Position Control

[Harv]

toddler -

I guess I missed that part about "<font color=blue>doesn't float up or leak down</font color=blue>", and you're absolutely right. Or at least you describe the way it works on my L2500DT.

Raising the 3pt, as discussed elsewhere, is not very accurate, but if I start from a fully raised position, I can lower the implement with a fairly fine degree of position control to the minimum height I wish to attain. Once there, it most certainly floats up over obstacles or stubborn terrain, and I have yet to experience any noticeable leak-down (in all my vast 35 hours in the seat. /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif).

Just observatins from a newbie, but there's no question on the floating issue for me. Other models behave differently?

 

[bpence]

Like Bird, I've had a B7100 without position control for a few years now, and I really don't miss the postion control feature. Some folks say you can't miss what you've never had. I use a mid-mount mower, a bush hog, and a back blade and haven't needed the postion control for any of my applications. If I were using a box blade, I think I might find position control useful.

You really need to figure out the what the tractor is going to be doing, and decide accordingly what's most important. When I bought the B7100 from the original owner I was into economy, so $$'s were real important and the B7100 was a good machine at the right price.

Bob Pence

 

[Muhammad]

Todd,

That's a good explanation of position control... I explained draft control later in the book. Although, as with non-position control 3-point hitches, the exact way draft control operates can be different from tractor to tractor.

In the first revision of Compact Tractor Buying & Basics, I will clear up some of the differences in performance/operation you might find between tractor makes, for both position control and draft control.

 

[Anonymous Poster]

Does the L3710 have PC?

 

[Harv]

jedens -

According to the brochure in my hand, yes, the 3710 comes standard with Position Control, and Draft Control is available as an option.

 

[Muhammad]

Correct!