#FORD 3000 DRAFT CONTROL HOW TO#
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The Ferguson hitch was designed to solve some of the problems found in the earlierįordson tractors such as flipping over if the This tractor has a rear Power Take Off (PTO) which could be used to drive three point or towed implements. Uniquely, the exhaust was routed underneath the tractor, much like an automobile. The 9N's relatively tall and wide-spaced front wheel design resulted in somewhat sluggish steering and reduced maneuverability compared to competing machines such asįarmall 'Letter series'. An extremely simple, almost crude tractor, the 9N was fitted with the Ferguson system three-point hitch, a three-speed transmission, and featured foot pegs instead of running boards. The 9N was first demonstrated inįarmall, it was designed to be a general-purpose row-crop tractor for use on smallerįarms. The first Ford tractor was the 9N, the first tractor to have both three-point hitch and a rear There are some people at who probably do a better job of explaining this.Choose your model below for the Ford Industrial Tractor Parts Lookup What keeps the mower on the ground is the weight of the implement, and lack of up pressure from the position control. What keeps the plow in the ground is a combination of how it is set, and the weight of the implement. Remember, the 3ph has no downward pressure. It doesn't need to be rigid, either, so set the pins so there is 'just a little' lateral play.īy the way, the 'float' position would be with the draft control out of the picture, and the position control all the way down, or almost all the way, anyhow. That mower is a heavy piece of equipment, and when it shifts suddenly from one extreme to the other, it creates quite some momentum.

#FORD 3000 DRAFT CONTROL FREE#

It doesn't need to have free movement, because that can put some heavy loads on the arms and chains, possibly doing some damage. You need to use the pins to adjust the mower so it has just a little latarel movement. You said you had the up/down adjustment pretty well under control, anyhow. On some older Ford tractors, there is actually a lever on the transmission cover that is changed back and forth when changing from a plow to a mower. When using an implement that does not engage the soil, like your bush hog, the draft lever is placed (I think) all the way down, and the position control is used to set the height of the mower. They are used in conjunction with each other when plowing. Your tractor probably has two levers controlling up and down on the 3ph, a 'draft' lever and a 'position control' lever.

Harry Ferguson invented it, and Henry Ford stole it after their infamous 'handshake' deal. A valve in the top (center) link senses when increased down pressure is applied as the plow is 'sucked' into the ground and corrects by applying up pressure, theoretically maintaining a consistent depth no matter if the soil is hard or soft. Draft is only for soil engaging implements, like bottom plows and chisel plows.

#FORD 3000 DRAFT CONTROL HOW TO#

Your tractor manual will tell you how to use the draft/position control. I have two more options, pinning it down so it can't go anywhere, or putting it in a position that lets it go back and forth a couple inches instead of several like leaving them out does. What's happening is that I can sometimes miss big strips of vegetation even though it ought to be overlapping so apparently leaving the pins out is wrong. Yeah but like I said in the previous response, it's not the levelness that I'm concerned with, just not sure what to do on the side to side action. Basically if you're disking along and your disk gets hung in the muck, instead of vainly chugging along at the same rate, your top link senses this, and the lift arms lift up so your disk doesn't dig as deep. It was made for things like disking, and basically saves fuel more than anything else, probably keeps you from getting hung up and saving time as well. Ford invented it, the top link does something to a valve when extra pressure is put on it, and it in turns lifts the lift arms. I think that's what is called the draft control and is different than the float.

Ford 3000 draft control