IMPROVED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A RETURN FUNCTIONALITY IN A WORK VEHICLE

Work vehicle comprising an implement provided with at least a bucket comprising a control system (1) for controlling the movement of said implement and comprising a valve arrangement (6), a bucket actuator (3), an electronic control unit (10), a joystick (8) and a command means (12) for activating a return to dig, RTD, of the implement, the electronic control unit (10) being electrically connected to the valve arrangement (6) and to the command and to retrieve data related to the joystick (8) and data (9) related to engine speed of the work vehicle, the electronic control unit (10) comprising elaboration means configured to- activate a RTD operation of said implement according to an enabling status of the command of the command means (12),- activate a soft stop function of the implement if it is detected a release of the joystick, the soft stop function foreseeing an automatic smooth movement of the implement till a preset stop position, the soft stop function being inhibited if the RTD operation is active.