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Yes, you can tap hyd pressure from your tractor's hyd topcover / engine mounted pump. Keep in mind that it is about 4gpm and maybee 1700 psi.. still.. for a homeowner who needs a fel and is not concerned about blinding speed.. it is sufficient to run a loader. I have a loder on my ford 660 and my ford 850.. both off the cover. Now.. you have 3 options for the loader plumbing: Option 1, get a ford style spool valve that goes on the cover.. either single or dual spool. These valves are generally expensive, and cost inthe 350-700$ range. You can either get them with or without detent on the valve levers. This option has 2 subsets:
1, run the laoder right off the spool.. IE.. get a non detent single spool valve for a loader with a trip bucket.. or get a dual spool valve for a full hyd loader.
2, get a detent style single valve set and hook remote QD's to it.. so you have a remote outlet. Buy a cheap Open center spool valve set for a log splitter and run your loader from this. It's probably cheaper to buy the single remote ford valve plus a decent log splitter valve than buying the ford dual valve.. probably by a couple hundred bucks. 2, Chain your upper lift arms to the axle, and then remove that plug from that rectangular cover, run a line from there to a cheap log splitter valve with an open center, and then plumb a return line back to the hyd sump by drilling out the hyd fill cap and tapping it for a 90' elbow / return fitting. Lifting your 3pt lever will direct fluid thru this valve and to the sump untill you move the spools for your laoder. 3, If it is a trip style loader.. you don't even need a spool valve.. just run the line from the top cover to the loader lift cyls, chain 3pt arms down, and lift 3pt handle to lift loader.. lower 3pt handle to drop loader.. Last 2 options makes you loose the use of your 3pt lift, while using the ford style valve does not. soundguy
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