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Gareth

01-01-2001 09:35:26




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i would like to know everything about the draft control on a tractor like how to set it, what it does etc. i have a massey ferguson 35 and a three bladed plow and when i use it, it digs so far into the ground that the tractor stops and just skids! how can this be fixed??
thanks!




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Barney

01-01-2001 19:14:14




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 Re: Draft control?? in reply to Gareth, 01-01-2001 09:35:26  
Massey Fergurson model 35's have the best draft control of any tractor I ever plowed with. I suggest you get a owners manual and study it. I see them in E-bay's farm catagory often. The 35 is a two-plow tractor. If you still have problems,do what I do, ask an old-timer that used them everyday. If you've ever saw the decal that came on these tractors you will see a two bottom turning plow and a 35 fergurson. It says THE FERGURSON SYSTEM Hope this helps; Barney

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Don H

01-01-2001 15:36:53




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 Re: Draft control?? in reply to Gareth, 01-01-2001 09:35:26  
Your post suggests you have a 3 bottom plow for your MF 35. That's too much plow for that tractor. You should have no more than a 2 bottom plow for a tractor that size. Then you won't have trouble pulling it, even when the going gets tough.



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Dave in Mo

01-03-2001 09:39:59




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 Re: Re: Draft control?? in reply to Don H, 01-01-2001 15:36:53  
I agree with Tom. Your MF 35 will pull a 3 bottom plow only under ideal conditions like a Ford 600 series machine would. Our 8N will pull a 2 bottom only when going through a field plowed the previous year. Figure you need 10 hp/plow under the most ideal circumstances.



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JHEnt

01-01-2001 11:48:36




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 Re: Draft control?? in reply to Gareth, 01-01-2001 09:35:26  
The purpose of draft control is for the 3 point hitch to maintain a constant draft (pull) on the tractor. The amount of draft is controlled by setting the depth of the implement with the touch lever. It best to set it on a fairly level place in the field. I assume your plow is a 3pt mount and not a pull hitch type. If so when you have the plow at the desired depth then you quit lowering the lever. The should then plow level(assuming you already have the arm length set and the top link length set to levelthe plow). When the plow hits a harder spot in the field it will natually want to pivot up at the rear and thus pushes against the top link. This pushes against the large spring. The link passing through the spring is attatched to the lift controls inside. As it pushes in it activates the lift to raise the plow some untill the draft load gets back to where it was before reaching the hard spot. When the plow enters softer ground the pressure on the top link will lessen and the tractor will again lower the plow again untill the draft load is the same as when you set the depth lever. If you set the lever to deep then the plow will simply sink untill the tractor is unable to pull it or untill the lift reaches the bottom of its movement.

Hope this helps some

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Shep

01-02-2001 13:03:11




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 Re: Re: Draft control?? in reply to JHEnt, 01-01-2001 11:48:36  
Ditto to Steve from TN comments. Thanks for the insight about this feature. I have read my Oliver manual and was still somewhat confused.

I have saved your post for future reference.
Shep



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Steve from Tn

01-01-2001 12:00:02




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 Re: Re: Draft control?? in reply to JHEnt, 01-01-2001 11:48:36  
That is the best explanation that I have ever read on this subject. I think draft means pulling power. Keep the draft the same,you keep the pull on the tractor the same.



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