He Installed Control Levers For The Hydraulics On Cat Challenger That He Can Reach From The Ground
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J.W. "Mike" Thomas, Prescott, Wash.: "I installed control levers for the hydraulics on my 1996 Cat Challenger 65D tractor that I can reach from the ground. Makes it a lot easier to hook up implements - no need for climbing in and out of the cab.
"I removed two bolts from the cover on the differential and mounted a control base on it, replacing the two original bolts with ones that were 1/4-in. longer. I made four 9-in. levers out of 1/4 by 2-in. flat iron. They have four positions - neutral, open, close, float - to exactly simulate the positions of the controls in the cab. I made 15-in. long link-ages out of 7/16-in. dia. rod that run from the control levers to the controls in the cab. The linkages have 90 degree bends in them."
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He Installed Control Levers For The Hydraulics On Cat Challenger That He Can Reach From The Ground TRACTORS Hydraulics 21-4-33 J.W. "Mike" Thomas, Prescott, Wash.: "I installed control levers for the hydraulics on my 1996 Cat Challenger 65D tractor that I can reach from the ground. Makes it a lot easier to hook up implements - no need for climbing in and out of the cab.
"I removed two bolts from the cover on the differential and mounted a control base on it, replacing the two original bolts with ones that were 1/4-in. longer. I made four 9-in. levers out of 1/4 by 2-in. flat iron. They have four positions - neutral, open, close, float - to exactly simulate the positions of the controls in the cab. I made 15-in. long link-ages out of 7/16-in. dia. rod that run from the control levers to the controls in the cab. The linkages have 90 degree bends in them."
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