Upgrading to a joystick

kjrobinson

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L345DT
Sep 9, 2024
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Good morning, everyone, I am wanting to swap out the original 2 lever hydraulic loader controls for a joystick on my 80's L345DT, is there any certain brand better than others. Is it hard to do, Thanks for the help.
 

TheOldHokie

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Apr 6, 2021
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Good morning, everyone, I am wanting to swap out the original 2 lever hydraulic loader controls for a joystick on my 80's L345DT, is there any certain brand better than others. Is it hard to do, Thanks for the help.
You can undoubtedly get better quality by spending big bucks but a $250-$300 valve will serve you well.

Dan
 

timsch

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'49 8N, L275DT
Jun 11, 2018
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I have a Prince model (Wolverine maybe) that I put on mine that has done well (enough) for me. I know it was not even $250 5 years ago or so. Fairly easy to do and well worth it. Some modification or fabrication of a mounting plate may be needed. IIRC, all I had to do was drill some holes on an existing plate.