Ford 3000 Hydraulics

You still have to buy the hookup hoses and quick disconnects which are about $100 so you are at $400 on an otherwise $250 job. Your money, your choice.

I had a mint MF 35 Deluxe with only 900 hrs on it (everything orig) couple of yrs ago and sold it for the very reason it was a pain in the rumpus getting on and off. It had dual remotes (2 levers in your crotch) and a padded seat with high arm rests and the fenders were right there....real confining.

my 2c.

txblu

TxBlu,
The one I have is the two spool and it fits nicely under the seat and is not in the way at all on my 2000. It is a Tisco that I picked up used. Whole set up was around the $250 mark for the 2 spool.

Thanks for the input.

Sit in the seat. Look between your legs. There is a plate on top of the hyd section cover about 3x5. NH dealer will sell you an adapter plate for about $65 which mounts under this plate.

It has a suck and blow port (1/2 NPT). Plumb to an OPEN CENTER...OPEN CENTER...2 way single valve ( I use a CROSS brand from Trac. Supply ). Plumb the in/out of the new plate to the in/out of the remote valve. Plumb the outputs of the valve via 1/2 pipe fittings to your load (implement or log splitter or whatever).

You're there. Mount your control valve in a convenient place. I moved my tires and fenders out and mounted with an adapter bracket just to the left of the seat. That way it doesn't interfere with getting in and out of the seat.

The Ford hyd pump is only 5 gpm so this is no speed boat and the 3 pt lift has to be down from max (1/2 way down is a nice place) for the system to be able to develop hyd press to run the remote.

Have fun.

About $ 65 at NH dealer and $ 180-$200 at TSC.

Best,

txblu