Patent ID: 8718880

Claim:
A ground engaging vehicle, comprising: a frame; an engine connected to said frame; a controller; and a hydraulic system powered by said engine, said hydraulic system including: a plurality of actuators; a plurality of valves including a first valve associated with a corresponding one of said plurality of actuators, each of said plurality of valves being operatively connected to said controller; and at least one sensor adapted to send a measured value to said controller, said measured value representative of a hydraulic connectivity through said first valve, said controller adapted to send a signal to each of said plurality of valves, said controller further adapted to establish, dependent upon said measured value, a threshold value representative of a signal necessary to activate said first valve, said controller being further adapted to establish a maximum flow current value for said first valve based upon adding a difference between said threshold value and at least one attribute of said first valve, read by said controller, to a previously and similarly established maximum flow current value.