Knee knocker

[Mark Poss]

What is a John Deere clutch knee knocker? Thanks, Mark.

 

[bill mart]

hooked to a plow, when the plow broke away it pulled the clutch lever into your right knee. Bill

 

[Bob Collins]

What Bill said, but it was to be used with a hydraulic (cylinder) plow that would have a spring hitch, not a release hitch. The idea was to disengage the clutch and stop the tractor rather than releasing the plow and damaging the hoses or losing hydraulic fluid. In reality it often happened when the operators knee was in a unfortunate spot, hence the name.

 

[53 super H]

Have known several people who ended up with severe knee problems and this is what they blamed it on.

 

[bill mart]

thanks Bob. bill

 

[Ed NM]

Here is a picture of one on a 53 G that I am thinking of selling the tractor.