picker77
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- Joined
- Feb 4, 2006
- Messages
- 385
- Location
- Central Oklahoma
- Tractor
- JD 3032E, dual remotes, TnT, tooth bar, grapple
Had some time to kill today, so I visited one of my local Kubota dealers to kick a bunch of tires. I climbed up and sat in/on everthing under 35 hp on the lot, which was mabye 15 or 16 tractors. Not a single solitary HST tractor on the lot was comfortable for my size 14 work boots. Much of this is because I can't seem to fit my right foot comfortably onto a rocking-type HST foot pedal. It appears these things are meant to go forward with the toe and reverse with the heel, but my ankles don't bend that far in reverse, so to reverse I have to lift my entire leg, relocate my toe to the reverse/heel pedal end, and push. Because the seats won't go far enough back to allow a rocking motion with my right ankle (I'm 6'4" 220 lb), driving any Kubota HST was seriously uncomfortable to my right foot/leg. Never owned an HST. Am I misunderstanding how this HST pedal thing is supposed to work?
I'll try the foot test on JD and NH next, but it looks like I'm going to have to either buy a stick shift like my current tractor (which is plenty comfortable) or restrict my choices to a side-by-side HST pedal type of control. I think JD has some of these, and maybe NH too, but I'll find out.
Just for drill, since I've drooled over them on Kubota's website, I also climbed into an L3130HSTC, and danged near had to get the staff to extricate me. There is just NO place to put my feet in that thing.
Kubota better start paying more attention to seat position, legroom, and driver comfort if they want to sell me a new tractor. Since they sell a LOT of tractors, am I alone out here with this problem?
I'll try the foot test on JD and NH next, but it looks like I'm going to have to either buy a stick shift like my current tractor (which is plenty comfortable) or restrict my choices to a side-by-side HST pedal type of control. I think JD has some of these, and maybe NH too, but I'll find out.
Just for drill, since I've drooled over them on Kubota's website, I also climbed into an L3130HSTC, and danged near had to get the staff to extricate me. There is just NO place to put my feet in that thing.
Kubota better start paying more attention to seat position, legroom, and driver comfort if they want to sell me a new tractor. Since they sell a LOT of tractors, am I alone out here with this problem?