Another Tigercat...

[RCP57]

Thanks guys.

I was thinking the same thing Nate. The cylinders for the grapple have enough exposed rod that i could put a helper spring on there. I think I will wait and see how often it opens goofy before I change anything.

The fittings are SAE(10-32x1/8" and 10-32x5/32") and sourced through a local Hydraulic shop in Victoria. They are meant to be used on truck air lines and so on. I use them on the Volvo too and have never had a failure so far at 32bar. Metric is available too but harder to get. They are a bit big for smaller cylinders like this but are about $4-6 each and often in stock at the local shop. If they don't have them they are typically an overnight item from Vancouver. A banjo style is available too and has a slightly lower profile.

Reg

[RCP57]

I got a few of the kinks out on the skidder today(literally). It turned out that the issue with the blade was a kinked hose so I shortened it up and that solved the problem. The valve block was weeping a bit so I took it apart and put a thin strip of loctite around each rotor and buttoned it back up. No leaks there now. The grapple cylinder was binding mid stroke and causing it to leak. I made a bit of a relief near the swivel and now it only leaks once and a while. Once I did all this and finished the wiring, I decided to have a little playtime. I'm now running most of my models off of one radio so I need to remember to center all the switches between models! Oh well, hopefully I will get it all figured out one day...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3e5H...tJ-DusnO8Onw7A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Oic...tJ-DusnO8Onw7A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oc8A...tJ-DusnO8Onw7A