Deere Adds Hydraulic Down Pressure Option On 3PH

[Creamer]

I have a old Farmall that has down pressure. I can lift the rear of the tractor. I don't see it as being very useful. Even the phd, which I used on the Farmall quite a bit, the down pressure wasn't really useful. As far as rototilling, I think putting much down pressure on the tiller and tines would be a bad idea. A little slop is preferable, lets the implement move a bit, so as to not break things. I did break a rear blade on the Farmall, too much bite, and hit a root with the corner edge bent things up pretty good.

Which Farmall had the down pressure? I was not aware of any.

 

[300UGUY]

I would add that this option would be great for a rototiller! I have a lot of clay around my place, and my tiller likes to bounce off the clay.

I do a lot of tilling, a 72 inch tiller on a L3400. I have the hydrostat drive, I go very slow in clay. If I try to go too fast, I can trip the slip clutch. I've run a lot of machines, I'd rather take a little longer to do something than break something. My till weighs something like 700 lbs. Maybe more. If that isn't enough weight to penetrate, I must be tilling concrete!

 

[LD1]

Which Farmall had the down pressure? I was not aware of any.

I had a IH 300U that had the fast hitch (easy to adapt to 3PH) and it had down pressure

 

[Piston]

I bet you'll see a whole lot more tractors coming out with downpressure at the 3 point hitch in the future. I guarantee that if my tractor had it, I would use it. Since I've never had it, I don't miss it.

Heck, I never really missed a grapple until I had one. Not saying downpressure is as useful as a grapple (nothing is ) but it's a different way to look at it.

 

[MtnViewRanch]

I bet you'll see a whole lot more tractors coming out with downpressure at the 3 point hitch in the future. I guarantee that if my tractor had it, I would use it. Since I've never had it, I don't miss it.

Heck, I never really missed a grapple until I had one. Not saying downpressure is as useful as a grapple (nothing is ) but it's a different way to look at it.

Matt, would you have the down pressure, or top & tilt? According to JD, it's one or the other, but not both. Now this is with factory options that I am talking about. I know of people that do not care for it on the industrial machines and others love it. Just like most things, some people like, some people don't. :confused2:

 

[Piston]

Matt, would you have the down pressure, or top & tilt? According to JD, it's one or the other, but not both. Now this is with factory options that I am talking about. I know of people that do not care for it on the industrial machines and others love it. Just like most things, some people like, some people don't. :confused2:

That's a no brainer!

 

[bigdeano]

A rear blade is pretty useless on hard ground without down pressure. I can pull a couple pins and eliminate the down pressure feature.

 

[5030]

I recall when power steering was an option on tractors and highway vehicles. There were some people that would not order the PS option because they did not "need" it.
Down pressure desirable for use with post hole diggers , disk cultivators and sometimes moldboard ploughs.

That is what draft control is used for...obviously you don't farm. It's plow btw.

 

[jenkinsph]

That is what draft control is used for...obviously you don't farm. It's plow btw.

Waited a few days to see if others would notice. Draft control uses hydraulics to forcibly raise the hitch under high draft conditions that would cause the tractor to slip the wheels. Down pressure feature is added to forcibly lower the hitch.

Whether anyone is a farmer or not is of no consequence.

Plow is preferred in the US and Canada, plough is used in the UK and both are considered correct in an international forum. An ugly American is a person who forces their culture on everyone else in the world.

 

[jenkinsph]

That is what draft control is used for...obviously you don't farm. It's plow btw.

Waited a few days to see if others would notice. Draft control uses hydraulics to forcibly raise the hitch under high draft conditions that would cause the tractor to slip the wheels. Down pressure feature is added to forcibly lower the hitch.

Whether anyone is a farmer or not is of no consequence.

Plow is preferred in the US and Canada, plough is used in the UK and both are considered correct in an international forum. An ugly American is a person who forces their culture on everyone else in the world.