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Old 04-20-2014, 05:26 PM
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Anyone have experience adding a hydro lift to a 1200?
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Old 04-20-2014, 07:38 PM
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Adding a hydraulic lift to a wide frame gear drive is an undertaking. An electric lift wouldn't be very difficult, as it was offered for that tractor.
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Old 04-20-2014, 08:02 PM
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Ah ok I'm learning. So what's involved in an electro lift?
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Old 04-20-2014, 09:34 PM
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Here is a narrow frame electric lift set up on a WF cub cadet that is similar to your 1200, courtesy of Yosemite Sam. I'm sure that he could offer several suggestions to you if you wanted to set something like this up.

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Old 04-20-2014, 11:47 PM
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That project was quite an undertaking...

It took me around three years to complete, 35 months to think about it and something less than a month to actually do the work.

With the exception of the actual bracket that holds the pump, everything was a simple bolt-on using Cub Cadet parts, I made the first bracket out of cardboard then just copied it with one from steel.

I used a smaller pulley on the pump so the belt would clear the hood and frame. It nearly broke my heart to modify the frame, but I did have to use a grinder on the frame and just nick the corner off of it where the sharp bend is on top (about 1/8" maybe 3/16") so the lower side of the belt wouldn't rub. I don't notice any difference in the performance of the pump with the smaller pulley, initially I was afraid that the lower/lift would be "jerky" from speeding up the pump rotation. I also had to drill one hole in the frame (the bottom rear one) on the bracket.

I made a different side cover out of aluminum because I didn't want to cut a factory one, for belt clearance.

Overall, the project was very easy and I am really pleased with the outcome. It's like tilling from a Cadillac.

Doing something similar on a Quiet Line may prove to be a little more of a challenge.
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Here is a pic of the electric lift on my 1250 quiet line tractor. It had a spring assist on it for lifting a tiller.
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Here is a pic of the electric lift on my 1250 quiet line tractor. It had a spring assist on it for lifting a tiller.
That one looks like it would be very quiet.
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That one looks like it would be very quiet.
Ah.. yeah.
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Yes it was very quite but not anymore and soon it will have the hyd lift from the 1250 it got its engine from.
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