Tree Farmer Dave
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- Joined
- Mar 8, 2019
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- Tractor
- RK 37
First time trying to use hydraulic lever ( joystick) in float position. I could not tell if bucket was floating or not, and also, if into "Detent" met the lever would stay in down position ( where it was pushed ). The one thing that was certain, I couldn't get the bucket to raise. Took the cover and rubber boot off the joystick so I double check slide locking lever ( it was in unlock position). Finally after all the messing around, I gave the joystick one heck of a jerk back and everything was fine and dandy. So the questions are : 1. Should the joystick lock in the far forward position or does it just set the float position and then relax ? 2. In setting the float position, do you lower the bucket all the way to the ground and then push the lever further forward ? 3. Should the a good jerk of the joystick be necessary to get out of float position ? Had a 1952 Ford 8N for 20+ years ; did not have a problem like this ; just had to do some type of maintenance every 6 hours -- life is good. Dave