TODAYS SEAT TIME

[sixdogs]

The draft system is electronic, the wire is going to a sensor in the top link bracket & pin.

could it actually have a strain gauge on it and sense pressure/pull? Or just on/off a pin is there...
better not lose that pin, geez must that be expensive...

Have you used it enough to know how well the draft control works?

 

[LouNY]

The draft system is electronic, the wire is going to a sensor in the top link bracket & pin.

could it actually have a strain gauge on it and sense pressure/pull? Or just on/off a pin is there...
better not lose that pin, geez must that be expensive...

I expect that you are correct strain gauge for draft control.

 

[daugen]

Have you used it enough to know how well the draft control works?

no, thanks. Out will come the manual.

 

[Green Acres Homestead]

Never heard of manufactured gravel before dont think that stuff is around here. Sounds like that would work great on my driveway. My driveway has a aprox 8-10' drop in 200' and rain keeps washing out the gravel so now I have what you might call a Jeep trail, hate paying $500.00 then in 5 years it's all washed away. How much you pay for that?

I live in an area with steep driveways and lots of precipitation to cause erosion. I have been fairly successful at keep driveways in tack by putting gravel with a good binding and packing it down. Also I use some cross surface ditching to get the water off the driveway and into the side ditches. As you know there is nothing completely going to stop erosion.

 

[daugen]

no, thanks. Out will come the manual.

sixdogs, my property is flat as a pool table so I have no experience with this.

Other than a plow or vertical tillage, what other implements is draft control used for?

 

[LouNY]

Some people will try and use it on mounted multi row planters.
If the planter starts going deeper and pulling harder, draft control can raise it to maintain a constant pulling load.
I have used or attempted to use it in primary tillage,
if your pulling force increases it should raise your implement untill the pulling force is returned to setpoint,
when the pulling force decreases it should lower to your set depth.
It has been my experience that in most areas it is not that good.
It can reduce the pulled load in harder pulls but a loss of traction most of the time does not
include an increase in the pulling load which does not raise the implement so a loss of traction
leaves you to having to raise the implement manually.
It is effective in raising an implement in response to an increase in required pulling effort as long as you have the traction to pull the increased load.

 

[truetractoring]

Cleaning up after a wind storm. There were more branches than firewood.

 

[daugen]

nice looking pile of chips truetractoring. Do you use them for anything?

thanks Lou.

 

[truetractoring]

nice looking pile of chips truetractoring. Do you use them for anything?

thanks Lou.

I use them in flower beds to keep weeds down.

 

[Bigpuddie]

The draft system is electronic, the wire is going to a sensor in the top link bracket & pin.

could it actually have a strain gauge on it and sense pressure/pull? Or just on/off a pin is there...
better not lose that pin, geez must that be expensive...

It's your draft control sensor. I have a 4707. Do not lose that! Very important. Very awesome feature.