Tractor Hydraulic Remote Question

My newer JD5055d has remotes where one simply presses the male fitting into the coupler from the implement and to remove, pull out. My MF50 and a Ford 3000 have "rigged" remotes that have what look to me like large air hose quick disconnects. There is a hood with a series of balls that when the hood retracts, the balls loosen and the male hose come out. Aside from size/diameter, they look like something on an air compressor.

These newer remotes on my JD are a pain in the buttox to connect and disconnect. I've got the right male fitting on my haybine and last year with a seed drill that had a hydraulic lift. The male fitting is easy enough to attach, but unplugging can be very difficult.

I ain't getting any younger and between older age setting in, my hand grip not being the strength of a 30 year old (I think I've got some carpel tunnel setting in) and hydraulic fluid everywhere making for a slick everything....

I'm wondering if I can make a new to old hydraulic fitting/adapter as a go between using the older style hydraulic with hood and balls type fitting. Something where it's easy enough to push the hood back and release the fittings.

Sorry for the wimpy post..... ;-)

Any ideas are appreciated.

You may want to try pushing the fitting in all the way, then quickly jerking it out. That way seems like they come out easier for me.

When attempting to connect/disconnect hoses on your JD do you 1st release hyd pressure on hose to be disconnected? My Kubota remotes are as you describe and male tips easily connect/disconnect from breakaway coupler.

I have those on my JD5105. I removed the front end loader to work on an injector and they came apart not too bad but I could not for the life of me get them to recouple ! I ended up unscrewing them from the valve body and then taking the coupler apart and cleaning it all up and then the worked really nice. They sure don't tolerate dirt and rust in them. Looks like JD even had a different style listed in the parts book for replacements on my tractor. Might see what they offer ?

Might be the coupler tip too, I had one that worked perfectly on an older coupler, but would not release from a "new" style one short of using two hands on the hose and pulling your guts out. Put another hose in same outlet, no issue.

Might be the coupler tip too, I had one that worked perfectly on an older coupler, but would not release from a "new" style one short of using two hands on the hose and pulling your guts out. Put another hose in same outlet, no issue.

My 7800 has those. The advice to push them in first does seem to help. I'm not sure if you get more momentum or what. Also, they will be easier (I think) if you put the remotes in "float" position before you get out of the tractor. Most of all, geometry has helped me a lot. If I have the remotes at the right angle they require half the effort. I lower the three point arms and stand with one foot on one of them and the other on the implement and it puts the remote stack about elbow level. That's huge.

All of the other tractors here are the older style. I have adapters that plug into the 7800 and the old implement hoses plug into those. Unfortunately, they don't have a check valve in them. If you plug them into the tractor without a hose attached you have a hydraulic bath in store. You could buy hoses a foot long and put the old style female ends on that hose. They would have the check valve. It would drive me nuts to have six little hoses banging around there, though.

I'm telling you, get the thing at the right height for you and stand with it right in front of you. It does wonders.

We couldn't get the one feed wagon hose unplugged from the 7330 this winter. I found the weep hole in the bottom on the housing and got it cleaned out with a straw on a can of brake cleaner. Pushed it in and oil came out the weeper, then it popped right out.

I see no reason you couldn't adapt them. Just be sure the adapters have the ability to shut off when disconnected. You would need to screw 2 together, the JD fitting connected to the same as your existing fittings.

Shoups has couplers that have a lever to disconnect them. They are made to work with or without pressure on the lines. You would connect them then turn them on with the lever.

Mike M , when you disconnect the loader shut the tractor off and wiggle the joystick. This takes the pressure off for disconnecting, when reattaching align tractor with the loader and turn off tractor and wiggle the joystick, this relieves pressure and allows you to reattach the hoses. I learned the hard way on the 520 loader.