Butch
Active member
Equipment
Kubota 2410, RC60-24B, FL1000- kubota hydrolic front snow blade- plug aerator
I have dinked around a not so reliable 20 YO Kubota/Husco 9210 Hydraulic Control Valve for the past couple years or so and after pushing snow for two days that did it for me. So I decided to either buy an OEM from Kubota OR work with a highly reputable hydraulic engineering full service supply/repair company to reverse engineer my needs and see what's available. The aim was not to only upgrade the valve but the sloppy archaic joystick and gimbal and make it look like it grew there as good as or better than Kubota OEM.
Oh man! Did Beiler Hydraulics in Leola, PA ever come thru.
For over a month and a half Dave Groff and Kent Martin of Beiler worked with me to find the best upgrade based on the tractor's hydraulic system specs, pictures of the Husco configuration and how to do the changeover with out breaking the bank. This is worth mentioning .... I don't know if this was by design or not but we found there are NO crossover charts, tables or books that show ANY interchangeability between Kubota P/N's or tractor modals. That is why we had to noodle backwards through the B2410 WSM tractor hydraulics specs and other hydraulic valve specs.
I settled on the Bucher BUHDM11P/2K02RV15A01Z04 Control Valve, the M18/S15/S30 Joystick handle and the accompanying internal tapered plug for power beyond port.
Now here is the best part! The quick connects, all existing lines and fittings and the angle of the existing Husco mount plate was a direct swap. Not one thing had to be modified. The ONLY purchase I have to make outside the Bucher Control Valve were two stainless steel 1/4" bolts to mount the new valve and new o-rings for the valve fittings.
Costs wise:
The cost to replace the Kubota/Husco valve OEM with the joystick and gimbal would have been north of $850.00 plus tax and shipping.
The all in costs for the Bucher was just shy of $450.00 and I now have 2021 technology.
Performance wise:
Daylight to dark's difference!
For us old farts.... this is like going from a standard OEM four speed manual transmission shifter to a Hurst close pattern shifter pattern.
Oh man! Did Beiler Hydraulics in Leola, PA ever come thru.
For over a month and a half Dave Groff and Kent Martin of Beiler worked with me to find the best upgrade based on the tractor's hydraulic system specs, pictures of the Husco configuration and how to do the changeover with out breaking the bank. This is worth mentioning .... I don't know if this was by design or not but we found there are NO crossover charts, tables or books that show ANY interchangeability between Kubota P/N's or tractor modals. That is why we had to noodle backwards through the B2410 WSM tractor hydraulics specs and other hydraulic valve specs.
I settled on the Bucher BUHDM11P/2K02RV15A01Z04 Control Valve, the M18/S15/S30 Joystick handle and the accompanying internal tapered plug for power beyond port.
Now here is the best part! The quick connects, all existing lines and fittings and the angle of the existing Husco mount plate was a direct swap. Not one thing had to be modified. The ONLY purchase I have to make outside the Bucher Control Valve were two stainless steel 1/4" bolts to mount the new valve and new o-rings for the valve fittings.
Costs wise:
The cost to replace the Kubota/Husco valve OEM with the joystick and gimbal would have been north of $850.00 plus tax and shipping.
The all in costs for the Bucher was just shy of $450.00 and I now have 2021 technology.
Performance wise:
Daylight to dark's difference!
For us old farts.... this is like going from a standard OEM four speed manual transmission shifter to a Hurst close pattern shifter pattern.
