Install Hydraulic Lines on Grapple Cylinder

let's jump right into the meat and potatoes right here check out the farmer tan by the way holy cow casper the ghost is under my shirt here's what we've got guys this is a heavy heavy duty grapple attachment that slides right up on these pallet forks again it's from precision manufacturing it's american steel it's made right in missouri this thing also has the optional tree holder right here i guess it's what you call the tree holder so we'll be picking up a log here in just a little bit on the other side of the farm and we'll show you how easy it is to buck up a log by using that instead of having to pick up the log or dip your saw into the dirt so that's pretty cool the basic parts of it is the grapple assembly you've got your pallet forks and these pallet forks are also from precision manufacturing you can order this whole setup and a hydraulic cylinder right here so that's it we've got the grapple the tree grabber and the hydraulic cylinder now this does not come with your hydraulic hoses so you'll have to design basically your hydraulic hoses to your tractor however you want that configuration there are just so many different configurations for hydraulic setups on tractors skid steers and all that what we have is some hoses for a skid steer quick attach so the flat faced hoses and we're going to install those on the cylinder show you guys exactly what you'd have to do so this is your hydraulic cylinder pretty simple what you do is you pull these two pins right here and take them out just like so and carry this portion right here to your local parts supplier there is a plug here and a plug right here and you'll size everything appropriately to what you need for your application for our needs we've already done it and we're going to take out the plugs right here and we're going to install our hydraulic lines going to remove the plugs pretty simple they're just loosely