Kubota L48 FEL aux hydraulic GPM question

[Maintenance Mech]

Does anyone out there know the hydraulic flow rate of the auxiliary hydraulics on an L48 kubota FEL? I can't find the specs anywhere, and the guy at the dealer hasn't gotten back to me about it. They were either installed by the factory, or the dealer prior to delivery of our machine. I am wondering if I can power an auger head mounted to the FEL with a 18" or 24" bit. Currently when we need something like this, we have been renting a skid loader, and an auger, but I am wondering if we could just rent the auger, and use the skid steer coupler and aux hydraulics of our machine. I'm not sure yet what the gmp requirements are for the auger, but their skid loader is definitely not a high flow machine. I would be willing to swap out the 3/8" hoses our tractor is currently equipped with if that would give us some extra flow, just not sure what the pump will produce, or if changing the hoses would be of any improvement.

 

[Fallon]

Google is your friend. http://www.ritchiespecs.com/specifi...r+Backhoe&make=Kubota&model=L48&modelid=99596

 

[Maintenance Mech]

I had seen that, but it doesn't give a spec for the auxiliary hydraulic option, just the total pump capacity. I doubt that the aux lines to the loader are delivering that much flow to the implement.

 

[ishiboo]

I had seen that, but it doesn't give a spec for the auxiliary hydraulic option, just the total pump capacity. I doubt that the aux lines to the loader are delivering that much flow to the implement.

There won't be a spec specific to what the loader is getting published by Kubota. You'll need to look up the valve and also figure out losses from the lines.

With the loader valve, the skid steer auger will probably be operating VERY slowly and might stall. It will work but I don't think you'll get the performance you need for hole digging, but I might be wrong.