Buying Advice Quarter-inching Valve

[ChuckinNH]

Actually only some of the 2000 Series John Deeres have position control; my 2305 does not.

That is true. I forgot about the 2305 when I said all the 2000 series. I guess I put that tractor in a separate class like the BX. The 2320,2520,2720 all do have position control.

 

[TripleR]

That is true. I forgot about the 2305 when I said all the 2000 series. I guess I put that tractor in a separate class like the BX. The 2320,2520,2720 all do have position control.

Yeah, the 2305 is kind of an "in between" tractor, not small enough to be a SCUT, but pretty darn close. We use ours almost exclusively for mowing and pulling trailers, so the quarter inching valve isn't a problem.

 

[peterc38]

To get a position control on a Kubota, you have to go to the B2630 or an L.

Errr.....what about the B3030?

 

[brbry]

Her is a good video of quarter inching on a Kubota.

YouTube - Kubota B7610 Quarter Inch Valve versus Position Control

Before I bought my B3300SU I asked several old time tractor owners about position control and quarter inching since I never owned a tractor and had no clue. Most said they don't know theirs just goes up and down. So I assumed it wasn't a big deal. I guess it depends on what you're doing and what you get used to.

 

[davatk]

Her is a good video of quarter inching on a Kubota.

YouTube - Kubota B7610 Quarter Inch Valve versus Position Control

Before I bought my B3300SU I asked several old time tractor owners about position control and quarter inching since I never owned a tractor and had no clue. Most said they don't know theirs just goes up and down. So I assumed it wasn't a big deal. I guess it depends on what you're doing and what you get used to.

Has any one ever found an application where the quarter inching valve is actually to your advantage ?

 

[davatk]

Errr.....what about the B3030?

Yep, B3030 & B2630 both have postion control. :thumbsup:

 

[General Lee]

Her is a good video of quarter inching on a Kubota.

YouTube - Kubota B7610 Quarter Inch Valve versus Position Control

Before I bought my B3300SU I asked several old time tractor owners about position control and quarter inching since I never owned a tractor and had no clue. Most said they don't know theirs just goes up and down. So I assumed it wasn't a big deal. I guess it depends on what you're doing and what you get used to.

Well I'll be! I didn't know how to operate 1/4 inching valve until I watched that video. I would just go up or down or slowly move the lever to fine tune where I wanted the implement. I'll have to try that tomorrow.

 

[milkman]

I'll say it again, should be against the law to sell a tractor without position control if it has a TPH.

 

[montelatici]

It seems to me that the quarter inching might be useful when mounting an implement. Positional control, if it works as advertised, is pretty neat if you are using a ground engagement implement. If it really releases the implement as you go too deep and start to bog, it would really be a help when plowing or using a disc harrow. I have never had a tractor with positional control until my new L3700 is delivered so I can only speculate. I know that plowing was a real bear with my b5200 without that feature. Never tried plowing or disking with my BXs because my plow and disk harrow are too big for them.

 

[Sootgrinder]

Yes I believe the quarter inch valve setup is total junk. There is no excuse for a tractor with a 3 pt hitch to not have position control. I honestly didn't understand the quarter inching valve when I bought my tractor (B3200). If I had known what the 1/4 inch really was I would NOT have bought a tractor with it. It was unimaginable to me for a tractor to not have a "position control" setup on it, and I thought that the 1/4 inch was some sort of improvement or addition feature to the standard position control type that every tractor I had ever ran had. **** my 50 year old Farmall has "position contro"l. Shame on me for not knowing exactly what I was buying I suppose.

Junk, Junk, Junk.

Soot