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Draft Control Position

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NEWFMR

08-26-2003 18:51:10




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When I hook up to my Backhoe Attachment or Disc set, Does it matter to the Hydraulics to the implement wether the Draft Control Lever is in the Draft or Position control mode?




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Roy in UK

08-26-2003 23:34:53




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 Re: Draft Control Position in reply to NEWFMR, 08-26-2003 18:51:10  
To quote a decal on the back of an MF 1100 tractor "Use Position Control when attaching or detaching implements". That is a safety issue, there has been many an accident caused by drivers using the draft lever, you have no control on the position of the links, they can suddenly go up without warning!
As for what implements require draft control in work, in a nutshell those which are soil engaging, e.g. plows cultivators, mounted discs etc. Position control is when you want the links to hold onto a required position without moving up or down, e.g. mowing.

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JMS/MN

08-26-2003 22:47:38




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 Re: Draft Control Position in reply to NEWFMR, 08-26-2003 18:51:10  
When you ask a hydraulic or other question about a tractor, IDENTIFY the tractor! There is a lot of difference between tractors.



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paul

08-26-2003 20:57:41




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 Re: Draft Control Position in reply to NEWFMR, 08-26-2003 18:51:10  
You almost always want to be in position mode for most everything but plowing.

I would think draft mode would allow the possibility of the arms moving when you don't want them to - unlikely, but possible, & not good when trying to hook up.

--->Paul



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Tim(nj)

08-27-2003 18:27:23




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 Re: Re: Draft Control Position in reply to paul, 08-26-2003 20:57:41  
On my grandfather's MF65, out of the many 3-point implements we had, there were only 3 where the draft control really did any good: 1.) plow 2.)subsoiler 3.) stiff-tooth field cultivator (Ferguson called it a tiller) If we had had a 3-pt row-crop cultivator for the 65, the draft control would have worked for that, as well.



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paul

08-27-2003 21:46:55




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 Re: Re: Re: Draft Control Position in reply to Tim(nj), 08-27-2003 18:27:23  
Most 3-pt row crop cultivators have individual suspention for each gang, and you should set them up to run about 1/2 way of the gang travel with the position control. Let the gangs roll on their gauge wheels. I'm not sure using draft control would be satisfactory with a row crop cultivator?

--->Paul



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Leroy

08-28-2003 06:26:35




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 Re: Re: Re: Re: Draft Control Position in reply to paul, 08-27-2003 21:46:55  
You are talking about the newer style cultivators and are corect on that but the older style were rigid frame with no gauge wheels, think to the 2N-9N ford tractor or Ferguson 20 or 30 that did not have position control, only draft control and they worked just fine that way



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paul

08-29-2003 06:05:28




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 Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Draft Control Position in reply to Leroy, 08-28-2003 06:26:35  
Ok, my land is so uneven I couldn't use a rigid row cultivator, even on 4 rows. :) Don't see them around here!

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