Traction booster drawbar questions

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   So I installed my traction booster drawbar on my 220. I just got this tractor running and don't think the traction booster works properly.
Who has instructions on the traction booster drawbar operation?
I had the 3 point lever forward with the arms down and moved the depth control lever back. I heard a valve click and it started raising the arms. They just kept coming up and when I tried to push the control levers down it made no difference. It happened so fast it snapped the draw bar off before I could get the tractor shut down.

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CALEBnOK Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Joined: 12 Nov 2011 Location: Oklahoma Points: 618	Post Options Post Reply Quote CALEBnOK Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Traction booster drawbar questions Posted: 23 May 2020 at 4:39pm
	So I installed my traction booster drawbar on my 220. I just got this tractor running and don't think the traction booster works properly. Who has instructions on the traction booster drawbar operation? I had the 3 point lever forward with the arms down and moved the depth control lever back. I heard a valve click and it started raising the arms. They just kept coming up and when I tried to push the control levers down it made no difference. It happened so fast it snapped the draw bar off before I could get the tractor shut down.

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DrAllis Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Access Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Points: 21425	Post Options Post Reply Quote DrAllis Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 23 May 2020 at 5:55pm
	Sounds like you have rusty/sticking position control linkage and the plunger was pushed in fully and then (if you moved position control lever back forward) wouldn't release. Using the position control lever for that task was (I think) a bad idea, because the position control will try and raise the arms all the way to the top if you pull all the way back on the lever. The Traction Booster lever would have only brought the arms up half-way at best if the linkage was working correctly. I don't think they sold a ton of those drawbars. Always looked to me like there was tremendous strain on the implements tongue and the tractors drawbar end.

Bret (OH) Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Silver Level Joined: 15 Sep 2009 Location: Blanchester, OH Points: 353	Post Options Post Reply Quote Bret (OH) Report Post Thanks(1) Quote Reply Posted: 26 May 2020 at 11:23am
	Here are some photos of the TB Drawbar we had on the XT. Remember that the tractor drawbar needs to be un-pinned under the belly, so it floats fore and aft. The pull of the implement will be on the lift arms. Use the TB position on the lift arms lever. This allows the arms to lift as the load increases as the implement pulls on the lift arms. Use the Traction Booster Lever to control this amount. This is what transfers some of the weight of the implement to the tractor to gain traction. Position Control MUST be set to allow arms to be all the way down. Put in place some mechanical lockout device to make sure the PC lever cannot be moved. Also affix some mechanical lock out type device on the console so the Lift Lever cannot be moved to the Raise position. The setup of the position of the front clevis will depend on the geometry of your tongue and other factors. There must be enough slop in the drawbar pin/clevis to allow for the hitch assembly to raise up and down a bit without binding. The clevis in the photos has an Oval hole to allow for this. The Doctor is probably correct that the plunger in the valve body was not free to move out once it was forced into the body. This plunger must move freely.

Calvin Schmidt Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Joined: 11 Sep 2009 Location: Ontario Can. Points: 4529	Post Options Post Reply Quote Calvin Schmidt Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 26 May 2020 at 1:40pm
	Traction Booster Drawbars do work. I used one on my JD 4250 2wd to pull a 7 yard scraper. It made the difference of whether I could pull it or not. Got to have an implement with the proper tongue design
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DrAllis Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Access Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Points: 21425	Post Options Post Reply Quote DrAllis Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 26 May 2020 at 2:36pm
	Actually, on that AC disc there should be a wear pad or foot bolted on the underside of the tongue, which rubs on the traction Booster drawbar face plate.

CALEBnOK Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Joined: 12 Nov 2011 Location: Oklahoma Points: 618	Post Options Post Reply Quote CALEBnOK Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 05 Jun 2020 at 12:29pm
	Thanks guys.... I'm going to give it a go again. I think it might help pulling this 7 yard Rowse scraper.

jaybmiller Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Access Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: Greensville,Ont Points: 24399	Post Options Post Reply Quote jaybmiller Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 05 Jun 2020 at 12:39pm
	gee you'd think all them windmills would blow the dirt to the right spots !
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CALEBnOK Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Joined: 12 Nov 2011 Location: Oklahoma Points: 618	Post Options Post Reply Quote CALEBnOK Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 05 Jun 2020 at 1:23pm
	Storm blew in last night and my wife said the motocross track was going to blow away

Calvin Schmidt Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Joined: 11 Sep 2009 Location: Ontario Can. Points: 4529	Post Options Post Reply Quote Calvin Schmidt Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 05 Jun 2020 at 3:25pm
	Should work great but your traction booster has to be working properly! Don't try too much weight transfer at first, just enough for what you need or you could bend things and/or have the front wheels too lite to steer properly
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