Gryantaylor
Bronze Member
New Tractor for a new amputee
I知 looking for I bit of unusual advice. My Uncle and Mother were involved in a severe car accident last Thanksgiving. The good news is everyone is slowly recovering; the bad news is that my Uncle lost his right leg and may soon loose his left leg. Prior to the accident he used to enjoy a number of activities that required landscaping, gardening, etc. To do these tasks he used to the accident he was using a Cub Cadet 2160 for mowing, an old ford truck (manual) for snow removal, a walk behind tiller, push mower, wheel barrow, and a lot of shovel rake work for the gardening and landscaping. Obviously, driving the truck (manual) isn稚 going to work now, and can go the way of the push mower, walk behind tiller etc. But he would still like to do these activities, and we致e talked about buying a tractor to increase the number of things he can still do as well as increase his mobility around the yard. I知 thinking we値l need a mower, rot tiller, snow blower / plow & loader and likely a backhoe. He壇 also like a Cab incase he gets stuck, at least he値l be warm/ cool while waiting for assistance.
Right now weæ±*e looking at a Kubota L45 or similar with an aftermarket cab. I like the TBL series because there is more room in the operatorç—´ platform, and the seat swivels which I think will help with getting in /out and using rear implements. I致e got a few quotes from local dealers and they are all more then willing to help quote a tractor price, but very few / none are able to help with Handicap features moving the gas / break peddle (or equal for HSTç—´) to the steering wheel like they do for cars. Adding a lift to get up into the cab and other featureç—´ I haven稚 even thought of yet. So my questions are
1) has anyone here done something like this
2) how does it work
3) what would you do differently if you did it again,
4) where can these handicap features be purchased
5) What other complications have we not even begun to think of yet?
Thanks in advance for all your great suggestions
I知 looking for I bit of unusual advice. My Uncle and Mother were involved in a severe car accident last Thanksgiving. The good news is everyone is slowly recovering; the bad news is that my Uncle lost his right leg and may soon loose his left leg. Prior to the accident he used to enjoy a number of activities that required landscaping, gardening, etc. To do these tasks he used to the accident he was using a Cub Cadet 2160 for mowing, an old ford truck (manual) for snow removal, a walk behind tiller, push mower, wheel barrow, and a lot of shovel rake work for the gardening and landscaping. Obviously, driving the truck (manual) isn稚 going to work now, and can go the way of the push mower, walk behind tiller etc. But he would still like to do these activities, and we致e talked about buying a tractor to increase the number of things he can still do as well as increase his mobility around the yard. I知 thinking we値l need a mower, rot tiller, snow blower / plow & loader and likely a backhoe. He壇 also like a Cab incase he gets stuck, at least he値l be warm/ cool while waiting for assistance.
Right now weæ±*e looking at a Kubota L45 or similar with an aftermarket cab. I like the TBL series because there is more room in the operatorç—´ platform, and the seat swivels which I think will help with getting in /out and using rear implements. I致e got a few quotes from local dealers and they are all more then willing to help quote a tractor price, but very few / none are able to help with Handicap features moving the gas / break peddle (or equal for HSTç—´) to the steering wheel like they do for cars. Adding a lift to get up into the cab and other featureç—´ I haven稚 even thought of yet. So my questions are
1) has anyone here done something like this
2) how does it work
3) what would you do differently if you did it again,
4) where can these handicap features be purchased
5) What other complications have we not even begun to think of yet?
Thanks in advance for all your great suggestions
