Added hydraulic lift to my b8200 snowblower

fatjay

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Equipment
Kubota B8200, B7200, ZD21
Nov 12, 2016
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Eastern PA, USA
I ended up buying the hoses locally. the cylinder and spool valve were NPT, no idea what the kubota was, but they had an adapter. All the hoses are JIC with NPT adapters. 2x 10' 1/2" JIC with swivels, 2x 5' 3/4" JIC with adapters.

$400 for hoses
$20 for hydraulic cylinder
$20 for spool valve

It works. Quickly remembered I forgot to tighten down a couple fittings. Need to swap the hoses on the spool valve. Also forgot I only tacked on the mounting bracket for the snowblower.