Got to use CCM hydraulic top link today.....

leeinmemphis · May 25, 2006

All I can say is wow! I went up today to the farm and hooked up the box blade then I put the hydraulic top link on. I ordered the top link when I ordered my tiller a couple weeks ago but today was the first time I had a chance to put it on. First impressions are very high. It allowed me to make dramatic changes to the box blade while working and made a huge difference in the performance of the box blade. I've been using tractors for 10 years and this is without a doubt THE best money I have ever spent on a tractor. I think this will be something that I will never do without ever again! So for you guys holding out on ordering one........you really owe it to yourself to give it a try!

leeinmemphis · May 25, 2006

All I can say is wow! I went up today to the farm and hooked up the box blade then I put the hydraulic top link on. I ordered the top link when I ordered my tiller a couple weeks ago but today was the first time I had a chance to put it on. First impressions are very high. It allowed me to make dramatic changes to the box blade while working and made a huge difference in the performance of the box blade. I've been using tractors for 10 years and this is without a doubt THE best money I have ever spent on a tractor. I think this will be something that I will never do without ever again! So for you guys holding out on ordering one........you really owe it to yourself to give it a try!

Dmace · May 25, 2006

Sounds great !

How much did that set you back if you don't mind me asking. It would be nice for my snowblower too!

Dmace · May 25, 2006

Sounds great !

How much did that set you back if you don't mind me asking. It would be nice for my snowblower too!

leeinmemphis · May 25, 2006

I think it was $250 for the link and $35 for the hose kit with quick connectors installed. I almost didn't buy it because I didn't know if I really needed it but it is gonna make a great addition to the tractor. It allowed me to get the box blade at a steeper angle than the factory top link so that I could make it dig alot more aggressive than the factory link would allow. It took a job that was probably going to take 3 hours and made it into an hour project. Plus the ability to adjust it on the fly was very nice as well. I think I'm going to look into putting a hydraulic tilt unit on the 3pt hitch. I really had no idea of how much of a difference it would make. I was very pleasantly surprised.

leeinmemphis · May 25, 2006

I think it was $250 for the link and $35 for the hose kit with quick connectors installed. I almost didn't buy it because I didn't know if I really needed it but it is gonna make a great addition to the tractor. It allowed me to get the box blade at a steeper angle than the factory top link so that I could make it dig alot more aggressive than the factory link would allow. It took a job that was probably going to take 3 hours and made it into an hour project. Plus the ability to adjust it on the fly was very nice as well. I think I'm going to look into putting a hydraulic tilt unit on the 3pt hitch. I really had no idea of how much of a difference it would make. I was very pleasantly surprised.

beenthere · May 25, 2006

Sounds great.
You got it today, and it was operating today. Does that mean there were no hyd. to plumb, nor drilling, bolting, and cutting?

That would be good.

Pictures if you can, would be great.

How long after ordering did you have to wait for it to arrive today? What tractor is this on? (no bio filled out der, so can't tell /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif )

I'm sure I would like it too. Haven't been able to see what I would be getting into in the way of fabricating and clutter of hoses, as asked once for pics but didn't come up with any that I found.

beenthere · May 25, 2006

Sounds great.
You got it today, and it was operating today. Does that mean there were no hyd. to plumb, nor drilling, bolting, and cutting?

That would be good.

Pictures if you can, would be great.

How long after ordering did you have to wait for it to arrive today? What tractor is this on? (no bio filled out der, so can't tell /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif )

I'm sure I would like it too. Haven't been able to see what I would be getting into in the way of fabricating and clutter of hoses, as asked once for pics but didn't come up with any that I found.

leeinmemphis · May 25, 2006

I received it when I got my tiller from CCM last week. It didn't take but a few minutes to install the hoses. I am using the rear auxillaries so I didn't add any auxillaries.(going to wait until the first service and then I'm going to add one set of aux to the front for the grapple bucket and a second set on the back for the tilt 3pt hitch). The tractor is a Kubota 5040 4x4. Sorry but I didn't have the camera with me today but I believe CCM has some pics of them on their website.

leeinmemphis · May 25, 2006

I received it when I got my tiller from CCM last week. It didn't take but a few minutes to install the hoses. I am using the rear auxillaries so I didn't add any auxillaries.(going to wait until the first service and then I'm going to add one set of aux to the front for the grapple bucket and a second set on the back for the tilt 3pt hitch). The tractor is a Kubota 5040 4x4. Sorry but I didn't have the camera with me today but I believe CCM has some pics of them on their website.

TwinWillows · May 26, 2006

I ordered our new tractor with hyd top & tilt (w/pilot checks) & can't imagine not having it when box blading. It's so easy to adjust the side to side angle for trimming a ditch or grade not to mention adjusting the bite angle on the fly.
It's even handy when hooking up implements, particularly a plow that sits "unlevel". I just hook up the fixed link side then pull the lever to adjust the other side & hook it up. The hyd top link also makes hooking implements up pretty easy. All in all

TwinWillows · May 26, 2006

I ordered our new tractor with hyd top & tilt (w/pilot checks) & can't imagine not having it when box blading. It's so easy to adjust the side to side angle for trimming a ditch or grade not to mention adjusting the bite angle on the fly.
It's even handy when hooking up implements, particularly a plow that sits "unlevel". I just hook up the fixed link side then pull the lever to adjust the other side & hook it up. The hyd top link also makes hooking implements up pretty easy. All in all

cowpie1 · May 28, 2006

Wow! is what I felt as well when I put the CCM top link on my New Holland a couple of months ago. One of those things that you wonder how you did without it once its on.

To use the manual toplink is not civilized in the 21st century!

Cliff

cowpie1 · May 28, 2006

Wow! is what I felt as well when I put the CCM top link on my New Holland a couple of months ago. One of those things that you wonder how you did without it once its on.

To use the manual toplink is not civilized in the 21st century!

Cliff

bigtater · Jun 3, 2006

I may have to look in to one. Looks like your spending as much time here as TNDEER lee /forums/images/graemlins/ooo.gif /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

bigtater · Jun 3, 2006

I may have to look in to one. Looks like your spending as much time here as TNDEER lee /forums/images/graemlins/ooo.gif /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

leeinmemphis · Jun 4, 2006

( I may have to look in to one. Looks like your spending as much time here as TNDEER lee /forums/images/graemlins/ooo.gif /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif )

well you know on tndeer alot of the time I would talk about projects I was doing and stuff like that. This is really a better place to discuss that kind of tihngs. Basically if it is related to tn or something in particular I need then I go to tndeer. If not I ask elsewhere.

I spread 125 tons of 33c gravel with my box blade and hydraulic link in less than 3 hours. That top link makes a WORLD of difference.

leeinmemphis · Jun 4, 2006

( I may have to look in to one. Looks like your spending as much time here as TNDEER lee /forums/images/graemlins/ooo.gif /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif )

well you know on tndeer alot of the time I would talk about projects I was doing and stuff like that. This is really a better place to discuss that kind of tihngs. Basically if it is related to tn or something in particular I need then I go to tndeer. If not I ask elsewhere.

I spread 125 tons of 33c gravel with my box blade and hydraulic link in less than 3 hours. That top link makes a WORLD of difference.