Can anyone please ID this?

I think it's a nitrogen filled shock absorber for the boom circuit on a frt end loader. Does anyone know if that's true and if so know what company made it?
Thanks,Jim

Seen similar accumulators on auto reset plows...

Ben

You could always say you found it in the field and it is part of Skylab (sorry it is a slow "funny" day...lol)

TxJim it is a loader suspension kit for a JD loader. I found one exactly like the one you posted on a JD 740 loader. I think they used the same kit on a bunch of loaders. You just need it teed into the UP side of the lift cylinders for it to work. I sold several of them. They work good if your driving on the road with a load on the boom. One issue is that if your over a certain weight the accumulator will not have enough pressure to do anything. It stays hard as the nitrogen would not have enough pressure to have the cushion effect.

Kit whole good number is BM15866 and the picture is from the parts page so JD offers it as a part. I posted the electric controled one as it has better parts detail. The Whole goods number is for the manually operated one. You can also find them on line easily too. You just need to know the hydraulic fluid capacity and pressure range you want to use it in.

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Thanks for the replies.

Actually I'm trying to determine what the value of it is so I can possibly sell it.
JD Seller thanks for the whole goods number.
Here's the whole goods number I located for manually operated.
BW15865 Accumulator Kit - KIT, LOADER SUSPENSION (MANUAL) ADD 722.70 USD
It odd as my accumulator wasn't plumbed according to parts schematics so I don't see how it would have operated correctly.

Jim

TxJim all the accumulator needs to work is to be in the lift circuit in lift circuit between the control valve and the boom cylinders. The hydraulic oil pressure does not care where it is at as long as it is in that circuit. So it can be mounted and plumbed many ways. Your kit maybe off a smaller loader like the JD 600 series and they might not have had the electric controls the parts diagram I posted show.

There is a similar kit used on hydraulically raise augers that are truck mounted. It cushions the road bumps form breaking the auger over time.

Also look at the hydraulic suspension on all the 20 series combines clear to current models. They use it when your using the automatic header control. The accumulator replaced the old LIFT springs the old combines had.

Hi If the accumulators messed up the other parts are worth more money to put under the bench for rainy day projects. The alo on my valtra has 2 of
them . They are shot and the new ones are worth more than my loader according to what the dealer said. Don't know how much pride JD have in there new
ones though. Lots of guys used them round here so the tractors rode nice in the field with a loader on seeding and bale picking. All they really did
was put lots more hours of pin wear on in shorter time, with constant bouncing. Theres loads of worn out loaders around here to because of them.
Regards Robert

OUCH! Lol

Robert I will take worn out pins over broken front ends any day. LOL The fellows I sold them to had far fewer MFWD issues when they used the suspension system. It helped cushion the shock loads on the front axle.

An accumulator is used for many things beyond just loader dampening circuits, etc. The size, shape, and pressure rating can vary tremendously depending on exactly what your doing with it.

An accumulator that size, bought for a generic purpose, is probably going to run you anywhere from $300 to $600 from a retailer. I used to get some 'special' ones that went on the top of hydraulic hammers that ran nearly $800 from the dealer, and were 'proprietary' so they weren't available elsewhere. That is to say they weren't available under that part number. My local hydraulic shop found the maker was more than happy to supply them brand new, to the same specs, as long as they were special ordered that way, with a new part number, as opposed to the part number on the other ones. That cut my cost on them by nearly half.

That being said, there is nothing really special in that setup, that I can see, except for maybe the mounting bracket. That being the case I'd ask maybe $300 for the whole deal, provided the diaphragm in the accumulator is still in good shape. Unfortunately the only way to really test it is to have the tools needed to charge it, and insure it is still charged to spec, and holding that charge. IF it won't hold a charge, then it's nothing but scrap (except for the valve and fittings), unless the diaphragm can be replaced, which doesn't look possible on that particular one. Hope this helps.

Ford 6000 commanders had them for the 3 point so you could raise the arms after the engine was shut off. Must not have been a good idea since they quit doing that.

Hi JD
if you wear out a brand new loader in 3 years with current prices, or wreck the front end they are both expensive from what i see for loaders and new parts. The only guys i see that really wreck front ends don't do maintenance, or carry 2 round bales on a grapple bucket all the time, and the weight to far forward is a big problem loading axles and wrecking them, or just plain stupid drivers.

I feedlot I know destroyed 3 fairly newish Deere tractors front ends in just over 2 months. They drove them like they stole em.

I hardly ever see a wrecked front end, (worn out through many hours use yes) on a tractor with a proper bale spike, the maintenance is done right, or with good drivers to. Maybe with some guys the soft ride Kinda stops them breaking the Anvil with a feather, as somebody said here last week. Perhaps if they drove deacent they wouldn't need soft ride loaders! Now thats my thinking for the day with selling new equipment as a dealer, fixing for guys and a lot of driving experience running stuff to. You have probably seen most things more than twice to in the trade and round about life in general .
Regards Robert