Does the XJ2025 have a detent/float on the 3-point?
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jdom84
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not on the 3 point but the loader and backhoe do.
What does a detent or float offer you on a 3 point? the 3 point has no down pressure and is always in sort of float position when its down.
maybe you are thinking 3 point draft control?
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Can you lift the 3pt lift arms by hand? If they do, you always have float. (like most cut's)
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Agree, if you want to float a 3-pt just put it all the way down until the implement is on the ground, and the implement will float.
It will float up, for sure. It will not go further down than the initial set point of the lever, so if your front wheels dip into a hollow, your implement is coming off the ground. Likewise if you set your implement down when it is over a hump, then that's as low as it will go - it won't drop as it passes over it. The B7500 had an additional set of side link holes on the lift arms closer to the tractor that allowed the arms to drop a few inches lower. This meant that the "ground" was not the lowest an implement could go.
jdom84
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I see what you are saying now, I just keep my hand on the lever when operating the 3point but you could dermal cut the plastic slot the lever sits in to create a detent... kinda how the 2x4 4x4 lever locks in. That would give you what you are looking for.
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That's really the only limitation, and it's all mechanical in the linkage, not the hydraulics. If you have the 3-pt lever all the way down then an implement will float up/down as much as the linkage allows.
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BTW, the B7500 didn't have position control, so it was a different type of control for the 3-pt and that is why it had a detent position on the lever. But the mechanics of float were identical to any other 3-pt hitch with or without position control. The only limitation is the travel of the linkage.
Yeah - I had a B7500 for 16 years so I'm pretty familiar with it. It had a rod with moveable "stops" that acted on the 3pt valve - kind of like a sump pump limit switch. You push the lever into the up position, for instance, and it would stay there until the 3pt reached the top at which point (if it was adjusted properly) the stop would send the lever back to center. You could create a float condition on the lowering side by simply moving the stop out of range - the lever would never return to center.
The specs/marketing fluff says the XJ has position control, but upon closer investigation it seems to have a system similar to that of my BX: a lever that activates the 3pt for however long you hold it and then returns to center.
Blstr88
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I use a cheap light little bungee cord...just use it to keep the lever pulled forward so its always being let "down"...that way if it gets floated up on a bump, it drops right back down on its own when it can.