Leejohn
Elite Member
s219 it can't be a standard double-acting valve, with that the 3pt would be locked where ever it stops and you could have down pressure.
That is just how a SA valve works. Bty I looked at my B7800 when you posted the picture where your lever would lock down. That is just a adjustable bracket that can be moved so slow part can move it just for a little faster movement. If you move it for a little faster down it well slow it down on the up part. Its just a small stops that you can over ride and go all the way up or down and it can be moved to bind up at full up or down and hold the lever there. I cut my bracket in half so I could speed it up in both ways. Now my BX2660 doesn't have that bracket, but it seems to be a little better valve then the 7800.
The 3pt hitch is a single acting cylinder which has the lift arms resting on top of the "rod end" of the cylinder, not pinned to it. The control valve applies pressure to the piston end(bottom) of the rod to lift the hitch and when you lower it the weight of the implement (and gravity) force the fluid back out of the cylinder to the tank through the rate control valve (the knob in front of the seat that controls how fast the hitch lowers).
If you hold the control in the lower position after the implement is on the ground the cylinder will continue to retract, albeit a lot slower because now there is only the weight of the cylinder rod pushing it down, this is where the "float" is. the problem is it takes longer than most people are allowing to get it to float. If you just lower the implement to the ground and release the control and drive the front tires up on a hump the implement will "float" up. To visualize this next time the lift arms are in the down position with nothing attached, lift up on the ends of the arms, they will rise up and when you let go they will drop to the original position.
I know it's clear as mud, but trust me, if you want to have float in a down direction you either have to be patient and let gravity do its thing or if you want to speed it up, open the drop rate valve all of the way and then put the control in the down position, just remember that with that valve open the implement (Plus gravity) will cause it to slam to the ground if you forget to close it down.
It is a cheap set up, hence why they use it, but it is functional. I will say I much prefer the position control on my father-in-laws Kubota B2400.
You don't have to hold the handle down in order to float, you just have to hold it down for a few seconds after the implement hits the ground. The 3point lift cylinder retracts a lot slower once the implement is on the ground but it will still retract as it is not pinned to the lift arms(you can make it drop faster if you play with the drop rate know in front of the seat but it is hard to get back to where you had it set). This is most easily shown with a plow or cultivator: stop forward motion of the tractor, lower the implement until it is on the ground (if you let go of the lever now and drive ahead it will stay on the surface), now before you pull ahead hold the lever in the lower position for say 15seconds (longer than is really needed but will make sure the lift cylinder is retracted, then release the handle and start driving forward and the plow will dig into the ground(without holding the handle).