Shuttle shift vs hydrostatic transmission

[Texasmark]

I'm surprised that it works like that. Should be an "operator presence" switch that requires a butt in the seat before it will move. 30 year old gear drive tractors have them.

What I could see happening is you lose your balance, grab at the nearest thing for support (the pedal, because your hand is already on it), naturally pulling down harder and harder on the pedal as you're pulled under the wheel, until you are hopelessly pinned when you finally let go of the pedal. Not that I wouldn't inch the tractor around with the pedals from the ground myself, and probably manage to run myself over in that exact manner...

Well obviously you guys haven't been there done that! If you have a problem doing what I said. Rather you need to be home in your easy chair, with a blanket over your legs, sipping hot tea, not out in the dangerous world of farming.

 

[showcrop]

I'm surprised that it works like that. Should be an "operator presence" switch that requires a butt in the seat before it will move. 30 year old gear drive tractors have them.

What I could see happening is you lose your balance, grab at the nearest thing for support (the pedal, because your hand is already on it), naturally pulling down harder and harder on the pedal as you're pulled under the wheel, until you are hopelessly pinned when you finally let go of the pedal. Not that I wouldn't inch the tractor around with the pedals from the ground myself, and probably manage to run myself over in that exact manner...

I don't tend to reach downward if I am loosing my balance. That would just pull me down faster.

 

[Brendon-KS]

I'm surprised that it works like that. Should be an "operator presence" switch that requires a butt in the seat before it will move. 30 year old gear drive tractors have them.

What I could see happening is you lose your balance, grab at the nearest thing for support (the pedal, because your hand is already on it), naturally pulling down harder and harder on the pedal as you're pulled under the wheel, until you are hopelessly pinned when you finally let go of the pedal. Not that I wouldn't inch the tractor around with the pedals from the ground myself, and probably manage to run myself over in that exact manner...

I agree - no tractor in the size range being discussed here built in the last 30+ years would allow you to engage the propel without being in the seat unless the safety circuit has been defeated. What is being described is the kind of misuse that is really convenient and works great right up until the moment that things go south.

 

[BarnyardEngineering]

Well obviously you guys haven't been there done that! If you have a problem doing what I said. Rather you need to be home in your easy chair, with a blanket over your legs, sipping hot tea, not out in the dangerous world of farming.

Did I say I had a problem with it? I just said I'd probably do the same thing and manage to run myself over.

 

[DoubleR]

Go with the hydo for what your going to do. I've had seven different Kubota's with both. I currently have one hydo and two with the shuttle. I like the shuttle for field work on a 25hp and a 60hp. I have a B3000 with a loader and the hydro with 2000 hrs on it, I brought it new in 2012. Never had a trans problem or any problem other than a couple safety switches with that tractor and I pretty much use it as you describe almost daily. If I only had one tractor that would be the one to keep. It would be the last thing to leave my place.

 

[Texasmark]

Did I say I had a problem with it? I just said I'd probably do the same thing and manage to run myself over.

Sir.....it's a walk in the park. If you have a problem doing what I said you have had too much alcohol to drink or you are on medications that are too heavy for your system. No brag just fact. If you have a problem with what I said you have apparently the symptoms I mentioned. If not, it's a pleasant walk in the park!

 

[Tony in SD]

Around 2000 I bought a brand new John Deere 4700 Hydro. 48 HP with FEL (Bucket & pallet fork) & front mount 7' dozer blade. I do everything with it, Mow the yards (5 acres), small square baler, pull a corn picker with trailer, move snow, power a PTO generator, rototill the garden, and many other tasks around the farm yard. The ease of changing directions mowing and using the loader are especially handy with the hydro. I would buy another hydro if I had to do it again. Any löss of power or fuel efficencies are offset buy the handyness of the hydro.