tilt cylinder installed

[fruitcakesa]

Welded a new eye on the broken eyed tilt cylinder that has been kicking around the shop for years.
It is a mismatch of cat sizes to hook it on but I managed to get it installed and now just have to wait till the current crop of mud dries out to give it a test run.
I also have a top cylinder but only one set of rear remotes so it will sit for a while longer.

 

[YanmarFever]

Looks real nice there! Ya might want to tie up the extra hose, so the p.t.o shaft doesn't take it for a spin!
Im sure you will get a lot of use from it.

 

[fruitcakesa]

After seeing one in action on my friends JD, I knew it would be a great addition

 

[YanmarFever]

I have one on my Yanmar, they work great with a box blade or for grading on a side hill.

 

[fruitcakesa]

I have my box blade on now.

 

[Gordon Gould]

Looks good fruitcakes. That will be handy with your box blade. But it is only half the job. I know this because my M5640 also has only one set of remotes. Before the summer is over it will have 3 or 4. One is too much of a tease when I am used to both top and tilt on my L3010,

gg

 

[npalen]

A tilt cylinder is very handy when attaching 3PH implements with no quick hitch. Makes is much easier to align the lower links vertically to the implement which may not be sitting perfectly level.

A top link cylinder facilitates front to rear alignment in the above process. Attach one side link and the top link then use the top link cylinder to drag the implement for alignment front to rear.

Sure would be handy to have acronyms for the top link and side link cylinders. May I propose TLC and SLC? (Ducking and running as I know some folks don't care for acronyms. I don't either when I don't know what they stand for. )

Edit: We already use TnT for Top and Tilt so why not a bit of TLC and SLC?

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Looks good! Now, you'll wonder why you didn't put one one a long time ago.

 

[fruitcakesa]

Thanks for all the feedback.
I had forgotten I had both Top and side links stashed away and only remembered them recently.
Plus the side link had the broken eye so it just sat, neglected for all these years.
I am looking at Summit's 3 port multiplier kit. Anyone ever installed/used one?