I am not a farmer and a seldom use my tractors for ground preparation. But when I do, I use a SMTA with the 300-400 two cylinder system. The horizontal front cylinder will control pitch as well as depth. The two-point sockets are welded to the bail.
On the other hand, all the later fast hitch sockets are pinned and can be converted to "floating" pitch by pulling a 3/4" diameter pin on each socket. This will allow the plow or harrow to seek its own natural pitch or level. There is even a storage hole in the socket when the pin is removed. After removing the pin, the socket can rotate up as much as 45 degrees although that is unlikely to ever happen when working ground. The plow or harrow will oscillate as it goes over a rock if something else like a plow bottom doesn't trip first.
Try to find the section in your manual where it describes the FH socket pins.
This post was edited by Wardner at 10:40:42 11/02/10.
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