So, I’m kind of a newbie here. I recently purchased an older John Deere 2040 with what I’m being told is closed center hydraulics on it. The tractor has a “newer“ John Deere 521 front end loader on it that has a valve for open center hydraulics on it. According to the guy that has looked at it for me, this means that for my three point lift to work, I have to mess with the controls for the front end loader which will allow pressure to get back to the three-point lift.
my question is this, am I destined to need to grow a third arm to be able to operate my tractor or is there a better solution out there? Google tells me that there are some certain valves that can be converted from open to closed center hydraulics, but I’m not sure about the valve on this particular front and loader. I should be picking the tractor up tomorrow from having some additional servicing done and getting this much checked out on it and can post pictures then.
Last thing, they also removed the rear hydraulic remote that was mounted on the tractor, not sure that I would ever need it, but wanted to get opinions. I only have about 8 acres to keep up and really will only need to do some light grading and brush hogging once I get it where I want it to be.
my question is this, am I destined to need to grow a third arm to be able to operate my tractor or is there a better solution out there? Google tells me that there are some certain valves that can be converted from open to closed center hydraulics, but I’m not sure about the valve on this particular front and loader. I should be picking the tractor up tomorrow from having some additional servicing done and getting this much checked out on it and can post pictures then.
Last thing, they also removed the rear hydraulic remote that was mounted on the tractor, not sure that I would ever need it, but wanted to get opinions. I only have about 8 acres to keep up and really will only need to do some light grading and brush hogging once I get it where I want it to be.