Ford 4000 1967
I have used my tractor the past 3 weekends to get our road back in shape. I just got it last month so these are the only times I have used it. I have found the hitch will stay up with the box blade connected while the tractor is running. It goes down really quick when I cut the engine off. While dragging the road it works when in the lowest position, but will not hold any setting in between. From reading older post on here (and the new one about the 850) I think this is normal for a tractor of this age. I hope to do more testing this winter and see what needs to be rebuilt and is it something I can do myself. But for now I am trying to get the road in shape before winter. The first weekend that I worked on the road I just pulled dirt into the large holes that had been the worst. I knew this would not hold once it started raining. So the next 2 weekends I continued to drag and lower the teeth to break up the holes. This past Saturday I had it pretty tilled up so I figured I would lower the teeth and start to drag and smooth. Well I had the dirt so worked up that when I started to pull with the bb in the lowest position it was pulling WAY too much. As I pulled and tried to release the dirt in a level smooth layer, it did not work very well. Continuous up and down, making piles all along the road, drives worst than it has since I started. I am sure if I take my time I can get it back to a smooth layer. What I want to do now is maybe remove the teeth and bring the Top Link in toward the tractor. Which would give me a couple of inch between the blade and the road even when the bb is in the lowest setting. As you can see in the pictures I don't have any more adjustment at the tractor side and very little at the BB end.
So I will take the arm off and unscrew at each end. Replace connect at tractor but now I am sure it is not going to line up with the BB. I am thinking if I crank the tractor and lift the hitch it may line up so it can connect at the BB end...? I will be doing this alone so I am ask any ideas that my help to make this work as I think it should?
Thanks,
Michael
I have used my tractor the past 3 weekends to get our road back in shape. I just got it last month so these are the only times I have used it. I have found the hitch will stay up with the box blade connected while the tractor is running. It goes down really quick when I cut the engine off. While dragging the road it works when in the lowest position, but will not hold any setting in between. From reading older post on here (and the new one about the 850) I think this is normal for a tractor of this age. I hope to do more testing this winter and see what needs to be rebuilt and is it something I can do myself. But for now I am trying to get the road in shape before winter. The first weekend that I worked on the road I just pulled dirt into the large holes that had been the worst. I knew this would not hold once it started raining. So the next 2 weekends I continued to drag and lower the teeth to break up the holes. This past Saturday I had it pretty tilled up so I figured I would lower the teeth and start to drag and smooth. Well I had the dirt so worked up that when I started to pull with the bb in the lowest position it was pulling WAY too much. As I pulled and tried to release the dirt in a level smooth layer, it did not work very well. Continuous up and down, making piles all along the road, drives worst than it has since I started. I am sure if I take my time I can get it back to a smooth layer. What I want to do now is maybe remove the teeth and bring the Top Link in toward the tractor. Which would give me a couple of inch between the blade and the road even when the bb is in the lowest setting. As you can see in the pictures I don't have any more adjustment at the tractor side and very little at the BB end.
So I will take the arm off and unscrew at each end. Replace connect at tractor but now I am sure it is not going to line up with the BB. I am thinking if I crank the tractor and lift the hitch it may line up so it can connect at the BB end...? I will be doing this alone so I am ask any ideas that my help to make this work as I think it should?
Thanks,
Michael