Hydrolic lines

So I am looking at some tractors...mainly the international 656 thru 886 that will have the HP to operate my mower and baler.
Many of the ones I am looking (that are within my price range) only have one port for hydrolics. I need two.

It is cost worthy to add another port (if that can be done) or continue to look for once that has 2 ports and spend more money?

this came up a while back there are electric splitters to turn a single remote into two . some one will know more about them then me .

Something like this I think is what youre talking about.

https://summit-hydraulics.com/prod...zPQsjmIT_-yIbICsY4ch3dxIxgWf85UaAkihEALw_wcB

On my 574 I was able to find another valve block from a scrap yard and it just stacked onto the existing valve.[/url]

There is plenty of those tractors in salvage yards that you could buy all the parts and it is not hard to add.I have done it twice in the past.

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Another option

May be a dumb question......but is the tractor equipped to handle the added ports? Or do you have to beef up something else to add for pressure?

The flow and pressure will remain the same. The only time you would have an issue is if you were wanting to run two functions at the same time that required say 10GPM each to run, and your system was only a 10GPM system. This is typically a problem only if you're running something with a hydraulic motor. If your attachment is nothing but cylinders, they will move around half speed when you're using both ports together, and at full speed when using the ports separately.

Your tractor puts out whatever pressure the pump puts out, and flows whatever gallons per minute it flows. That is the given.

What you want to change is some valves, very simple doesn?t change the above. Of course every tractor is a little different, and ?original? or ?nice looking? parts probably cost a lot, used or new.

You can find factory made 2 port setup for most tractors, used or new, but takes some searching sometimes.

You can simply plug in an electric splitter, which plug into your exsisting ports and have an electrically operated valve, with a pair of ports behind it. One set of ports work, if you push an electric switch it changes to the other set of ports working. This can fit on many different tractors, generally 12v always, and pretty easy to install. Plug it into your ports, run the wire for power, find a place to mount the button generally on your current hyd lever. (Actually there are some simple valves like this that don?t use electricity, just push or pull a big button lever on them, but they will be very very inconvenient as they will be more than arms length from where you are sitting,)

You can buy a generic 2 port valve, run some hydraulic pipe or hose to it, run some hose to the back of your tractor and have 2 sets of ports. Everything will be cobbled together, be bolted or wired on in odd places, etc. this works just as good, probably cheaper, usually looks very red neck.

All of the above will work about the same to get you 2 sets of ports. Hydraulic fittings and ports and valves all cost money, you are assembling a bunch of pieces so expect it to cost some real money.

Paul

Wall Lake used parts used to have a kit made up for adding a second or third hydraulic circuit to an 86 series IH and possibly other IH series. I assume they still have this kit. I bought one of their kits to add a third valve to a 1086. The kit includes another valve section for the valve stack, longer bolts for the valve stack, two hoses going to the rear of the tractor from the valve stack, hose plug in block for the back and a mounting bracket along with a new lever going up into the cab. It is not hard to do. You sit on a pail inside the right rear wheel with a few wrenches and in a half hour or less you are done with the valve stack. Then you route the hoses. Then you will have a factory setup without having to mess with a multiplier.