Thanks for the great video. All I run is Western Unimounts. All though old, they are the best plows I have owned. I also have trouble pushing the ram by hand on one of them. It’s probably because like you said that big bolt on ram is too tight and preventing it from going down easy. 👍
Thanks for the support! I had started years back with a cable style and enjoyed the simplicity. When I changed trucks cable routing was no longer an option. I really like these pumps and how simple they are. I'm going to run it for as long as I can keep finding parts!
I gather you use automatic transmission fluid which I am guessing works fine for most of your expected temperature conditions but might get a bit stiff when you hit your coldest temps. I have a self moving grain auger on the farm so it has its own hydraulic system and a normal semi synthetic hydraulic oil did not work out well at all and rather than go to auto trans fluid I put what used to be referred to as J13, its even thinner than non synthetic automatic trans oil and I believe was developed for applications like air craft landing gear and I am told those delivery truck platforms use that oil in cold weather to get to operate. Cold winter conditions are brutal ! ... guys used to pour in and may still do, a percentage of kerosene into their hydraulic tank oil to thin it out for their gravel end dump trailers when using them during the winter.
Yea I use trans fluid. Manual calls for Dex/Merc or equivalent. It does get stiff on negative temps when floating the ram down. I've cut it with seafoam treatment before which I'm guessing is just kerosene as well. I have a bunch of amsoil around the garage so a fluid change is essentially free for me. I've known guys in the construction industry to run their hydraulic units on their trucks all night just to keep the fluid moving and not get too cold on bad cold snaps
@@adventureandrepeat Speaking of Amsoil, I know way back in the 1980's I had installed a power steering system on a Toyota 4x4 pickup that never came from the factory with power steering and I ended up changing from regular dexron to Amsoil equivalent and it certainly made a difference. J 13 would not be suitable for everything but I would expect for a plow application it would work just fine, I doubt there is hardly a thinner hydraulic type oil out there. I cringe at the idea of adding anything to oil to thin it but unfortunately sometimes there isn't an alternative. Like I joked to my neighbour the other day, that my dad had figured out the secret to dealing with winter ... he retired to Arizona, never to have had experienced a cold northern Canadian winter ever again in his life, unfortunately I can't begin to afford such a luxury !
@@adventureandrepeat My brother was down there last winter for a bit in Yuma and he drove right through one of those area's you would be referring to, Quartzsite. As he said, there is not much of anything out there and mostly no trees for shade, sand blowing, and too many questionable people out in an area like that in later years. But even to do something like that means driving down there a long ways in winter weather through the salt with a trailer or RV of some sort ruining it in the process.My dad happened to be a US citizen, and myself and my brother worked for years on this farm handing over funds for him as he lived that life style. It was a different time indeed, now everything is all but unaffordable ( and neither am I a US citizen ) I can well imagine the mess and the sewer dumped around there as per Quartzsite, garbage etc. I have a feeling things are going to change with that whole theme going forward.
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Thanks for the great video. All I run is Western Unimounts. All though old, they are the best plows I have owned.
I also have trouble pushing the ram by hand on one of them. It’s probably because like you said that big bolt on ram is too tight and preventing it from going down easy. 👍
Thanks for the support! I had started years back with a cable style and enjoyed the simplicity. When I changed trucks cable routing was no longer an option. I really like these pumps and how simple they are. I'm going to run it for as long as I can keep finding parts!
I gather you use automatic transmission fluid which I am guessing works fine for most of your expected temperature conditions but might get a bit stiff when you hit your coldest temps. I have a self moving grain auger on the farm so it has its own hydraulic system and a normal semi synthetic hydraulic oil did not work out well at all and rather than go to auto trans fluid I put what used to be referred to as J13, its even thinner than non synthetic automatic trans oil and I believe was developed for applications like air craft landing gear and I am told those delivery truck platforms use that oil in cold weather to get to operate. Cold winter conditions are brutal ! ... guys used to pour in and may still do, a percentage of kerosene into their hydraulic tank oil to thin it out for their gravel end dump trailers when using them during the winter.
Yea I use trans fluid. Manual calls for Dex/Merc or equivalent. It does get stiff on negative temps when floating the ram down. I've cut it with seafoam treatment before which I'm guessing is just kerosene as well. I have a bunch of amsoil around the garage so a fluid change is essentially free for me. I've known guys in the construction industry to run their hydraulic units on their trucks all night just to keep the fluid moving and not get too cold on bad cold snaps
@@adventureandrepeat Speaking of Amsoil, I know way back in the 1980's I had installed a power steering system on a Toyota 4x4 pickup that never came from the factory with power steering and I ended up changing from regular dexron to Amsoil equivalent and it certainly made a difference. J 13 would not be suitable for everything but I would expect for a plow application it would work just fine, I doubt there is hardly a thinner hydraulic type oil out there. I cringe at the idea of adding anything to oil to thin it but unfortunately sometimes there isn't an alternative. Like I joked to my neighbour the other day, that my dad had figured out the secret to dealing with winter ... he retired to Arizona, never to have had experienced a cold northern Canadian winter ever again in his life, unfortunately I can't begin to afford such a luxury !
There's plenty of desert out there with free parking!
@@adventureandrepeat My brother was down there last winter for a bit in Yuma and he drove right through one of those area's you would be referring to, Quartzsite. As he said, there is not much of anything out there and mostly no trees for shade, sand blowing, and too many questionable people out in an area like that in later years. But even to do something like that means driving down there a long ways in winter weather through the salt with a trailer or RV of some sort ruining it in the process.My dad happened to be a US citizen, and myself and my brother worked for years on this farm handing over funds for him as he lived that life style. It was a different time indeed, now everything is all but unaffordable ( and neither am I a US citizen ) I can well imagine the mess and the sewer dumped around there as per Quartzsite, garbage etc. I have a feeling things are going to change with that whole theme going forward.
Most in this area like to retire to Florida. Plenty of sun and sand and nice beaches. The occasional hurricane.