ddb123
Platinum Member
Gary Fowler said:There is no way that a correctly engineered or operation of a 3 point hitch should leak down when the engine is running. With the engine off I could understand if if a valve was leaking a bit on an old tractor,but to say that is normal and no way to fix is would be totally BS for a tractor manufacturer to even make something like that. So everyone is saying for instance if you are mowing you have to lock it in place or set it on the gauge wheels to maintain the height or if pulling a plow you would constantly be going deeper and deeper till the tractor stalled. NOT a very good scenario, Heck even an old 8n with 1940 technology would hold the lift at the same height even with a leaky valve it would only drop a 1/4" before the hydraulics kicked it back up. I see that they claim to have position control but not draft control. Well if it leaks down when running it isnt position control or any other control. It should hold it within that 1/4" if that is what it has.
Quarter inching valve is not position control. They are two completely different types of hydraulic outfit on a 3 pt hitch. To say that a quarter inching valve should work like position control is like saying a correctly engineered motorcycle should have four wheels and an enclosed cab, like a car. They are just two different things and they are that way on purpose.