Using Tractor on Straw Blower without a hydraulic return

[Dog Bowl]

Normal straw chopper tractor is due some warranty work and is out of action for a week. My plan is to put an older JD 6210se onto the chopper for a week. Only issue is this tractor doesn't have a hydraulic return. Would it be so bad to have one pipe in one spool valve on float, and the other pipe in the other spool valve on pump? Straw chopper is a Kuhn 3570m trailed.

Am I making a mountain out of a mole hill over this? Or am I going to do any damage?

Cheers,

 

[Fendt516profi]

Easy enough to unscrew bung just above PTO guard and put a fitting in for a free flow then its always a backup

 

[Dog Bowl]

Easy enough to unscrew bung just above PTO guard and put a fitting in for a free flow then its always a backup

Think your right. I'm thinking it's a nice job today in the shed in this mornings wet weather!

 

[milkloss]

M22 metric, to save looking it up!

 

[njneer]

If your going to put it through a spool have both pipes in same spool , having them in two separate spools with one if float is a disaster waiting to happen if you accidentally knock the one out of float or forget to put it in float before putting the other into constant pump you will destroy the valve block by dead ending the flow. at least if they are in the same spool and you accidentally knock it out the worst that can happen is the machine stops on you.

 

[hendrebc]

Normal straw chopper tractor is due some warranty work and is out of action for a week. My plan is to put an older JD 6210se onto the chopper for a week. Only issue is this tractor doesn't have a hydraulic return. Would it be so bad to have one pipe in one spool valve on float, and the other pipe in the other spool valve on pump? Straw chopper is a Kuhn 3570m trailed.

Am I making a mountain out of a mole hill over this? Or am I going to do any damage?

Cheers,

Our loader was like that for a week or so when we first put it on the tractor and I didn't get round to putting the pipe into the bung. It worked I just tied the return/float in place with baler twine so it couldn't be knocked accidentally.

 

[Cmoran]

There was no bung for return pipe on some 10 series we used to take off oil filler cap and get steel pipe that would slide down the outside of filler and weld fitting for return into it tap side of pipe for bolt to tighten against filler. Worked a treat

 

[diggerjones]

On my case cx 90. With a log splitter on, to get constant flow. I read in the manual and it tells you to put pipes in different spools

 

[AndrewG]

I always just plug into the pressure and return on one spool for the straw chopper. Teagle 808 and 8080.

 

[Andrew1983]

I always just plug into the pressure and return on one spool for the straw chopper. Teagle 808 and 8080.

I only find it an issue on a motor that’s running all day, drill fan etc. If the bedder is just blasting out a few bales it wont in my experience do any harm to just have them in a double acting spool. I know some people who pop the centres of the probes out so there’s less of a restriction in the return line too. I think that would lead to oil leaking from the tractor when there’s no pipe connected though.

 

[milkloss]

Our Lucas G will hammer the probes as it has a stop-start bed to control the speed. We replace the couplers at the start of every winter to ensure good running.

 

[farmerste]

I always just plug into the pressure and return on one spool for the straw chopper. Teagle 808 and 8080.

Thats how we run ours, never had any problems