MF231 rear controls
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dieselscout80
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Looks like the inside one is for the lifting and lowering of the three point hitch.
The outer one is the draft control for the three point hitch to regulate depth of a ground engaging implement like a moldboard plow. Someone else may have a better description of draft control than I do.
The outer one is the draft control for the three point hitch to regulate depth of a ground engaging implement like a moldboard plow. Someone else may have a better description of draft control than I do.
masseyrider
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One is position control. Use that for stuff like your Bushhog where you want to maintain a level cut.
Draft control is for soil engaging implements like a plow or cultivator. It raises and lowers like the position control but also maintains a steady load on the tractor.
It will raise or lower the implement as soil conditions and load change so your tractor doesn't get bogged down.
They should be clearly marked.
Draft control is for soil engaging implements like a plow or cultivator. It raises and lowers like the position control but also maintains a steady load on the tractor.
It will raise or lower the implement as soil conditions and load change so your tractor doesn't get bogged down.
They should be clearly marked.
JWR
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As msseyrider points out these are the two functions of the 2 levers. For any application other than plowing and cultivating the Draft function needs to be disabled and can become very confusing if it is not. Usually putting the Draft lever all the way up (or one extreme or the other depending on the tractor) does that. Read your operator's manual. In effect when using Draft Control the system senses downward pull on the three point and counteracts it. In this way you accomplish nearly constant depth (like when plowing.) Depth and Draft are synonyms.
Thank you, very helpful. I just ordered a copy of the manual. Follow up question on the draft lever. It can be all the way up or down. The travel between the two allows you to adjust the sensitivity of the draft sensor. Hope that makes sense, not sure if I am asking that correctly. There is a range between both which allow you to control the amount of draft?
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I'm not 100% sure I understand the question but offer this comment: Yes, when you select a spot between the two Draft lever extremes, that spot determines & adjusts the sensitivity of the Draft sensing. I just don't know on your tractor which extreme of the Draft lever takes Draft control out of the picture. The operator's manual will clarify that.
As an aside: I do not have a good picture of the rear of a MF231 but assume that you have a very heavy spring between the top link attachment point and the rear axle housing with a plunger inside the spring. That has been the typical configuration for many MF tractors. Many users are unaware that the tractor draft control can, at most, severely desensitize the Draft feature yet not not totally defeat it. On tractors a little larger than yours where there may be extremely heavy top link loads (such as with very heavy rear mounted boom cutters, etc.) MF actually sells a mechanical linkage to attach the top link directly to the rear axle housing taking Draft control totally out of the picture. For those like myself (who never have and never will use Draft control) the mechanical Draft bypass kit is useful.
masseyrider
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It's for (I believe) for hydraulic remote. You can use it for the front end loader or a rear implement, dump trailer etc.
Friend had one 25 years ago? I forget which position the position control has to be in for it to work.
