Gate valve question

[PedeStablesEden]

Ok, so just an idea or thought if you will. If I put a 2 way manual switching valve on my tilt cylinders, one way of the valve retaining factory tilt functions, the other way, feeding an implement. Doing this on both lines to tilt cylinders of a FEL so 2 valves total. Would you not then be able to use your tilt direction of loader joystick to run implements? Will this work? If not then why? Please note, this is not my plan, just a thought of a really cheap fast way to run an implement.

 

[ptsg]

It's called a diverter valve and that's what most manufacturers actually offer as "3rd function" instead of a 12v solenoid control valve.

The advantage of a diverter valve is that you can still feather the controls, which is not something you can do with a 12v solenoid control valve as it's only On or Off, no in between.

You can get those diverter valves in both manual and 12v variants. Needless to say, the manual one is not very convenient to swap functions. I just installed one a couple months ago to get a second set of remotes on my tractor.

 

[jigs_n_fixtures]

The FEL Valve typically gets split side to side to feed the cylinders out on the loader. Which you show in your sketch. Depending on whether you are using the joystick to curl or dump the bucket, one line is pressure and the other is a return line.

Then the diverter mounts on one of the arms or on the cross bar by the bucket.

image from Summit: What is a Diverter Valve?