3PT Down Pressure

[Farmert22]

Anybody ever try and fab a cylinder to maybe drawbar hitch to toplink or implement so that you can get some down pressure? Maybe you hook cylinder from drawbar to the second hole for toplink on the implement side such as box blade?

 

[Ed of all trades]

No, but I drove a Burus or something like that one day back in the 80's and it had down pressure on the three point. It was the biggest pain in the ******* I ever had anything to do with. Run through a little dip and it would loose traction. I would think about weight on the box blade ect. Institute of down pressure. :2cents:

 

[Soundguy]

Yup, good way to unload the rear. Some LARGE tractors have downpressure

 

[CalG]

The Hurlimann 435 has "Position control" on the 3point. That amounts to down pressure at times. I have not found it particularly useful. Draft control (which is really resistance control) is more in every way.

 

[k0ua]

No, but I drove a Burus or something like that one day back in the 80's and it had down pressure on the three point. It was the biggest pain in the ******* I ever had anything to do with. Run through a little dip and it would loose traction. I would think about weight on the box blade ect. Institute of down pressure. :2cents:

Belarus is the name you can't quite remember. It was made in Russia.

 

[BukitCase]

The factory 3ph for my Case backhoe (replaces the hoe) has downpressure and float, but no position or draft control - works great with the Gannon box blade/hydraulic rippers, but not so good for other stuff. It got to be enough of a PITA to swap I just bought another older tractor. Box works OK on that with TnT (the Case hitch has that too) but normal 3ph controls aren't as good using the box.

It was kinda cool though, had enough grunt I could use the implement for a jack if I wanted to take off the rear wheels for anything...Steve

 

[seaneastok]

The only place I have found down pressure on a three point to be an advantage is doing fences. My buddy had a Belarus with power down and I had a bunch of fence to run...We dug more holes for h braces and corner posts in a few hours than I would have accomplised in a couple day's without it.

 

[Fallon]

This years 3 and/or 4 series John Deere's have a down pressure option. I hear it will transfer 400-500 lbs of weight & eats up a rear remote.

 

[LD1]

Not only do they unload the rears, but if the tractor starts up a rise it can damage things like mowers or bushhogs if you forget to turn it off.

 

[Ed of all trades]

Belarus is the name you can't quite remember. It was made in Russia.

Yep that's what it was. Thanks.