Top links

[JohnAC]

What top links do folk recommend ours is getting worn I don’t really think we need one with a claw end as I never use it anyway it’s for a class 640 so cat 3

 

[ridger]

What top links do folk recommend ours is getting worn I don’t really think we need one with a claw end as I never use it anyway it’s for a class 640 so cat 3

Il not have another claw end either, I have a habit of leaving the ball in it then it turns around and falls out.

 

[davidroberts30]

Hydraulic

 

[Phil P]

+1 for hydraulic.

@Dave may be able to sort something if you do decided to go down that route.
I personally wouldn’t have anything other than a hydraulic top link now and have them on all my machines.

 

[JohnAC]

Hydraulic

Would hydraulic not be a pain with Manuel spools?

 

[davidroberts30]

Would hydraulic not be a pain with Manuel spools?

Why?
Set it long to hitch up and use the outside arm control to make implements fit

 

[Phil P]

What David says

 

[Gerbert]

I needed a new one for my jd, after buying some cheapish crap on another jd I just bought an original one. The length is precisely what it needs to be and the thingy for hanging it on the tractor is the right one.
I used hydraulic ones on my old job with big boy cultivators that are a pain to adjust but i prefer manual for my line of work.

 

[ColinV6]

Hydraulic top link is one of those things that you don’t think you need, until you have one. After that the idea of pissing on with threads and trying to get the pressure off it to lengthen or shorten it in the field just seems a huge pain in the arse!!

 

[Finn farmer]

Hydraulic top link is one of those things that you don’t think you need, until you have one. After that the idea of pissing on with threads and trying to get the pressure off it to lengthen or shorten it in the field just seems a huge pain in the arse!!

Can agree. First hydraulic top link arrived in year 2000 with used MF390. After that we've only bought hydraulic top links (or rather ordered new tractor with one).

 

[Galcam]

Hydraulic top link with claw end and fender buttons to adjust ram stroke makes life easy putting on and off implements.

 

[Dave]

What top links do folk recommend ours is getting worn I don’t really think we need one with a claw end as I never use it anyway it’s for a class 640 so cat 3

From what I can see 640 - 900'ish mm CAT 3/3. Hydraulic with claw £462 or manual £136

 

[v8willy]

Il not have another claw end either, I have a habit of leaving the ball in it then it turns around and falls out.

You have the wrong ball in it then, need the one with the wee wings on the side.

 

[ridger]

You have the wrong ball in it then, need the one with the wee wings on the side.

It won't go into the bedtiller or grubber though

 

[David.]

Do they have a check valve as std, because most spools leak a bit over time.

 

[Dave]

Do they have a check valve as std, because most spools leak a bit over time.

The ones I do, yes

 

[zero]

We have a hydraulic top link on't loader tractor and an A frame. Makes life a lot easier. Think it came from Granit and has a check valve fitted in it's pipe work.
If you'd rather get a mandraulic top link try to avoid some of the cheap pattern part makes as their not well made and soon wear out..

 

[Pennine Ploughing]

What top links do folk recommend ours is getting worn I don’t really think we need one with a claw end as I never use it anyway it’s for a class 640 so cat 3

If its getting slack in the threads, but everything else is good.
Get the threaded bit swaged a bit tighter if you know someone that does big hydraulic pipe repair, surprising how it tightened up, turn the middle bit as you nip it not to over do it