3pt hitch swinging

[BGigHarbor]

Stupid question warning:

I have a new Kubota l5460 which I am loving.

Confess I am new to tractor world.

I am currently using a heavy box blade (with an OEM tnt)and when driving around on uneven ground with the blade up the BB can swing far enough to each side for the arms to touch the inside of each tire.

Is that something I should adjust away in the 3pt hitch itself? Doesn't happen often, but seems like it can't be good.

Just want a reality check for what is normal before I try to adjust it.

 

[TripleR]

Some movement is to be expected, but it should not be coming into contact with your tires.

 

[leonz]

Stupid question warning:

I have a new Kubota l5460 which I am loving.

Confess I am new to tractor world.

I am currently using a heavy box blade and when driving around on uneven ground with the blade up the BB can swing far enough to each side for the arms to touch the inside of each tire.

Is that something I should adjust away in the 3pt hitch itself? Doesn't happen often, but seems like it can't be good.

Just want a reality check for what is normal before I try to adjust it.

Also seems like my 3ph is suddenly much slower to lower than it was. It's at the other property right now, but I read in another thread a mention of a valve to control that. I'll look through my manual.

Some movement is to be expected, but it should not be coming into contact with your tires.

AS Triple R has said it should not do this. NOW with your mule
you should have stop chains and or turnbuckles to adjust the amount of
sideways movement you have for your mule.

THE other issue is that you most likely have an adjustable right lower link
on your tractor and it is either the type that is pinned in place or it has a
rack and pinion that permits it to move in and out and it also locks in place
after it is adjusted.

 

[TripleR]

I just did a quick search using "sway" in the title and there are a bunch of short and not so short threads on this with a variety of opinions.

 

[jeff9366]

As you know, your L5460 is a Kubota 'Grand L' with pin adjustable stabilizers standard as part of the 3-Pt. hitch.

Lower the mounted Box Blade/3-Pt. until there is no/very little weight on the stabilizers. Pull the stabilizer pins. Lean on the Box Blade until it is centered, replace the pins with minimum slack side-to-side. That should do it.

You may have to rock the Box Blade side-to-side and pull/replace one pin a couple of times to reduce slack.

Do not lift your Box Blade too high when transporting it. Too high and the weight of the BB will make the 3-Pt slop to one side then the other side as you traverse uneven ground and tractor weight shifts.

If clearance is still insufficient I expect you can lengthen the Lower Links a notch or two to increase clearance. ( I have no experience with Kubota telescoping Lower Links.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeh23Csx1QM

 

[BGigHarbor]

Thanks.

In looking through the manual just now, I see it that it calls for more lateral movement for certain implements (subsoiler, plow) and less play for others (blades, carriers).

Good to know.

 

[TripleR]

Yep, growing up we ran some equipment with and some without stabilizer bars as they were not adjustable. If one got bent, we took it off and ran over it to straighten then put it back on.

 

[leonz]

Thanks.

In looking through the manual just now, I see it that it calls for more lateral movement for certain implements (subsoiler, plow) and less play for others (blades, carriers).

Good to know.

extending the right lower link permits the tip of the plow share to
create more suck and plow much deeper in the best example.

 

[jeff9366]

Less play for Box Blades. Quite a lot of draft force is required to pull a full Box Blade. You want resistance distributed equally between the two Lower Links. Some force will also push on the Top Link, but less.

I trust you have adjusted your Box Blade level with the right adjustable Lifting Rod. (Left side is non-adjustable unless you have TnT, in which case right Lifting Rod is normally moved to the left side, so both sides are adjustable via Lifting Rods, right hydraulic, left manual.)

Adjusting the Lower Link stabilizers for snugness is 85%, Lifting Link adjustment maybe 10%, Other 5%.

 

[BGigHarbor]

Leveling with tilt from TnT.