Sub_Dude
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Hey there!
The thread about the 3PH vs pull type brush hog mentioned something that inspired me to post about an attachment that has proven invaluable to me. The statements concerned steering with the left hand while controlling height of implements with the right hand, all while looking over your shoulder.
Last year, I was driving my brother's tractor, which had a "suicide knob", or steering wheel spinner. I fell in love with it, because it made steering with one hand a breeze. I've had one on IMBY for about 5 months now, and I don't know how I lived without it.
The one-handed steering is nice if you want to look like the Marlboro Man or use the other hand for keeping your drink cup from falling off the tractor /w3tcompact/icons/blush.gif, but the best feature is that you always know where straight ahead is. I mounted mine at 8 o'clock, if you can picture the steering wheel as a clock face. After a few minutes of use, "muscle memory" kicks in and you don't have to worry about which way the wheels are turned. You just know, without turning your head or waiting to see which way he 3PH implement is moving after a correction in direction.
This may sound complicated, but it's just another way to get input into the reflexes that control the way your limbs operate the machine. Sorta like the way your ears can tell you about load on the engine without your eyes having to look at the tach.
Having spent a couple of hours today mowing one of my pastures that has boocoo pines trees on it, I can say that I'd sooner give up my power steering than my suicide knob. And the knob was only ten bucks. /w3tcompact/icons/cool.gif
But seeing as how this is a discussion forum, maybe others have some input on the use of this way cool tool. Good, bad, undecided? I'll put it on my "must have" list, and see if I have any company out there.
TTYL.
The Sub Dude
I'm gonna live forever....So far, so good....
The thread about the 3PH vs pull type brush hog mentioned something that inspired me to post about an attachment that has proven invaluable to me. The statements concerned steering with the left hand while controlling height of implements with the right hand, all while looking over your shoulder.
Last year, I was driving my brother's tractor, which had a "suicide knob", or steering wheel spinner. I fell in love with it, because it made steering with one hand a breeze. I've had one on IMBY for about 5 months now, and I don't know how I lived without it.
The one-handed steering is nice if you want to look like the Marlboro Man or use the other hand for keeping your drink cup from falling off the tractor /w3tcompact/icons/blush.gif, but the best feature is that you always know where straight ahead is. I mounted mine at 8 o'clock, if you can picture the steering wheel as a clock face. After a few minutes of use, "muscle memory" kicks in and you don't have to worry about which way the wheels are turned. You just know, without turning your head or waiting to see which way he 3PH implement is moving after a correction in direction.
This may sound complicated, but it's just another way to get input into the reflexes that control the way your limbs operate the machine. Sorta like the way your ears can tell you about load on the engine without your eyes having to look at the tach.
Having spent a couple of hours today mowing one of my pastures that has boocoo pines trees on it, I can say that I'd sooner give up my power steering than my suicide knob. And the knob was only ten bucks. /w3tcompact/icons/cool.gif
But seeing as how this is a discussion forum, maybe others have some input on the use of this way cool tool. Good, bad, undecided? I'll put it on my "must have" list, and see if I have any company out there.
TTYL.
The Sub Dude
I'm gonna live forever....So far, so good....