A vehicle having a linkage for attaching an implement thereto, said vehicle comprising a control system for controlling a draft mode of operation in which the linkage is automatically raised and lowered depending on a draft force detected by the vehicle. When one or more of the brakes of the vehicle are applied, the control system sets the detected draft force to the value it was before, or at the moment the brake or brakes were applied so that the linkage will remain in a set positon during braking.