Speaking of rear ends......leveler box questions...

OK, you guys have squared me away so far on my drawbar/hitch/lift arm/stabilizer/hay wagon issues.....here is one more item I had been wondering about.....

How/when is the proper way/time to adjust the leveler box? I know it may sound dumb...given it's name is "leveler" (to level)....but exactly what am I leveling? The crank will only move the right arm...is it to make it level with the left arm? Do you set it once and pretty much not touch it again? or are there circimstances when you would actually adjust it?

1--pulling a finish mover?---what would I check for level?

2-pulling a small trailer with a drawbar hitch? ---again, how do I check for level and decide to crank the handle up or down?

Thanks again, and sorry of this sounds dumb to you veterans.
Thanks.
Mike
 
You use it to level a plow when the right hand tires are in the furrow. Then to relevel the drawbar or other implement when not plowing.
 
Mike,

check out this old disc plow, note how the tractor is in the furrow, but the plow is level across and front to rear.

you set right to left side adjustment with the lift arm height adjust gearbox.

front to rear of plow adjustment is set by adjustment of the top link.
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Adjust it for different jobs. A bottom plow is one
example. The tractor will lean to the right because
the front right tire is in the furrow. Adjust the
arm so that plow is level even tho the tractor is
leaning. When grading my drive, I adjust the arm so
that I can give the drives a slight contour so that
it sheds water. Most of the time you want it to be
level.
 
Great...now I understand it much better. The picture tells it all. For my finish mower and occasional trailer towing for a hayride it looks like I won't have much occasion to mess with it. I really just wanted to try to understand the machine better.
Thanks again!
 
I have found it never mattered how I had set the level box or
what I had on the back of a tractor.
As soon as Granddady came over he would re adjust it a few
cranks right a few left
One time I was dragging stone on the roads around his shop
He came cruseing across the street and says " hey Bart did
you know that you got that blade on the tractor backwards?"
I looked at him real serious and asked " Granddady do it got
the blade on the right end of the tractor?"
He laughed and swore he would make a farmer outta a pollock
yet.

I had the cup of the blade facing the rear tires pulling gravel,
facing the cup of the blade away from the tires smooths the
gravel out

Lesson learned
 

It also helps when hooking up your equipment. Put the left lift arm on first, then adjust the right up or down as needed to match up with the lift pin.

With a straight blade, stop the tractor on a known level place such as a concrete driveway and let the lift down until one side barely touches, then adjust to a perfect level.
 
There is actually a little indented ring around the bottom shaft that's supposed to indicate when it's level. But most of the time you can't see this for dirt and grease hiding it.

I set mine level with my box blade and painted a quarter inch white ring around it so I always knew when my blade was level. I lower or raise it sometimes when doing my driveway for water shed. The visible ring makes it so easy to get back to exact level.
 

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