Hi everyone. I took delivery of a new 5075e cab MFWD last week and I have a small concern. My three point doesn't seem to act exactly right. I hooked to an old 8 foot rotary mower that a friend had in the barn and I can't seem to get it to lift very high, maybe 14 inches off the ground. I've browsed the forum and seen a few mentions of adjusting the control linkages on these but I don't want to get too crazy until I know a bit more. Does anyone know what the lift height is supposed to be on these machines?
Also, it seems like the first 2/3s of lever travel doesn't do much with the mower on. That might be because of the pin height on the mower though.
You should be able to get the rear of the mower at least a few feet off of the ground if everything is properly adjusted. Make sure the center link is in the lower pin hole and not one of the top two holes. Also make sure your center link is not overly long, if it is too long it will let the rear of the mower droop.
If you have looked at those things and the rear of the mower is still only a foot or so off of the ground, lift the 3 point hitch all of the way and measure from the ends of the draft link arms to the ground. It should be 31 1/2" from the ground when they are completely raised. If not, make sure the leveling screws aren't screwed all of the way out (lengthened.) If they are fine, then your position control lever is not adjusted correctly. The position control lever for the rockshaft on these tractors is adjustable. There are two slots on the lever that allow the lever to be adjusted for range of lift arm travel. There appears to be an issue with recent (MY2020 or later) 3 cylinder 5E tractors where the lever is installed from the factory with the attachment bolts at the front of the adjustment slots. This leads to the lift arms being all of the way down with the lever at only about halfway forward (down) and minimal arm lift with the lever completely rearward (up). My MY2020 5075E had this, and several others here had the exact same issue.
The fix is simple but takes some trial and error. Pull the lever all of the way rearward and then loosen but do not completely remove the adjustment bolts. (Note that all fasteners on the tractor are metric.) Move the lever forward some and then tighten the bolts. What you want is the lift arms to be all of the way up with the lever fully rearward in its slot but not "over-adjusted" so that the rockshaft control goes into relief with the lever all of the way rearward. If this happens, push the lever forward, loosen the bolts, and then move the lever rearward a smidge, tighten the bolts, then try again. If the hitch is not all of the way up yet with the lever all of the way back, loosen the bolts, move the lever forward a little, tighten the bolts, then try again. My experience is that the lever had to be about 80% of the way rearward in the slots to get the right travel.
Note to the moderators: this information should probably be a sticky in the utility tractor forum.
