3pt hitch question (tractor) Ford 2120

buck_1one · #1 07/07/13, 02:26 PM

I have a Ford 2120. The problem I am having is keeping the 3pt from floating. I am new to tractors and not sure if it is a problem or not.

I got a scraper blade for the tractor and instead of the blade staying where I put it, it just floats across the ground. I took the blade off and I can lift the arms by hand. The tractor has no problems lifting or lowering the blade or the 750lb tiller. It is just they both float. To me, this seems dumb, but what do I know!

So is the tractor supposed to keep the arms at a set position or does it only keep them from going to low and raise at will?

Thanks a bunch!

Bearfootfarm · #2 07/07/13, 02:45 PM

There is no down pressure on a 3 PT lift.
The tool pulls itself into the ground, and a blade usually won't cut into solid soil.
You can control how deep it goes

Farmer Willy · #3 07/07/13, 02:48 PM

Does your tractor have a draft adjustment?

Yvonne's hubby · #4 07/07/13, 03:03 PM

Your tractors hydraulic system is not set up to apply any down pressure. Normally the weight of whatever equipment you are using takes care of that. You may need to adjust the pitch of your grader blade to get it to cut deeper.

rambler · #5 07/07/13, 03:07 PM

Very few 3ph have down pressure. Generally it would mostly be a bad idea....

A blade won't dig hard ground.

You adjust the top link longer to make the blade more agressive and bite into the ground better.

Most blades you can turn around and use the back side to make them very gentle, finishing up spreading loose dirt very smoothly.

Angle the blade to smooth dirt, get rid of wash boarding - ups and downs - as the angle takes out those washboards, mover dirt to the left, then back to the right, and a smooth finish.

You won't really be able to bite into hard ground tho, it is not a bulldozer, just a simple 3pt blade.

Your tractor is operating correctly, the 3pt should float.

Paul

buck_1one · #6 07/07/13, 03:36 PM

OOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhh well, that's what I figured. I was hoping I did something wrong, or maybe an adjustment. I had to use the loader to scrape the "bump" in the yard down.

Thanks again, really. It is nice to have a place to come to get help (or give) when it is needed.

SolarGary · #7 07/07/13, 05:22 PM

Hi,
If the ground is very hard, and blade just skips along the surface, my blade has an adjustment that allows you to tilt it so that one end of the blade is down and the other is up. I run tilted down corner of the blade for a few passes until the ground is broken up a bit, then take the tilt out of the blade and make a finishing pass or two.
Not sure if all blades have the tilt one corner down adjustment or not.

Works nice for getting washboards out of the driveway.

Gary

RonM · #8 07/07/13, 06:14 PM

You should have draft control chains attached from the drawbar to under the frame to keep items from swaying, after you get your blade on adjust those linkages to where you want the blade to sway very little, don't make them too tight.....then reset the jam nuts to hold them in place.......

buck_1one · #9 07/07/13, 06:20 PM

My scraper has no tilt adjustment to it. The only way I could tilt it would be to adjust the lift arm. At this moment I don't want to mess with that because I have it set up for the tiller.

Hitting the driveway is on my list of things to do, it just is not real high on that list at the moment.