Hydraulic leveler and top link

[stevejd990]

Has anyone added a hydraulic leveler and or top link to a JD990 or equivalent tractor? If so, could you recommend a manufacturer? Or have any ideas that worked well?

 

[AKfish]

Steve, I have a 2-way hydraulic cylinder plumbed into my power-beyond outlets. The in and out lines are then plumbed into a lever valve setup like a log-splitter valve that is mounted on the roll-bar next to my right shoulder. I removed the adjustable rockshaft linkage and replaced it with the 2-way cylinder. I've got a hole drilled into one of the lower 3-pt arms that connects with the bottom pin of the cylinder ram. This allows me to adjust the angle on my 7 foot back blade by adjusting the hydraulic cylinder up and down. One of these days I'm gonna get a digital camera and figure out how to post pictures... Anyway, I have 1/2 of a top n tilt setup that way. Got the tilt part of the system! Hope this makes sense. Akfish /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif