I don't remember what kind of tractors you have but you can just run it off of your hydraulics on your tractor, but when we did ours we put a return hose from the drain plug of the tractor with a break away on it to plug the pump return into. The oil must return below oil level. If I remember right you just change that hydraulic fitting from a tapered fitting to pipe thread to hook a hose onto. We run a 1466 or 1586 international on our 800 8 row and we have to shut the fan off at the end of the fied to raise the planter, turn around, turn fan back on lower planter and go. You just need to remember to lower the planter a bit earlier because the drum has to reload again. If your tractor has good pressure you may be able to leave the fan on and raise the planter. If your tractor flows too much oil you may have to put a flow valve on your planter hose to regulate air pressure, or if your tractor has a flow control adjust it accordingly to give the right amount of pressure on the ounces gauge.
VERY IMPORTANT! YOU MUST MAKE SURE YOUR RETURN HOSE IS PROPERLY PLUGGED IN OR IT WILL BLOW THE HOSE OFF BY THE ORBIT MOTOR AND EMPTY OUT YOUR TRACTOR HYDRAULICS QUICKLY AS SOON AS FAN IS TURNED ON, don't ask me how i know.
One other thing to check is your pop rivets that hold the hopper together. I had one pop rivet come out and I had trouble holding much over 5 ounces of pressure. One rivet will let the hopper split enough to lose a lot of air.
One other year the orbit motor that runs the fan went bad too and we were unable to build pressure. I tried one from the salvage yard, but that wasn't much better, ended up shelling out 400 for a new one.
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