Anything wrong with chging top link position

[Soundguy]

Your manual is probably correct for your machine. It just depends on how the toplink rocker is hooked up. That is.. if it is a setup where one side of the rocker is mounted on a fixed pin that allows the rocker to rotate, and the where the toplink hooks up, and where the draft plunger is... On a ford, the pin is at the bottom, and the draft plunger is almost directly in line with the bottom hole, and the top hole is actually 3-4" above the draft plunger.. thus.. items that have low draft.. like a small cultivator, they use the top hole, as the tall rocker acts as a lever, and thus as an amplifier of mechanical advantage.. so that the light draft implement can still influence the drafdt sensing hyds. If say.. a plow were hooked up top.. it would over influence the draft hyds.. etc.

Your orange tractor may have the draft plunger at a different location in relation tot he fixed rotational point, and the toplink connection.. and thus have a different set of rules. For instance.. if your toplink rocker had the fixed pin and rotation point at the TOP, and then the toplink connected in the middle somewhere, and then the draft plunger was lower then that, then the TOP hole would be the least mechanical advantage in that setup, and the lower hole.. the one closer tot he draft plunger would be the most mechanical advantage... etc.

I'd have to see a few pics of your toplink rocker setup to say which it was... etc.

So.. no.. I don't doubt that you or your manual are wrong.. probably just different hardware..

Soundguy

Soundguy, That is way to funny not only did I get your screen name wrong but the math/science was wrong to. It looks like to me that the least mechanical advantage would be the lowest set of holes right? Although I'll swear but I need to go reread the manual I think it says goundmoving equipment should be in the top set and then they give a #2 or #3 hole for other implements which to me looks like they are reccommending less mechanical advantage by reccommending the lower holes. Or is this the same reason I failed Geometry twice.
Steve

 

[Slamfire]

I have some abrupt grade changes on my drive. If I use the lower of the two positions I have trouble with the likeage overcentering and getting stuck. If you try it watch it carefully when changing grades.