Cub Cadet 1450 Hyd lift delete?

I have a Cub Cadet 1450 and the hydraulic lift has given issues from day one. The hyd valve has always been stiff and the rockshaft has never had full travel. Well the hyd lever twisted of again. So has any one ever deleted the hyd lift all together and replaced the hyd lift cylinder with a electric actuator or jack screw. My other thought is Home Depot sells a manual sleeve hitch for $250. A electric upgrade is extra. Only thing is I would have to make a plate to mount to the back of the 1450 then mount the sleeve hitch to the plate.

Thoughts?
Sod Buster

Fix what is wrong. The valve and control should be easy to replace with a off the shelf valve. Jim

I don't remember which model it was but a friend had a cub cadet a little older than yours that had factory electric lift attachment it used
an actuator and a switch on the dash. I'm thinking it was a model 147

Like tjv said, next model older than your 1450 was the first model Cub Cadet with electric lift. They
were VERY troublesome when new.

Sounds like you just have the single valve hydraulics, no remote outlets on the front like for angling a
snow blade, just the middle rockshaft raise/lower. Things are REALLY cramped under the dash of your
1450, make sure the hyd lever is in alighnment with the piston in your hyd valve. Being even a fraction
of an inch off center drastically increases the force needed to operate the valve. Make sure your hoses
are not kinked, a sharp bend can really reduce oil flow slowing raising/lowering.

I've had a 982 Cub Cadet, next model newer than your 1450, for 18 years now, never has a second's problem
with the hydraulics, either raising/lowering the 50 inch mower or raising/lowering the cat. O 3-point
hitch, or the 3000# capacity Pronovost P503 tandem axle dump cart I bought to use behind the 982 about 15
years ago. I can raise a full load of rock, right around 3000# net at idle with my remote frt outlets. My
cart has 6 inch sideboards on top of the 12 inch factory sides.

If you could find a manual lever lift rockshaft I would replace your hyd. rockshaft with that, but using
the electric actuator is a step in the WRONG direction. Your hyd lift has problems, something is not
right with it. Fixing it would be the easiest and least costly repair.

You are correct it has no remote valve. I was watching a video of a 129? That the guy was changing to hyd from manual. Wonder if the reverse of this is possible. I'm not realy sold on hyd lift on a garden tractor. '