I just ordered out a 2nd VEVOR hydraulic top link

[helmdog25]

I just ordered one for my new Kioti CK2620H.
Wish they made a tilt one as well.

 

[Torvy]

Well heck you aren't that far from me. I'm just south of Ben Wheeler.

Sure, I know where that is. We're about an hour north of Tyler.

 

[CalG]

Never used a hydraulic top link so this question may be a little naive. How do you hook up to your implement if the link is not exactly the correct length? I can't reach the levers (have a cab) to move it hydraulically from outside the cab. I guess you could go back and forth until the cylinder is in the correct position but that seems like a lot of bother. With the rigid link it is quite simple to use the turnbuckle feature to extend/retract to get the desired length. I'm assuming that the hydraulic version does not have a mechanical method (threaded ball end) to move the connection point in or out. I definitely can see the advantages of the hydraulic link once it is connected if it stays in a set position.

This was a topic of my consideration. And I run open station!

But

The tractors are small. Before the purchase, I "did the stretch" to make certain I would be able to support the top link AND run the control lever for the remote hydraulics.

In the Kubota, It's a breeze. On the Hurlimann, It's a stretch.

I see some "more up scale" tractors have hydraulic controls on the rear fenders for just this sort of thing.

Having a float function would be another way.

 

[Cycledude]

Never used a hydraulic top link so this question may be a little naive. How do you hook up to your implement if the link is not exactly the correct length? I can't reach the levers (have a cab) to move it hydraulically from outside the cab. I guess you could go back and forth until the cylinder is in the correct position but that seems like a lot of bother. With the rigid link it is quite simple to use the turnbuckle feature to extend/retract to get the desired length. I'm assuming that the hydraulic version does not have a mechanical method (threaded ball end) to move the connection point in or out. I definitely can see the advantages of the hydraulic link once it is connected if it stays in a set position.

Well with my cabbed LS I hookup the two lower arms first, my LS has a lever outside the cab for raising or lowering the two lower arms, I use that lever to raise or lower the implement to match the needed top link length, if the length is way off I might have to get inside the cab and use the hydraulic lever to adjust the hydraulic top link a little closer to the length needed. Might sound complicated to you but it’s actually all pretty easy after you’ve done it a couple times.