Hydraulic tubing question

[Egon]

Wish I could plan ahead like that Henro.

Egon

 

[Inspector507]

I wish I could get 2 TRACTORS like Henro /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[uhmgawa]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( That is a monster, not to mention all the work port hoses you will have to deal with.)</font>

Quite true. But a fact of life if you need a number of valves.
Another approach is to locate the valves elsewhere and situate
cable linked levers for operator access. This setup is common
with full cab tractors.

 

[uhmgawa]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( The compression fittings, swagelock, are very easy to install and come in a plethora of styles. Be sitting down when you price them out. )</font>

The actual flare fittings are rather inexpensive, typically totaling under $2 for
both flare nut and collar. A JIC37 flaring tool will cost you $50-200.
and is identical in principle to the $10 tools which produce a SAE45 flare.

Tube benders are also expensive from established manufacturers but can
be found in knock-off form by HF and others for $4-6 per discrete
tube size.

Note flare-less JIC37 fittings do exist which require neither an end flare
nor cutting the tube to precise length. These are however about 5X the
cost of vanilla JIC connectors.