plowing with 1850

I fought for hours, but could never get the hydraulic hoses connected from the John Deere four bottom 16 inch moldboard plow. I cleaned off both male and female ends. Then I'd get them connected and they'd pop off as soon as I applied pressure.
So I gave up and tried to bring the plow home with my Farmall 75C. The hoses hooked up instantly and easily. I then brought the plow home and greased it. But it was all the little 75C four wheel drive tractor could do to pull that plow about 2 1/2 mph. Very hard, dry soil and I stuck the plow in deep! But, after a couple of rounds the tail wheel fell off that John Deere semi-mounted plow.
Later I got out the old three bottom trip plow and hooked it behind the Oliver 1850. Ol Ollie hardly knew it was back there. That engine has a beautiful smooth purr as it pulls!

Any advice on hooking up the hydraulic hoses to the 1850?
 
JD always uses their own quick connects that look similar to the Pioneer style quick connects you have on the Oliver. The two styles don't mix. $20 bucks at a farm store should get you new tips for your implement that will work with the Oliver. Some guys make up adapters.
 
What Dave said. Oliver hydraulics are under constant pressure, make sure that your couplers connect under pressure or you will fight it every time you hook and unhook. Shutting it off and wiggling levers doesnt help.
 
Shut the engine off and make sure the pressure is off the hoses and the couplers on the tractor.
 
I have my grapple plumbed to the power beyond and it does bleed and equalize when you wiggle the levers once the tractor is off. I have hopes to one day plumb all the hydraulics for my loader to a triple valve connected to the power beyond. I have a couple of implements that just give me fits every time I go to plug into them. I often have to crack a fitting to bleed pressure before I can get them together. I have a 1850 from the final year of production that had a small valve block with metal lines tied into each hose coming off the hydraulic controls under the seat. I was never sure if it was a bleed off bank or pressure adjustment bank.
 
I do what rrlund does. I will tap the ball in the remote back with a stick of wood with tractor off and pressure will be off. You must have the wrong tips or something.
 

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