Hyd fluid in a Dew Eze

[Angus Cowman]

I don't have a local dealer for the dew eze bed here so I was wondering if any of you had some insight

When the temps drop my bed gets slower than I like I was wondering if you could replace the Hyd Fluid with Automatic Transmission fluid, When I had the elec over Hyd bale spikes on the pickups I used ATF instead of hyd fluid

My bed is elec over Hyd it doesn't have the pump on the engine like some do

Thanks

 

[Red Bull Breeder]

Angus Cowman you can go to the Dew Eze wed site and get a phone number and give them a call. I have called them before but don't no what i did with the number, they will be glad to help you out.

 

[cfpinz]

1-800-835-1042

Great technical support, at least in my experience. Have the engine pump on my deweze, never used one with the electric pump. When it gets cold I don't notice the hydrabed slowing down as much as the deweze.

 

[agsalesman]

I may be a little late with this response but this is a common problem with hydraulics in the cold weather. I actually work for DewEze and we recieve several calls about this when the temperature drops. You can switch over to transmission fluid but please don't mix with other hydraulic fluids. I have heard of customers in the northern states using some kind of synthetic oil that will not thicken in the cold climate. I would like to know what that is. Thanks for purchasing a DewEze and please let me know if we can help in any way. Steve