Hydraulics and the cold

[Barnyard]

I've notice while snow plowing that my hydraulics seems slightly stiffer than usual. Is this do to the cold or is there something I should be looking into? Other than that and the fact that I froze my butt off plowing last night trying to stay ahead of the game my Lil girl kicked butt plowing. I noticed a little chugging a lugging when letting my foot of the clutch to fast but it's probably over due for a tune up.

[Denny Clayton]

That's normal when the hydraulic fluid is cold. The touch control and engine will both work better once everything warms up. And when it's cold out that takes forever.

[Johnny Lindqvist]

Thanks Denny

[ricky racer]

Johnny, what are you using for hydraulic fluid?

[Johnny Lindqvist]

I'd have to run out and check but it's to cold out . What do you recommend?

[Rudi]

Johnny:

Hy-Tran or Hy-Tran Ultra is the best, however I now use Perma-Tran - the Massey equivalent. Any Hydraulic fluid that meets or exceeds MS1209 specifications will do the job but Hy-Tran is my favourite.

[ricky racer]

What Rudi said.

If you have industrial hydraulic oil in the unit, it lacks pour point additives that you'd want for use in cold weather. Hy-Tran or equivalent is the ticket.

[DanR]

Will going back to Hi-Tran help my knees?

[Boss Hog]

Will going back to Hi-Tran help my knees?

No, but you touch control will thank you for it

[Clark Thompson]

I have found that in my loader cub the hydraulics were real slow in the cold weather. I found that the hytran or eqivilent in 0 weather was too thick to the point that the internal screen filter collapsed and blocked the inlet to the pump. I since fixed the filter and have been using automatic transmission fluid. have had no problems. that was 10 years ago.