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[DL-North]

Guys, I've been thinking about this some lately and would like input.

 

How do you drive 2 attachments at the same time on these GT's?

 

For example, for summer use, the mower deck is on and operational, but what if you want to use a back blade or tiller without removing the deck?

 

Or winter use, main attachment is a front blower, maybe with or w/o hyd shoot activation, and a back blade for clean up scraping?

 

What do you guys do?

 

Dan

 

[Gtractor]

That's simple...

 

Buy more tractors.

[Austen]

It's really a matter of removing and reattaching the implements. For a lot of us, as Gtractor stated, have multiple machines for different uses.

 

The HTs did come with an optional 3 point hitch "lock-out" feature so that you could effectively have two attachments mounted at once but as I understand, it's somewhat of a rare thing to find on these.

Edited by Austen, August 10, 2016 - 11:05 AM.

[boyscout862]

It depends on the tractor. One some you can chain the nonused attachment up, out of the way. I find it much easier to have attachments on tractors and just move my butt to the needed tractors' seat. Its also nice to have an extra tractor incase something breaks. Good Luck, Rick

[crittersf1]

MORE TRACTORS!!!

[toppop52]

There is no one tractor that's best for everything.

[DL-North]

Thanks - this is about what I thought but had to ask.

 

So what I hear you saying is that I should keep the Bolens G152 to go with the red "Bolens" GTX 20.

 

Dan 

[KC9KAS]

Multiple tractors with multiple attachments.

Surely one will start and run to do whatever job it was intended to do!

That is why I have 12 (or 13) I don't remember!

[toppop52]

I'm down to three, gotta restock!

[DL-North]

OK, so how about this?

 

Is there an easy/obvious way to run a set of aux hydr lines to the back of a Duratrac/GTX20?

They have them at the front, but need them at the back to operate another attachment.

 

Dan 

[MH81]

Sears lifts are separate.
You can't have the blower and deck at same time, but blower or blade and rear blade, no problem.
Clearance for the deck, not withstanding... A deck and tiller or back blade, no problem either.

[DL-North]

What is a Sears lift?

 

And I'm not planning to keep the deck on in winter but

blower and rear blade, as the tractor is, they use the same lift cylinder. That's why the additional hyd lines. 

 

And the same with a deck and tiller or deck and back blade - as the tractor is designed, they use the same lift cyl.

and a deck and tiller, they both use the same drive shaft drive. 

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Sears lifts are separate.
You can't have the blower and deck at same time, but blower or blade and rear blade, no problem.
Clearance for the deck, not withstanding... A deck and tiller or back blade, no problem either. 

[nyrobbie77]

OK, so how about this?

 

Is there an easy/obvious way to run a set of aux hydr lines to the back of a Duratrac/GTX20?

They have them at the front, but need them at the back to operate another attachment.

 

Dan 

you can run a second set of lines but unless you install another rock shaft your implements will still raise/lower at the same time. 

[DL-North]

The Duratrac/GTX20 has a second hydr circuit with ports at the front, just need to get them to the rear.

[MH81]

Sorry, I didn't see this was in Bolens, thought it was on the main forum.
Most of the Sears rear lifts are manual and not dependant on the rest of the tractor.