I just had time to edit the video for my D.I.Y third function so I thought I would repost it.
I ended up at $505 in parts which was less than half what the dealer wanted for either brand kit they had in stock just for the kit. I didn't like the looks of the existing kits that mounted the valve on the same side as the loader connections so I designed this to mount inside the loader frame on the left side of the tractor.
When I first finished it my grapple was operating real slow. That turned out to be the MFG had mistakenly installed a restrictor fitting in the cylinder. That turned out to be okay because I drilled it to fine tune the operating time. Without it I was afraid it would slam open and closed which it would have.
Here is a list of the parts I used:
I ended up at $505 in parts which was less than half what the dealer wanted for either brand kit they had in stock just for the kit. I didn't like the looks of the existing kits that mounted the valve on the same side as the loader connections so I designed this to mount inside the loader frame on the left side of the tractor.
When I first finished it my grapple was operating real slow. That turned out to be the MFG had mistakenly installed a restrictor fitting in the cylinder. That turned out to be okay because I drilled it to fine tune the operating time. Without it I was afraid it would slam open and closed which it would have.
Here is a list of the parts I used:
