Hydraulics Idea - Need Input

[nunyabinis]

This past weekend I finally got around to installing the two rear SCVs on my 3038e that I bought from JD last December and I just ordered a hydraulic top link from Surplus Center.

I was thinking.... what if I mount two small hydraulic cylinders in parallel.... one on each drag link.... in place of the adjusting chains.... and use the extra SCV to control the width of the drag links from the seat?


I have Pat's Easy Change installed and it can be a PITA to backup to an implement and get your drag links just the right distance apart so that PEC lines up with the hitch pins on the implement. I was thinking that if I use one SCV to control the width of the drag links it would be much easier to attach an implement AND, once attached to the implement, the hydraulic cylinders would act as the tightening chains.


Thoughts? What potential damage/breakage could I induce by doing this?

 

[kennyd]

You would need substantial cylinders and mounts to be able to support the side load of some 3PH implements.

For the money you would spend, you could just get a iMatch QH.

 

[nunyabinis]

You would need substantial cylinders and mounts to be able to support the side load of some 3PH implements.

I would think that if the chinsy chains on a 3038e will hold without breaking a hydraulic cylinder will.

For the money you would spend, you could just get a iMatch QH.

That ain't no fun!!! Besides, I have a Heinz 57 mixture of attachments from different manufacturers and they would all have to be modified to mate up to an iMatch.


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[kuboman]

Buy your Imatch quick hitch, modify your implements and then you are done and set. Quick hitch is so much better than any of the other half baked hitch setups.:thumbsup::drool:

 

[nunyabinis]

Buy your Imatch quick hitch, modify your implements and then you are done and set. Quick hitch is so much better than any of the other half baked hitch setups.:thumbsup::drool:

Does the iMatch get in the way of hooking up the PTO or is there still plenty of room?



I've got a considerable table-muscle that doesn't fit well into tight places.




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[800tundra]

Does the iMatch get in the way of hooking up the PTO or is there still plenty of room?





No Problem does not get in way. Modify ure implements and b done.



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No Problem does not get in way. Modify ure implements and b done.