Hydraulic question
 

im in the process of converting my johnson workhorse 14 loader to a quick attach style kind of like the newer quick way loaders are. pull two pins and the whole loader will remove from the tractor minus the sub frame. my question is, my hydraulic pump is mounted on its own mule drive like attachment and run off the front pto. it has two hoses that come off of the pump. one runs directly to the valve. that is the pressure hose. the second one is a very soft garden hose like low pressure line that runs to the bottom of the left loader upright (also the hydraulic reservoir). basically what i am asking is, does a company make a quick connect hydraulic coupling for the low pressure line? so i can just uncouple the two hoses at the pump and back away from the loader. ive tried searching online for a while but i can't seem to find anything that would work. any help would be much appreciated!

I'm sure you can find something in this Parker catalog.
https://www.parker.com/literature/Qu...00_Feb2014.pdf

The answer to the question is yes.

Here is Aeroquip catalog:
http://apps.esg.aeroquip.com/productserver/catalog/

I work at this company for 40 years.

McMaster-Carr has hydraulic parts.
www.mcmaster.com

Just make sure you get something that will work on the suction side of the pump. You probably should call someone and explain what you want to do. You'll need the GPM flow info to get it sized properly.

Hmm finding out gpm will be the hard part. I wonder if i could just take the pump to a hydraulic shop and tell them what I want to do and see what they say.

Home depot has lots of garden hose quick attach fittings. Try them.

Those things suck, leak like a screen and probably not compatible for oil.

Neither is garden hose....


Flow rating the pump isn't necessary. You just need a coupler for that size of hose. A regular Pioneer will be fine. If they'll flow 30+ GPM on a big tractor, I'm sure you can suck 6 gallons through them.

I wouldn't do what your doing.... but that's me. I'd leave the pump, tank and the valve on the tractor and put couplers on the loader. But I'm sure your wanting to be able to use a mower or something. Your getting into more trouble than it's worth if that's what your after. If you just looking to take the loader on and off...... do as you wish.