Grading 3 point jumps from lowest position

louiez · Apr 13, 2015

I have a T293hst with about 75 hrs on it... from the first day the 3 point at its lowest position is not smooth going up.
The lever has marking in it... rectangles... showing its position... if I put it all the way forward (down) then slowly pull back to lift... I get to the second mark before it moves ... and then jumps up about 2 inches
It does not matter how I adjust the lowering speed adjustment knob...
so if I have my box blade connected... and I pull the blade up to about the second position mark... and then slowly move the lever forward I can get it to move down smoothly...
But from all the way down it jumps the first 2 inches or so.....that is a real pain when blading...

Is this normal ? or is their some adjustment that needs to be made?
My dealer is 300 miles away and I don't really have a way to get the tractor to them...

Sysop · Apr 13, 2015

Can't say anything specific to your model, but that is not the normal operation of any 3pt I've ever operated. Many seem to operate on a bit of a delay from the actual motion of the position control lever but you should be able to slowly pull the handle back and slowly raise the 3 point. If you just pull the lever back a smidge (we'll call a smidge 1/10th of the range between the marks on the lever) and the 3 point should raise a tiny amount. I can't move my lever any at all without the 3 point lift arms also moving.