rScotty
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- Joined
- Apr 21, 2001
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- Location
- Rural mountains - Colorado
- Tractor
- Kubota M59, JD530, JD310SG. Restoring Yanmar YM165D
Draft control is a great way to make a box blade - or anything - float at a pre-determined pull. You just have to adjust the draft control until putting the 3pt control to the right place that gets you the implement depth you want when pulling hard. Then if nothing changes, the draft control does all the work. Draft control is pretty good way to even out soil - whether plowing or gradng. It doesn't always help, it depends on the ground. But nice when it does.
The problem is not all tractors have draft control and not all owners use it or even understand it. Plus often the draft control itself is not as adjustable as it could be. Draft control is not a feature used much by home owners and maybe that is why it isn't well worked out on compact tractors. It works best on a big tractor pulling hard.
There are other ways to control an implement's ground egagement. Instead of controlling the draft by top link compression you can control how deeply it cuts into the ground by adding more surface area to the implement until it rides on the ground in 3pt float mode instead of digging in. Try bolting some 2x4 shoes to each side of the box blade. It will take more passes, but be smoother. That will get you started.
rScotty
The problem is not all tractors have draft control and not all owners use it or even understand it. Plus often the draft control itself is not as adjustable as it could be. Draft control is not a feature used much by home owners and maybe that is why it isn't well worked out on compact tractors. It works best on a big tractor pulling hard.
There are other ways to control an implement's ground egagement. Instead of controlling the draft by top link compression you can control how deeply it cuts into the ground by adding more surface area to the implement until it rides on the ground in 3pt float mode instead of digging in. Try bolting some 2x4 shoes to each side of the box blade. It will take more passes, but be smoother. That will get you started.
rScotty
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