Hydraulic traction booster

bigred520 · Jan 17, 2023

i have a Belarus 520 , 1982 and i have a lever for " hydraulic traction booster " and i do not have any clue...how it work or the use of it...Can someone explain it to me...Clearly...

TomIn · Jan 17, 2023

I have no experience with Belarus tractors or hydraulic traction boosters. However, it appears that Allis Chalmers also had
what was marketed as hydraulic traction boosters on it models CA and WD.

I have linked to a Allis Chalmers brochure.

The principal of operation seems to be applying upward pressure to the lift arms so the weight of the implement is carried by
the rear wheels of the tractor. I only saw one very brief mention of its use in an earlier post.

https://www.yesterdaystractors.com/cgi-bin/viewit.cgi?bd=ttalk&th=1676335
AC traction booster

BarnyardEngineering · Jan 17, 2023

It is a variation on 3pt draft control. You need a ground-engaging implement on the 3pt to make it work. Such as a plow.

At one time one of the early adopters of 3pt hitch offered a traction enhancement device which was basically a gin pole attached to the 3pt hitch, with a chain that ran down to the tongue of the towed implement. The idea was that lifting on the 3pt hitch would put the weight of the implement on the rear wheels of the tractor. It did a great job bending wagon tongues according to my Dad.

stevieb49829 · Jan 17, 2023

Wouldn't lifting the 3 point implement off the ground put ALL that weight on the rear wheels, or am I missing something here?

r.w.b. · Jan 18, 2023

in the end of 4020 era john deere had special hitch made up that
transfered weight to rear wheels.
never seen 1 work but read about it in literature

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