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Aces

06-04-2003 15:34:26

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I will disagree with hitch not stying up Hugh maybe yours went down but as I said it had a leak some place if it did not hickup when you used it OK but that was one of the test we always did if a hitch did not work right, see if hitch stays up with engine off. I had better things to do as well but when one is a machanic you fix what the customer asks one to fix if he said the hitch not working I would go to the back of the tractor not the front.

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Aces

06-05-2003 05:29:31

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Re: Hitch not staying up in reply to Aces, 06-04-2003 15:34:26

Hugh you are right many hydraulics will go down some fast some other brands of hitchs fast. If yours worked ok fine but that was a test we used and if they go down over night they will hickup and not work right.

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Hugh MacKay

06-04-2003 16:17:10

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Re: Hitch not staying up in reply to Aces, 06-04-2003 15:34:26

Aces: No need to get upset about it. The hitch on my 1066 would go down in 2-3 days, as will a lot of other hydraulic implements and equipment. My 656 also would go down in a week or two. In my opinion they were both excellent working draft controlled hitches. About all I ever did with my 3 point hitches was plowing on semi-mount and 300 gal sprayer. I have never seen a hydraulic implement that wouldn't settle in time. I also owned some industrial equipment and dump trucks.

I can understand where you are coming from on customer requests. I have seen these guys around repair shops wanting a hydraulic that bypasses and leaks down in two weeks fixed. The same guy will be running a diesel with enough blow by to smoke a possum out of a hole, or some other such thing wrong.

You drive the country side on a rainy day, you'll see 8 bottom semi-mounts up on hydraulics, 46' cultivators, front end loaders, disk harrows all up in the air, then they wonder why the hydraulics bypass and leak down in time. Yes if the hitch was hicuping with tractor running fix it. But a hitch that leaks down in 2 days, no way. To me farming was about making money.

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Ray in Pa.

06-04-2003 22:28:24

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Re: Re: Hitch not staying up in reply to Hugh MacKay, 06-04-2003 16:17:10

Like the way Hugh is saying , The way I have always judged my hydraulics to see if they are working well enough, is to listen to the engine when loading the system to its set design limit. In other words, right when the hydraulic cylinder reaches its full extension or retraction, you should hear the engine come under a little load as the pressure bypass valve bleeds off. If the engine doesn't sound different under this limit load and you can't hear the pressure increase in the lines when hitting the hydraulic cylinders full extension or retraction, then your not getting full hydraulic power. The way I rate the hydraulic systems for bleed down with the engine off, is if the hydraulic cylinder is holding some weight and doesn't settle much in an hour or so, then it isn't too bad. If it barely settles much in 2 days while holding some weight, then its like new or if even it settles down in 2 days with no weight, I would not worry about it. If it doesn't settle at all in a week while holding some weight, then something is probably bent or binding. I should note here too that if the hydraulics are not under any weight at all such as an empty Fast Hitch, They may not settle do to slight natural stiction inside the hydraulic cylinder and the small amount of natural friction there is in the particular tractors linkage pivot points.

Thank Ray in Pa.

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