II world war,the frame looked to be all there,but when I got it home,I found that the angle latch thingy to be missin',so I guess back to the store and argue with the sales guy about these missing parts, I no longer have the beat up box it came in,but I do have my reciept,so I don't know how I'll make out,if worse comes to worse I may have to make something up or buy another acutator for the angle part of it,more money to spend,what do you guys think about all this did I do the right thing not tampering with my hydraulics that are working just fine for any implement I need install on the 3 PT,which I doubt not,as I'll be usin' my tractor for snow removal only,I've got my 48" Grader Blade up for sale, I have a couple of interested buyers for my 60" Finish Mower,so that may be sold soon,I'll be sure to let everyone know how I make out with this new plough and lift set up,although maybe it wasn't the cheapest way for me to go,a new snow shovel would of been the cheapest,but I'm not up to this manual labor, my tractor is sort of my fun machine,and I have fun ploughin' snow rather than shoveling it.......thanks guys for all your input and interest,take care.....Ampa

 

[ampa]

Just an update on this hydraulic issue of mine,although I had bought the acutator,I found it would be a pain,to install as it was muchtoo long in length and also the fact that I would have to dismantle the small dash on my tractor and add another accessory onto the one and only accessory pin on my ignition switch,and the fact that I didn't really know how to hook it up,I decieded to take acutator back got a full refund and bought a small (yellow) in color Myers snowplough hydraulic ram (matches the snowblade which is yellow and black),plus a twin control valve,so now I can ,when I buy a double acting ram, I can run both the UP and Down plus the Left and Right angle off my tractors on board hydraulics,since I removed all the 3 pt hitch the other day and won't ever be using this tractors hydraulics no more,the cost may be a little more than I planned for,but to have two acutators to run both raise and angle would have cost a little more or the same,and I would have had to put up with the very slow action,anyhow guys thanks ever so much for all your help on this issue of mine,I've started a new thread on the TBN hydraulic section asking questions on hydraulics and recieving information that I need help on>>>>take care>>>>ampa