picker77
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- JD 3032E, dual remotes, TnT, tooth bar, grapple
I bought this book (although not from these people, I bought mine on the cheap from Amazon's used book store) and just finished reading it cover to cover. Definitely a great read for those new to hydraulics. It gets a place on my shop bookshelf. As a bonus, it has a pretty good section on tractor electrical stuff, too, albeit for older 60's-70's tractors. Diamond Farms Book Publishers - General Store
This is a bound collection of a series of articles first published in 1973 in Implement & Tractor magazine, and most if not all were written Melvin Long. Somewhere around 100 pages, this is a very readable and easily understandable set of "basic training" articles with clear diagrams laid out in logical progression from the very basics to a little more complex. The articles are pointed directly at farm tractor owners. Although these are 70's articles, it's amazing how little hydraulics technology has changed since then--and how and why it works has not changed at all.
Very little math, lots of clear diagrams, and well-written detailed explanations of exactly what that fluid is doing and why.
I can highly recommend this book for new tractor owners or for veteran owners (like me) who have never had any formal training in hydraulics but want to better understand what's happening when that lever is pushed (and where to look for the problem when nothing happens when it's pushed!). Now that I've read this one and some of this stuff actually makes sense to me, I'm thinking of biting the bullet for John Deere's pricey ($51+shipping) hydraulics textbook, but these articles were a great place to start my late-in-life education.
This is a bound collection of a series of articles first published in 1973 in Implement & Tractor magazine, and most if not all were written Melvin Long. Somewhere around 100 pages, this is a very readable and easily understandable set of "basic training" articles with clear diagrams laid out in logical progression from the very basics to a little more complex. The articles are pointed directly at farm tractor owners. Although these are 70's articles, it's amazing how little hydraulics technology has changed since then--and how and why it works has not changed at all.
Very little math, lots of clear diagrams, and well-written detailed explanations of exactly what that fluid is doing and why.
I can highly recommend this book for new tractor owners or for veteran owners (like me) who have never had any formal training in hydraulics but want to better understand what's happening when that lever is pushed (and where to look for the problem when nothing happens when it's pushed!). Now that I've read this one and some of this stuff actually makes sense to me, I'm thinking of biting the bullet for John Deere's pricey ($51+shipping) hydraulics textbook, but these articles were a great place to start my late-in-life education.
