I had a question from a viewer about how to get remotes for his tractor. It's a question that appears from time to time and I thought it would be good to answer in this video.
If you're new to tractors you may not know what remotes are. Let's discuss that first. Remote hydraulics can be referred to as "remotes" or "hydraulics". If someone were to ask you, "Does your tractor have hydraulics", that's what they mean. They are ports on the back of the tractor where hoses can be plugged in to power hydraulic cylinders (or hydraulic motors) on tractor attachments. If you have an implement that needs to be raised or lowered, folded out, or in some cases, powered, by the hydraulic flow from the tractor, you need remotes. A set of remotes consists of two ports, one for flow in and one out. Two remotes is two sets of two and so on. Big farm tractors use a lot of hydraulic power and may have up to four or five sets of remotes.
Most of us with small compact tractors don't need remotes. If all you do is clip pastures, operate a box blade or rock rake and use your front end loader, you'd never need remotes. Now, the loader is running hydraulic cylinders, but they're generally on their own circuit. On some older tractors, the loader hoses could be plugged in to rear remotes so, if you needed a set, you could pull off the hoses that do the tilt and curl of the bucket and use them. Most newer tractors have a joystick-controlled loader.
So when we're buying a compact tractor, most of the time, the salesman doesn't even mention that remotes are available. They don't want to risk confusing you or appearing to sell you something that you don't really need. The manufacturers usually don't equip tractors with remotes because they'd be selling against competitors without them, and it would put them at a price disadvantage.
Back to the original question then, how do you get remotes? They come in a kit that have to be ordered by a dealer for the tractor brand that you're trying to put them on. They include a "block" that ties into the hydraulic system, hoses, couplers, a bracket and a lever.
Remote kits will generally be available on current models of tractors. Once the manufacturer discontinues a model, or changes the hydraulic system, they don't want to be stuck with a warehouse full of kits for those tractors. Usually, shortly after a series is no longer available, the manufacturer ceases to offer the hydraulic kits and if you want to add remotes, you have to order each individual kit component from the parts department. It is cumbersome and expensive.
The takeaway from this video should be that if you own a tractor and think you might want remotes, don't waste time in getting to your local dealer to see if they're available and get them ordered. If it's a late model tractor the kit may be available. One last thing, adding remotes is something I advise you have the dealer do. Unless you have experience with hydraulic work, it's not something I'd recommend a backyard mechanic attempt.
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