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    • May 5, 2015 at 4:51 pm #31019
      yocsr
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          You guy's were right about the hydraulic top link. I'm so glad I bought one. It makes hooking up easier and quicker. Easy to go from cutting to smoothing with the box blade. I used the finish mower this weekend. I use stop chains because I have woods rm59 and it runs skids on the front similar to the brush hog with dual tail wheels. The wife was on the JD 345 so I setup to match her cut which is usually difficult, seams like I'm always a half link off one way or the other so I have to trial an error play with the turnbuckles. The hydraulic top link made it simple! Thanks for the recommendation, you guy's were right, it's probably the best fairly inexpensive piece of equip I've added.

      • May 5, 2015 at 5:21 pm #37703
        Bob Rooks
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          Mine has more than paid for itself in convenience and time saved. It's a real game changer. No one I know has ever regretted installing one.

          So when you get bored with that, next you can try a hydraulic tilt link. laugh

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        • May 6, 2015 at 4:42 am #37707
          yocsr
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               You got me on that one. I've never heard of a hydraulic tilt link. I'm going to have to look it up.

          • May 6, 2015 at 12:35 pm #37708
            Bob Rooks
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              It's a small hydraulic cylinder that replaces one of the two lifting links that attach to the lower lifting arms. Pretty sweet if you crown roads or do irrigation trenches. Can also use the box or scraper blade to bench in on an incline. Pretty easy to plumb in with just a shuttle valve and a few hoses. May not be for everybody though.

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            • May 8, 2015 at 5:26 pm #37714
              yocsr
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                   I looked it up. I have had some instances where I could have used one. My drive at the lake was put in running the length on a slope and to grade the rock back up on the north side I have to turn the turn buckles all the way up on one side and all the way down on the other to get the angle. I keep the threads lube with antisieze so they turn easy. I'll have to put it on my wish list. The other day my neighbor had a large pine come down and when I went over to haul it home for camp fire wood he'd cut it all 6″” to long to fit in my bucket. I kept thinking of Tin's pictures of the bucket forks. My wishlist doesn't seem to get shorter!

              • May 8, 2015 at 7:14 pm #37715
                Bob Rooks
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                  I know what you mean. I just bought a 2,000 lb three-point pallet fork from Agri Supply. I can use it on the rear of the dozer and on the skid steer. Cheap.

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