Bob B.,
>Bob B. wrote: Mine does not have the standard valve it has the 4 way. It works on the eight points of the compass. North and south are down and up, east and west are curl and dump, and the intermediate points are combinations with the exception of southwest (lift and curl) which doesn't work effectively because of the load on the hydraulics to fill both cylinders at the same time. My understanding is that the standard valve works the same but the 4 position has an additional position for rapid dump to the extreme east similar to the float function in the north position.
---Thanks, that pretty much goes with what the manual says - I'm anxious to try it.....maybe I was putting some southwest pressure on the down pull and couldn't get enough juice in the lines???? I hope it is that simple!
>Bob B. wrote: It should certainly lift a full bucket, I just moved 9 yards of damp loam today with mine and it would lift a heaping bucket without slowing down. Make sure you use enough throttle. I run about 2/3 for heavy work.
---At least I know what it should be doing, thanks. I'll give it a run for it's money tonight and see what happens.
>Bob B. wrote: Practice! I think I cleared my whole yard of snow (I mean lawn and all!) in the first couple of days I had it. As far as testing with known weight, no. I just tried it. If it lifted it without tipping the tractor it was okay, if not, it was too much!
---Sounds like you had a blast with it! /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif
---BTW, how do you copy and paste what was said from another post in blue? I highlighted what you wrote and then clicked the blue color but on the edit screen, it wiped out what I had highlighted and just had "blue" ????
Thanks Bob,
