carpenter383
Platinum Member
Just for grins you might want to try a demonstration of draft control that I learned 40 some years ago. Hook up a box scraper to your tractor, go to a field of loose soil, shift to the lowest forward gear, set the throttle at a good speed, hydraulics set for draft control, lower the box scraper to the lowest position. Let out the clutch and keep your hands off the hydraulic controls (we used to step off the tractor completely) and watch what happens. The box scraper will fill up, draft control will raise it up to reduce the load, it will fill up again, and the cycle keeps repeating itself.
That sounds about like what I've been doing, but maybe at a lighter draft setting. I set it where I don't have to touch the 3ph levers while grading until I turn around or back up. My driveway is about 4 tenths of a mile long, and I don't even have to look behind me while grading it if I get the draft set right.