3 point float?
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MapleLeafFarmer
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shawn t.w. posted a good pic of another one of those stops. Its all the way down as set now but move it up to stop lever throw one way or remove and place on other side of lever to hold down.... do you have one of these on yours?
no I have no stop lever my 3 point control has a spring so pushing it down drops it and when you let got of the control the spring returns it to the neutral position. to raise the 3 point you pull up, when you let go the lever goes back to neutral which I presume is actually keeping pressure on the 3 point hydraulics to keep it in position. Thanks for the input!
Shawn T. W.
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Yeah, that's the same as my GC 1725, which is just a newer version of your ...
I'm not sure of the official name for the valve, but move the handle forward the 3pt drops until either you let go and it returns to center, or it hits bottom, it will then stay in that position until it's raised, by moving the lever backwards from the center position it raises it ... The rate of drop can be controlled by the knob by the floorboard, which can also lock the 3pt from creeping down (but not up)
It doesn't have "position control" like my Kubota ... On that, once I know what height I want the 3pt at, I just move it to that number, the lever stays in that position until I move it up or down, say I was rototilling, and knew that #3 was good, at the end of the row I'd lift it by pulling it back past #8, then once I had turned around and was ready to till again, I'd drop it to #3 again and it would be in the same position as before.
With these little GC's it's more of a guess and eyeball it type of thing!
I'm not sure of the official name for the valve, but move the handle forward the 3pt drops until either you let go and it returns to center, or it hits bottom, it will then stay in that position until it's raised, by moving the lever backwards from the center position it raises it ... The rate of drop can be controlled by the knob by the floorboard, which can also lock the 3pt from creeping down (but not up)
It doesn't have "position control" like my Kubota ... On that, once I know what height I want the 3pt at, I just move it to that number, the lever stays in that position until I move it up or down, say I was rototilling, and knew that #3 was good, at the end of the row I'd lift it by pulling it back past #8, then once I had turned around and was ready to till again, I'd drop it to #3 again and it would be in the same position as before.
With these little GC's it's more of a guess and eyeball it type of thing!
RayIN
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If your 3-pt lever has a down stop to set how low the implement will run, the bottom side of the same stop also limits implement float from raising. That' s the way all of my Massey tractors came from the factory.
Indeed drop the implement as soon as your rear tires hit a high spot the implement is no longer contacting the ground going to try a chain as my top link which will give some slack otherwise will lock the control in the down position until i need to raise it at the end of my round. Thanks for the input!
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