[AT] more HP guaranteed!/now front end on the ground.

[charlie hill]

Greg, on the Allis tractors you could set the hydraulics to run with the
traction booster which in some situations would do what you mentioned
but you could also set it in "hold" mode and it would keep the implement
at the same depth all the time.  The advantage of the Traction Booster was
that it was very fast.  It would only lift up on the implement long enough 
for
the pressure to change in the system, then it would drop back down. 
Sometimes
you couldn't even tell that the implement moved up or down.  It was just 
shifting
weight onto and off of the rear axle.  I never did much plowing with the the 
other
colors so I can't really compare or contrast them.  I just always liked the 
way the
Traction Booster worked.

Charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: Greg Hass
Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2017 4:59 PM
To: at at lists.antique-tractor.com
Subject: Re: [AT] more HP guaranteed!/now front end on the ground.

Personally, I have never been a fan of "draft systems" as they have
never worked for me. The only tractor that we ever used it on was a
Farmall 504 when plowing. Even then we had our hand on the lever at all
times and were constantly changing it to do a good job plowing. We have
all mixed ground; some parts heavy ground and some parts sand. The way
draft control works for me is on sand it plows normal depth and of
course in the hard pull the plow raises and might only go four inches
deep which is the opposite of what I want. I prefer to plow  sand the
same depth as clay or maybe even shallower. It does me no good to have
the heavy ground plowed shallow. I now have four tractors with draft
control but haven't used it on any of them in years. For plowing I use a
3-18 inch roll-over plow. It has a very good depth wheel on the side any
I adjust that and the plow stays an even depth. I also have a 7 shank
chisel plow which is 3 pt. hitch. I bought it used and the previous
owner had built depth wheels on each side; he did a very professional
job. Same as with the plow, I just put it down on the wheels and go and
the depth stays the same. One advantage I have over the old days is I
bought a front wheel assist tractor 40 hp bigger than what I had but
kept the same equipment so tough spots don't really bother me. I'm not
saying draft control is useless and no one should use it; just telling
my experience with it. If it works for you, more power to you.
       Greg Hass
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