Draft control

[Bob Felcher]

Hello, I recently purchased a 9540 and will be doing a lot of Slashing with it using a 3pl PTO slasher. Was reading the owners manual and are a bit confused. Would I put the PTO draft control and position levers fully down in the float position so it follows the ground contours better. Most info on the net is for draft control when you are plowing. regards Bob

 

[edritchey]

With you deck on the road set the position control so the wheels are touching the road then note the position of your position control lever so you can return to this height when you lift and lower the deck. You don't need the draft control for slashing it is for ground breaking and dragging task.

 

[SDT]

Hello, I recently purchased a 9540 and will be doing a lot of Slashing with it using a 3pl PTO slasher. Was reading the owners manual and are a bit confused. Would I put the PTO draft control and position levers fully down in the float position so it follows the ground contours better. Most info on the net is for draft control when you are plowing. regards Bob

Draft control is used only for ground engaging equipment, e.g., plowing.


SDT

 

[North Idaho Wolfman]

Hello, I recently purchased a 9540 and will be doing a lot of Slashing with it using a 3pl PTO slasher. Was reading the owners manual and are a bit confused. Would I put the PTO draft control and position levers fully down in the float position so it follows the ground contours better. Most info on the net is for draft control when you are plowing. regards Bob

First:
It's not the PTO draft control, PTO (power take off) is the spinning shaft out the back.
It's the three point lift that is controlled by the draft and position control.

And like others said no you don't use the draft control for slashing.

Draft control is used to keep a ground engaging implement from pulling down on the three point and allowing, say a plow, go too deep.

With a brush hog / slasher, you set the rear wheel and the top link and the positional height of the three point to control the height of the cut.

 

[Russell King]

Since you are in a country that is not the USA, we need to verify how many wheels your slasher has to really answer your question.

In the USA we have rough cut mowers with one or two rear wheels. These are brush hogs, shredders and probably other names. I think that is what you call a slasher.

The rear wheel adjusts for height and the front is held up by the three point hitch. The top link is normally set with a lot of slack so the tractor is not picking it up as the tractor is going over small rises when mowing. The front is also leveled using the adjustable lift arm on the three point hitch.

If the mower has four wheels then they are adjustable and hold the mower at the correct height. We think of these as finishing mowers.

But please explain what you have if you need further information.


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[Bob Felcher]

Yes it is what you call a brush hog or shredder, The slasher has 2 rear wheels, thanks for all the reply's, won't be a problem to get it set up now Cheers