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Read articles →This is a narrow, practical fix for a specific plumbing question: how to run both front hydraulics (grapple) and a rear backhoe simultaneously on an L2501/L2520 by looping the open-center circuit and adding a cheap three-eighths to one-quarter inch adapter. It's a short, informal explanation with no footage of the implements running, aimed squarely at owners who already have both attachments and are confused about the hose routing.
Posted by an owner sharing a specific DIY plumbing workaround from personal trial and error, not a dealer or professional resource.
Create a loop so fluid goes to the grapple first, then the old return line becomes the backhoe intake using a three-eighths to one-quarter inch adapter, since the controls are open center.
Just a three-eighths to one-quarter inch adapter, which is the only extra item needed to make the setup work.
Open center controls mean flow keeps passing through even when one end, like the grapple, is not being used, so looping both implements into the circuit works fine.
