[AT] MF 471 throttle vs. accelerator

[John Hall]

Dad's 4020 has a foot feed, I think it will go higher than the lever. 
However you can pull the knob out on the lever and get more RPMS. We 
actually had two 4020's both were set up like this. Both were set to run 
at the edge of the "red zone" on the tach--basically PTO speed or a 
pinch more. It was forbidden to even think about running any faster. 
Between the 2 tractors they logged over 17,000 hours.

John Hall


On 4/25/2016 8:28 PM, Len Rugen wrote:
> I've noticed that my new-to-me MF 471 has about 200 more RPM after full throttle if I press on the foot accelerator.  Max on the hand throttle is about 2100, it's about 2300 using the foot.  I think the foot is right, there is a small diamond on the tach at that point that looks like it might mark high idle RPM.  I'm guessing it's an adjustment somewhere, the tractor has about 375 hours, it wasn't used much by the first owner over it's first 13 years.
> Not that I plan on running at max RPM much, most of the time, I run at the speed for 540 PTO even when not using the PTO, it seems to save a little fuel.  I was chistel plowing today, it was pulling hard, so I was running higher RPM and trying to beat rain tonight.  It pulls a 7 shank 3pt. better than my old MF255.
> Thanks
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> Len Rugen
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> rugenl at yahoo.com
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