Front Hyd. Pump for Tractor

[bsekf]

Does anybody offer an after market Front Hyd. pump that is cheap and easy to install. I want to run front mounted skid steer attachments.

 

[grsthegreat]

Not sure how that could work. My rear mount unit is a tank that holds about 25 gallons of hydraulic fluid and a very large, heavy pto powered pump. There would be no room for any piece of equipment. Mine mounts on rear of tractor. Skid steer attachments move alot of fluid at high pressures. The volume of fluids is there to help cool the fluid while inuse.

 

[kneedeep]

Any implement requiring lots of GPM are Skid Steer only,
Tractors will only operate a cylinder as in grapple or in my case, I run a LimbSaw with the small tractor no problem. Mine won’t run a SS mower, backhoe, forestry mulching head, etc.
And yours probably won’t either

 

[Fixastuff]

What you are looking for is a rear 3pt pro powered hydraulic power pack. A few different people make them.

 

[D&D]

Does anybody offer an after market Front Hyd. pump that is cheap and easy to install. I want to run front mounted skid steer attachments.

It could certainly be done but no one I know of offers a kit. A 3 point power pack is more common

 

[careyo63]

I run a Hyd. pump off the Eng. crank shaft. The Fel. frame is the Hyd. fluids reservoir. It's all self contained. If I ever would need to remove the Fel. a few bolts and the Hyd. pump shaft is all I need to remove it. 1963 ford with a Wagner FEL. They should have a complete kit. Pump,shaft,Adapter. https://www.yesterdaystractors.com/192161_Hydraulic-Pump-Hub_5421.htm

 

[Fixastuff]

I run a Hyd. pump off the Eng. crank shaft. The Fel. frame is the Hyd. fluids reservoir. It's all self contained. If I ever would need to remove the Fel. a few bolts and the Hyd. pump shaft is all I need to remove it. 1963 ford with a Wagner FEL. They should have a complete kit. Pump,shaft,Adapter. https://www.yesterdaystractors.com/192161_Hydraulic-Pump-Hub_5421.htm

Do you run a hydraulic cutter with that pump set up or is that to power the loader?

 

[careyo63]

Do you run a hydraulic cutter with that pump set up or is that to power the loader?

Loader. The Hub Adapter can stay just loosen the hyd. pump and pull the shaft. Super easy!

 

[Fixastuff]

Loader. The Hub Adapter can stay just loosen the hyd. pump and pull the shaft. Super easy!

I understand but he wants to run a cutter does that pump have the flow and fluid capacity for that?

 

[LouNY]

A lot of the Ford and MF utility/loader tractors ran that same setup.
Hydraulic pump driven from the crank hub. Many of the municipal plow trucks run a similar setup with crank mounted pumps. They all have a good sized reservoir which acts as a cooler and some will also have a cooler in front of the radiator.
The closed center JD had a front mounted pump plumbed into the tractor.

Many pumps could be mounted in that manner and driven at engine rpm to achieve the needed flow rates, the difficultly will be cooling the fluid and having an adequate sized reservoir.

 

[careyo63]

I don't know for sure the GPM. flow rate. It's small and the only thing you can clearly read is Vickers vane pump. The numbers I can see and searching 8 GPM..

 

[sandman2234]

The Ford 7710 I had used a PTO mounted pump, had a 25 gallon auxiliary tank, and ran a 4 foot cutter along with all the hydraulics it took to run the rear boom that was configured just like an extending backhoe arm. Rear PTO pumps can deliver a LOT of gallons per minute.
I also realize that the O/P is looking for a front mounted PTO pump, but as was brought up by others, a tank is also needed to cool the fluid. That may require an auxiliary tank mounted on the rear, which means it will act as a counterweight also. Putting the PTO pump back there will save just a little bit in mounting trouble and hose length.
David from jax