ironjunkie
Well-Known Member
Got a chance to help a friend today and run a little Cat 257 CTL (I think) and the (left) tractor control seemed to be not directly connected to the response that I got out of it. In other words it seemed that it would kinda stall the tracks rather than, (what I'm used to) stalling the motor. You could not bog the motor down. Is this "pilot" controls, and is this a function that is intentional? I had thought that pilot controls were a light low pres. hyd. circuit that directly controled a "major" hp circuit. Learn me. If this sounds like pilot controls are the other brands similar? I for sure know that a tire/track is giving it's most tractive effort just before it spins, so is this disigned in for the machine "driver" (vs. an operator)