60 as well as pilot sleeve 65 in response to excessive pressure opens the valve allowing relief through valve port 2 in more typical operation dual pilot valves of the present invention have two operating points the first operating point is a low pilot ratio setting when p 1 load pressure is high and p 3 pilot pressure is low the second is a high pilot ratio setting when p 3 is high and p 1 is low resulting in energy savings through reduced power consumption the proposed dual pilot ratio valve has a low gradient low pilot ratio when p 1 is high and p 3 is low it has a higher gradient when p 3 is high and p 1 is low the pilot ratio increases when pilot pressure p 3 is high enough to move a 2 nd sleeve against the preload of an additional outer spring the transition from low to high pilot ratio changes with the setting of the valve since a spacer on the adjust screw of the valve further preloads both the inner and the outer spring when the mechanical setting is changed by turning the adjust screw fig1 graphically illustrates the performance of the dual pilot ratio valve for 2 different mechanical settings.