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

[Greg Hass]

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