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Moonlite37 · Sep 17, 2019

I have an idea of an invention that I see in needed and I think I could make it work. There is an issue of contaminating hydraulic fluid with borrowed equipment such as fertilizer spreaders borrowed from the fertilizer supplier. I believe I could fit a double action cylinder to power another hydraulic cylinder to isolate my tractor from the hydraulic system of the spreader or other equipment. Perhaps someone has already made such a device and has it patented. Too old now to work on it. I shall let someone else think about it.

showcrop · Sep 17, 2019

I know that oil contamination from a borrowed or rental implement can be a problem. However, I don't see it requiring special equipment. I used to bring the lift cylinder to my mower in for the off season. It was just a matter of removing two pins and loosening two hose clamps. If one were to expect to use a spreader from the coop regularly they could probably just use a hose set and cylinder that is already on hand. Everybody has some on the shelf.

caterpillar guy · Sep 17, 2019

Sounds like if this is that big of problem just allocate one tractor to the job and change the oil with used oil drained from a previous oil change that would limit the cross contamination to only one tractor and if something with a simple set up like an 856 or 560 it would not be a major deal.

Janicholson · Sep 17, 2019

Many just use a correctly sized cylinder with one end to the equipment, and the other to the tractor. 2 cylinders if double acting. Or two cylinders, one push/pulling the other. Jim

sms · Sep 17, 2019

The concept is not new. If you look at modern telehandlers a cylinder on the back of the boom is connected in a way to the tilt cylinder to keep the forks level as the boom is raised.

BarnyardEngineering · Sep 17, 2019

The key to a successful invention is convincing your intended market that it is needed, AND making it inexpensive enough that they will hand over their money.

With farmers, convincing them that they need to isolate their hydraulic systems is going to be a HARD sell, considering that they've been hooking up to borrowed/rented implements for DECADES without a second thought, and "never had a problem." It's hard to argue that logic with a farmer. They don't tend to be much for the scientific method.

That leaves it to making the device so inexpensive that enough of them will say, "Hmm, maybe... It's not that much so I'll give it a try."

JD Seller · Sep 17, 2019

Showcrop the problem with much of the newer equipment is it does not use a standard 8 inch stroke cylinder. In his example he was talking about the cylinder on a fertilizer cart. On a Willmar fertilizer cart the engage cylinder is a 1 inch bore with a 4 inch stroke. I doubt you have one laying around.

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