lastcowboy32
Well-known Member
So, my wife scored a Ford 4000 diesel with a loader for a coincidental price of 4000 dollars at the auction a few weeks ago.
The more I use it, the more I like it. It's blue, but it seems (judging from the front axle and the Category 2 Three point hitch) to be an "industrial" build...but I digress...
Anyway, I haven't used it on the haybine, yet; because it doesn't have rear remotes. But, it has a remote spooler valve mounted on the deck in front of the seat.
It looks like the original Ford spooler. It has one full remote, routed to the tilt ram on the loader. It also has one half remote, routed to the lift/lower on the loader.
So, I'm thinking, I should be able to somehow switch the full remote that goes to the loader's tilt ram to operate a remote on the back of the tractor.
*********** Here is what I'm wondering about ***********
Then I could use the tractor on the haybine. I can still lift the bucket to keep it off the ground, but the tilt will be uncontrolled. No big deal, right?
My haybine has a single hose ram. It only lifts; then it goes down by its own weight. This shouldn't be a problem either, correct?
What I'm mostly on the fence about is how to do the actual connection.
Option 1:
I could have a couple of stubby lines made that screw into the remote ports on the spooler...they could have female quick couplers on the other end. I would have to unscrew the loader hoses and cap them; before screwing in my rear remote stubs.
Probably least expensive...but involves wrenches and such at every changeover.
Option 2:
I do the same stubby lines with female quick couplers for my rear remote.
Then I have a couple of stubby lines made for my loader tilt that screw onto the existing ends that now go into the spooler...and have a male quick coupler on the other end.
In this case, my rear remote lines are always installed; I then switch between loader and rear remote by plugging or unplugging my loader hoses into these quick couplers.
Option 3: I install a valve or valves on the two lines to the loader tilt and connect the new rear remote stub hoses to these valves.
I switch between loader and implement by switching the valve.
Any opinions, critiques? Gotchas? Etc?
The more I use it, the more I like it. It's blue, but it seems (judging from the front axle and the Category 2 Three point hitch) to be an "industrial" build...but I digress...
Anyway, I haven't used it on the haybine, yet; because it doesn't have rear remotes. But, it has a remote spooler valve mounted on the deck in front of the seat.
It looks like the original Ford spooler. It has one full remote, routed to the tilt ram on the loader. It also has one half remote, routed to the lift/lower on the loader.
So, I'm thinking, I should be able to somehow switch the full remote that goes to the loader's tilt ram to operate a remote on the back of the tractor.
*********** Here is what I'm wondering about ***********
Then I could use the tractor on the haybine. I can still lift the bucket to keep it off the ground, but the tilt will be uncontrolled. No big deal, right?
My haybine has a single hose ram. It only lifts; then it goes down by its own weight. This shouldn't be a problem either, correct?
What I'm mostly on the fence about is how to do the actual connection.
Option 1:
I could have a couple of stubby lines made that screw into the remote ports on the spooler...they could have female quick couplers on the other end. I would have to unscrew the loader hoses and cap them; before screwing in my rear remote stubs.
Probably least expensive...but involves wrenches and such at every changeover.
Option 2:
I do the same stubby lines with female quick couplers for my rear remote.
Then I have a couple of stubby lines made for my loader tilt that screw onto the existing ends that now go into the spooler...and have a male quick coupler on the other end.
In this case, my rear remote lines are always installed; I then switch between loader and rear remote by plugging or unplugging my loader hoses into these quick couplers.
Option 3: I install a valve or valves on the two lines to the loader tilt and connect the new rear remote stub hoses to these valves.
I switch between loader and implement by switching the valve.
Any opinions, critiques? Gotchas? Etc?