Kubota B2650 with backhoe and third function

[sander925]

I have a Kubota B2650 with backhoe. I hadthe dealer add the third function for a grapple. The dealer set it up so that I have to use the backhoe connections to run the grapple. If I want to use the grapple and the backhoe at the same time, I have to connect all of the hoses together. It is also causing mechanical wear on one hose jacket; I can't seem to get the hose for the grapple connected in such a way avoid the lift arm when using the box blade/tiller.

I was told there is no way to set this up. I can't believe there isn't a cleaner way of hook this up. I am hoping someone will have some experience with this stuff.

Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.

Randy

 

[oldnslo]

Can you post some pictures of your setup? Probably other ways to plumb things but pictures would provide base line for what you have.

 

[sander925]

I appreciate the offer of assistance. After I started the thread, I realized that I hadn't received the manual for the loader. I found it online. It shows some fittings being changed and lines being added so that the third function is permanently plumbed in ahead of the backhoe loop. Now, back to the dealer a few years later to sort everything out. All of the installation was done by the dealer.

Randy