When I was a the golf course we had a Roseman Hydra-gang mower. Picture a Ford 3000 tractor with 7- 3 foot hydraulically driven reel mowers mounted on arms off the tractor. The reels were powered by a separate hydraulic system with a PTO mounted pump and 30 gallons of hydraulic oil in tanks mounted behind the seat/between the fenders. One of our genius turf grass students was out mowing and he notices the reels stopped. Seems about a 1/4 mile earlier he hit a tree and broke off a reel, dragged it for a while but eventually the hydraulic hose broke, the reels stopped after he pumped 30 gallons of hydraulic oil out on the course. The boss wasn't real happy what wasn't dug up by the reel being dragged was oily and yes hot hydraulic oil kills grass, we had a dead streak of grass most of the rest of the season.
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Today's Featured Article - Hydraulics - Cylinder Anatomy - by Curtis von Fange. Let’s make one more addition to our series on hydraulics. I’ve noticed a few questions in the comment section that could pertain to hydraulic cylinders so I thought we could take a short look at this real workhorse of the circuit. Cylinders are the reason for the hydraulic circuit. They take the fluid power delivered from the pump and magically change it into mechanical power. There are many types of cylinders that one might run across on a farm scenario. Each one could take a chapter in
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