installing 3-pt hitch brush chipper

I just bought a used 3-point hitch Patu 6" brush chipper with hyd. feed rolls on my 3400 ford with loader-backhoe. I was a little confused on hitching up the hyd.system. just went to Ford tractor dealer and they said I had to buy a remote control that works off 3-pt hitch lift hyd system. It was over $700 for the parts. I found a few used ones but also quite pricey. Is there a way to use the hyd system for loader-back-hoe?? I believe the GPM would have to be reduced. Has anyone done this. Thanks.

you have plenty of options for diverting flow off a circuit with a restricted line if you need a simple wheel lift or other simple hyds.

SOUNDGUY
Thanks there is a local Motion Industries Shop that works on hydraulic that I will check with Monday. I hate to spend a lot of money and will only use the chipper a little bit.

If you've got the chipper attached to the 3 point lift, then I assume that you have the backhoe removed, so it should be fairly easy to tie into the hydraulic lines for the backhoe to run the feed rollers on the chipper. I also assume that the cutter/drum on the chipper is run by the PTO from the tractor so the only hydraulics that you need is for the hydraulic motor that runs the feed rollers.

Usually when there is a loader and a backhoe on the tractor the backhoe is plumbed in first in the line from the pump, and the backhoe has what is called a power beyond port on the control valve that provides power downstream to the loader. The backhoe would also have a return line that goes back to the sump. When you remove the backhoe from the tractor you usually loop the incoming power line from the pump directly to the line that goes to the loader so that the loader will continue to operate with the backhoe disconnected from the tractor.

What I would do is get a simple diverter valve with one input and two outputs and connect the line from the pump to the input and one of the outputs to the line to the loader. Then connect the other output to the line going to your chipper and the other line from the chipper would go to the return line to the sump. Then when the handle on the diverter valve is in one position the loader wil still operate, and when you move the diverter valve handle to the other position the rollers on the chipper will run but the loader will not function while the chipper is running, but you probably wouldn't want to run them both at the same time anyway.