Jackfr
Gold Member
- Joined
- May 28, 2008
- Messages
- 321
- Location
- Plymouth, MA
- Tractor
- NH WorkMaster 33 Ford F5000 NH T 4.90 Ford 2110 JD555B
Wow. Let me get this straight. A few hundred bucks (retail, which we know is inflated beyond imagination compared to what it would cost NH to put it on the machine) puts a hand brake on a tractor which doesn't have it in the USA because there is no regulation demanding it? And this is on, what class of machine.. I'm just throwing out a number here, because it's way out of my league - $80,000 machine? I would say, if this is what is going on, this is a perfect case in point of why we need more regulations in the USA, and not less.
New Holland should be required to put the brake on every machine and not charge a dime.
Wow. Let me get this straight. A few hundred bucks (retail, which we know is inflated beyond imagination compared to what it would cost NH to put it on the machine) puts a hand brake on a tractor which doesn't have it in the USA because there is no regulation demanding it? And this is on, what class of machine.. I'm just throwing out a number here, because it's way out of my league - $80,000 machine? I would say, if this is what is going on, this is a perfect case in point of why we need more regulations in the USA, and not less.
New Holland should be required to put the brake on every machine and not charge a dime.
Here's an update on my t 4.75/handbrake. A very helpful individual from across the big Pond (Great Britain) Helped me find all the parts to install a hand brake on my T 4.75!! All bolted right in with no modifications to the tractor except one bracket which had to be remanufactured because it was no longer available through NH. I was able to get an engineered drawing of the bracket which helped make it. I now have a hand brake in this tractor!! Didn't realize how much I missed a hand brake. I very rarely if ever use the the transmission "parking Pawl/brake" anymore. If anyone wants the information on the handbrake let me know and I'll pass it along.