I have a 1 yr old Kubota M706012 with a dealer-installed extra remote on the FEL. I have never used the remote until this week. I just bought my first additional attachment, an adjustable grapple from Titan that slides onto my forks.
The male end of the grapple hose does not leak at all when plugged into the female coupler on the tractor.
The female end on the grapple leaked significantly between the male and female ends when plugged into the male end on the tractor.
I contacted Titan and they kindly sent me a new female end for the grapple hose free of charge immediately. I put on the new female coupler on the grapple hose, and there is still a major leak when it is plugged into the male end on the tractor
My original plan was to get a new male end for the tractor because I assumed it was the problem. However, my mechanic neighbor suggested that the issue was that although the grapple couplers and the tractor couplers are the same specs, the problem is that they are made by different manufacturers. He suggested getting a new pair of connectors and replacing both the male on the tractor and the female on the grapple.
The tractor connectors are by Parker: $125 for a pair delivered from Grainger, or just a new female end to put on the grapple for $85
Or I can get a cheaper set online for about $42
Tractor supply here does not have them.
So here are my questions:
1. Should I stay with Parker, assume my male end on the tractor is fine, and just get a female
2. Should I assume the male Parker end on my tractor is bad and just replace it
3. Should I just get the Parker set and replace the male end on the tractor and the female end on the grapple (complicating this approach is that so far even with a vice and wrench I cannot get the Parker male end off the tractor attachment)
4. Is there not enough of a difference in quality to spend an extra $75 or should I just get the cheaper pair (complicating this approach is that so far even with a vice and wrench I cannot get the Parker male end off the tractor attachment)
5. If not Parker, from whom do you recommend I order from
6. Could something else be going on, e.g. difference in flow rate capabilities. The tractor hydraulics are 16 gpm, the Parker connectors are 12 gpm. I don't know about the Titan connectors. I assumed that the flow rate would just slow to the lowest flow rate in the chain without leaking. Attached is a photo of the grapple female end.
I had been thinking that I had no additional accessory to plug into the remotes, but, duh, it just occurred to me I could try plugging the FEL into the added remote and see if it leaks. If it does not leak, I would assume the male end on the tractor is fine and it is that the tolerances in manufacture between the brands are different. If this is the case, has anyone seen this? Is this common that the male and female couplers have to be by the same manufacturer?
Thanks for any help.
The male end of the grapple hose does not leak at all when plugged into the female coupler on the tractor.
The female end on the grapple leaked significantly between the male and female ends when plugged into the male end on the tractor.
I contacted Titan and they kindly sent me a new female end for the grapple hose free of charge immediately. I put on the new female coupler on the grapple hose, and there is still a major leak when it is plugged into the male end on the tractor
My original plan was to get a new male end for the tractor because I assumed it was the problem. However, my mechanic neighbor suggested that the issue was that although the grapple couplers and the tractor couplers are the same specs, the problem is that they are made by different manufacturers. He suggested getting a new pair of connectors and replacing both the male on the tractor and the female on the grapple.
The tractor connectors are by Parker: $125 for a pair delivered from Grainger, or just a new female end to put on the grapple for $85
Or I can get a cheaper set online for about $42
Tractor supply here does not have them.
So here are my questions:
1. Should I stay with Parker, assume my male end on the tractor is fine, and just get a female
2. Should I assume the male Parker end on my tractor is bad and just replace it
3. Should I just get the Parker set and replace the male end on the tractor and the female end on the grapple (complicating this approach is that so far even with a vice and wrench I cannot get the Parker male end off the tractor attachment)
4. Is there not enough of a difference in quality to spend an extra $75 or should I just get the cheaper pair (complicating this approach is that so far even with a vice and wrench I cannot get the Parker male end off the tractor attachment)
5. If not Parker, from whom do you recommend I order from
6. Could something else be going on, e.g. difference in flow rate capabilities. The tractor hydraulics are 16 gpm, the Parker connectors are 12 gpm. I don't know about the Titan connectors. I assumed that the flow rate would just slow to the lowest flow rate in the chain without leaking. Attached is a photo of the grapple female end.
I had been thinking that I had no additional accessory to plug into the remotes, but, duh, it just occurred to me I could try plugging the FEL into the added remote and see if it leaks. If it does not leak, I would assume the male end on the tractor is fine and it is that the tolerances in manufacture between the brands are different. If this is the case, has anyone seen this? Is this common that the male and female couplers have to be by the same manufacturer?
Thanks for any help.
