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<blockquote data-quote="bobbie-g" data-source="post: 1961" data-attributes="member: 26"><p>Jamie, as usual, Taz probably has it right. I have a 751 with the detent, or floating arm feature. I push my left toe down and the lift arms go down against the stops. Push my toe further down (with the machine trying to continue to push the arms down, but they're against the stops), and I can feel a click and the hydraulic pump quits groaning. Now the hydraulic pressure is not present on the lift arms, and only the weight of the arms is holding them down. The bucket is "floating" now. The manual sez to only use this feature when you're backing up, presumably the bucket would tend to catch and dig in if you were going forward. So with the toe locked down, and the lift arms in the float position, you can angle the bucket at about a 45 degree down angle with the right toe. Now back up, and you will see the bucket "float" over an uneven surface. This really works slick for smoothing and grading dirt or gravel to get a nice even surface. It works even better if you put a thousand pound rock in the bucket then do your grading. A trick I learned is that I tip the bucket up with my right foot and then drive forward while leaving the lift arms in the float position. This allows me to quickly move forward, then take another leveling pass by just tipping the bucket down with my right foot. It's a slick feature. I noticed recently that there has been some discussion on one of these threads about a sticky or nonfunctional detent. Does yours seem to work as I outlined? I'm sure the 753 has that feature. Hope this helps. --- Bob</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bobbie-g, post: 1961, member: 26"] Jamie, as usual, Taz probably has it right. I have a 751 with the detent, or floating arm feature. I push my left toe down and the lift arms go down against the stops. Push my toe further down (with the machine trying to continue to push the arms down, but they're against the stops), and I can feel a click and the hydraulic pump quits groaning. Now the hydraulic pressure is not present on the lift arms, and only the weight of the arms is holding them down. The bucket is "floating" now. The manual sez to only use this feature when you're backing up, presumably the bucket would tend to catch and dig in if you were going forward. So with the toe locked down, and the lift arms in the float position, you can angle the bucket at about a 45 degree down angle with the right toe. Now back up, and you will see the bucket "float" over an uneven surface. This really works slick for smoothing and grading dirt or gravel to get a nice even surface. It works even better if you put a thousand pound rock in the bucket then do your grading. A trick I learned is that I tip the bucket up with my right foot and then drive forward while leaving the lift arms in the float position. This allows me to quickly move forward, then take another leveling pass by just tipping the bucket down with my right foot. It's a slick feature. I noticed recently that there has been some discussion on one of these threads about a sticky or nonfunctional detent. Does yours seem to work as I outlined? I'm sure the 753 has that feature. Hope this helps. --- Bob [/QUOTE]
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