There are 2 pedals, one on the left, and a larger pedal on the right. Which one is HST and when am I supposed to press it in? The one on the left is what I have been using for brakes...
The did show me basic operation of it when I was there, but I didn't have time to go over everything again when they delivered it today because I had an errand to run. Beginners mistake.
Wakey, no lie, i pushed that bale smooth sailing! I will call them tomorrow about paperwork and see if they the books. I really want the books!
OK.. The treadle pedal, also sometimes called a rocker pedal, rocks back and forth with your foot, that is the Hydrostat "go" pedal, If you rock it forward the tractor moves forward unless the range selector lever is in nuetral. If you rock it backwards, the tractor moves in reverse. OK.. Now above the treadle pedal/rocker pedal. on the same side, the right side of the tractor are twin brake pedals. They may or may not be pinned together to operate together or they may not have the bar that "pins" them together so that they operate seperately. I would suggest if they are not pinned together at this time, you should do so for now. Anyway those pedals are your brakes. You will seldom need them. The single pedal on the left is the clutch, you may .. note I said may. need to push it in to start the tractor or you may not. I am not familier enough with CK20hst operation to know. You would undoubtedly need to push it in before you engage the PTO (Power Take Off) lever to operate a rotary cutter or some other PTO operated implement. You may not have any of those, You might comment. anyway, you would push in the clutch, throttle down, engage the PTO lever and slowly let out the clutch and let the implement spin up, then increase the throttle to the 540 mark on the tachometer. You don't need to press on the clutch for any other operation, Not even changing ranges (LO to HI).. just make sure the treadle pedal/rocker pedal is centered, and the tractor is not moving to change ranges. Though pushing in the clutch will not do any harm, unless you are pointed downhill then be ready for the tractor to move suddenly due to gravity as you go into neutral. Have your foot on the brake pedals to prevent this.
You must have the treadle pedal figured out, our you would not have been able to move the tractor.
What the other posters were trying to say about pressing on the HST or treadle pedal, was when the tractor is bogging down, engine wise you need to increase the hand throttle and if it cannot maintain the set engine speed, and the RPM starts to drop, let off of the treadle pedal which will slow your ground speed some, but allow the engine RPM to increase back up into the "torque band" of the engine. The HST pedal is not a "fuel" pedal, it does not make more engine speed, it controls the hydrostatic transmission. I don't want to go into "guts" of what is happening inside when you press on that pedal, but suffice it to say it isnt the "gas" pedal. So if the engine "boggs down" let off of the pedal a bit, and also increase the hand throttle within reason. Good Luck.
James K0UA
