I have a Kubota MX6000 cab tractor....and I am trying to put an accumulator on the 3 pt hitch, so when travelling with snowblower on back, it dosnt bang around making the tractor bounce.....anyone able to get something like this done?? everyone tels me you cant do it....but I know there is a way.....thank you!!!
3 POINT HITCH HELP!!
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Bmyers
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3PT HITCH ACCUMULATOR KIT | BMH LLC
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The link is to a company that makes a kit, but doesn't give a lot of details. You could reach out to them and discuss the issue and if their kit will work with your model.
yes, I found them as well....it still wont work, because no ports to hook up on MX6000....no place to draw fluid....its a real head scratcher, Im thinking extra stabalizer bars, car shocks somehow added? , or a rubber block to elimnate the bounce....its an issue, but I know there is a way....just have to find it!! appreciate this, its a start of a solution!!!3PT HITCH ACCUMULATOR KIT | BMH LLC
The link is to a company that makes a kit, but doesn't give a lot of details. You could reach out to them and discuss the issue and if their kit will work with your model.
Are your tires loaded, if not, fill them. Filling the tires makes them act more like shock absorbers instead of ballons. Run less air pressure. Drive slower.
Just a few things that will make the ride smoother and cut down on the bouncing without having to reinvent the wheel. Good luck.
Just a few things that will make the ride smoother and cut down on the bouncing without having to reinvent the wheel. Good luck.
yeah, if it were that easy!! guys running between plow jobs, they never slow down lol, I did fill them wit agrilim, and lowered pressure so tire has the proper buttress on profile, but I wont be able to tell him to go slower.....appreciate your post! hoping someone has used some method to soften the bounce, I will never eliminate it...just want to soften....thank you!Are your tires loaded, if not, fill them. Filling the tires makes them act more like shock absorbers instead of ballons. Run less air pressure. Drive slower.
Just a few things that will make the ride smoother and cut down on the bouncing without having to reinvent the wheel. Good luck.
thouight of that, it seems easiest way now, but whoever is driving will have to get out or reach out every time.....thought a chain from one side to the other as well, so its in a cradle....but if you have a description, will look at it! thank you!!
OK, maybe 2 hydraulic side links and plumb the accumulator into them?
I don't know if that could be done or not, just a thought.
like that idea a lot, I thought the same thing...issue is it all jumps and moves as a unit....so it will help, but still will have bouncing, not as much, but I thoiugh rubber wedge at top of 3 point lift arms......that sound possible??OK, maybe 2 hydraulic side links and plumb the accumulator into them?
I don't know if that could be done or not, just a thought.
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There is mutiple ports on the three point that could possibly go straight to the cylinder to be able to add an accumulator.
Now here in lies the underlying issue, feedback linkage.
Everytime the three point goes up the linkage tells the valve to go down, and vice versa.
So on every bounce it trys to recalibrate the three point position.
Adding an accumulator would throw that process all over the place.
And more than likely just cause it even more bounce.
Now here in lies the underlying issue, feedback linkage.
Everytime the three point goes up the linkage tells the valve to go down, and vice versa.
So on every bounce it trys to recalibrate the three point position.
Adding an accumulator would throw that process all over the place.
And more than likely just cause it even more bounce.
thank you! will look into this....is it the san=me for the HST model?? because we have exhasted looking for a port in the hst version, DT might be different?.....
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Could you attach a set of wheels to the snow blower that would allow it to ride on the wheels? I was thinking like a disc harrow like the one shown here:
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But that is a pull type implement and yours is a 3 point hitch implement, so the tires would skid around during turns unless you lifted the implement and wheels. I also see that this one is manual but you can use hydraulics to do the same thing.
Then I thought that perhaps you could make a wheeled dolly to set the snow blower onto as you move from job to job. I would probably use some type of swivel wheels to avoid skidding tires but that may be too complicated to do with wheels that would be suitable for the speeds required. And the roads may have ice/snow on them when you are using the snow blower???
DHP Pull Disc Harrows - Bush Hog
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But that is a pull type implement and yours is a 3 point hitch implement, so the tires would skid around during turns unless you lifted the implement and wheels. I also see that this one is manual but you can use hydraulics to do the same thing.
Then I thought that perhaps you could make a wheeled dolly to set the snow blower onto as you move from job to job. I would probably use some type of swivel wheels to avoid skidding tires but that may be too complicated to do with wheels that would be suitable for the speeds required. And the roads may have ice/snow on them when you are using the snow blower???
thats exactly what my service manager said.......how would you do it!??Could you attach a set of wheels to the snow blower that would allow it to ride on the wheels? I was thinking like a disc harrow like the one shown here:
DHP Pull Disc Harrows - Bush Hog
But that is a pull type implement and yours is a 3 point hitch implement, so the tires would skid around during turns unless you lifted the implement and wheels. I also see that this one is manual but you can use hydraulics to do the same thing.
Then I thought that perhaps you could make a wheeled dolly to set the snow blower onto as you move from job to job. I would probably use some type of swivel wheels to avoid skidding tires but that may be too complicated to do with wheels that would be suitable for the speeds required. And the roads may have ice/snow on them when you are using the snow blower???
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Hydraulic cylinder to raise and lower the wheels for transport.
That would be much smarter than trying to get an accumulator to work.
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Look at the picture of the disc harrow. I am assuming you have a snowblower that you drive in reverse with so the wheels need to go above the blower when using the blower. But I live in Texas so know little of how to use a snowblower or how the are constructed.
There are two wheels that span the implement so they would probably need to be attached to the top rear of the blower and be hinged to rotate up about 180 degrees full up to full down. One or two hydraulic cylinders attached to the front of the blower and to a point on the wheel support structure. That would be the tricky part to try to get the mounting correct but a good fabrication shop would be able to figure that out if you can’t.
You might be able to use a hydraulic top link to help with the movement??