Seat safety switch, do I or don't I

Firefighter Kubota · Dec 15, 2011

Mine 7510 has 2 switches. On for driver seat pressure (bypassed) and a second to engage the rear PTO when the seat is flipped up...

hizoot · Dec 15, 2011

I had to bypass my seat switch as I usually need to stand up when using my pallet forks so I can see the end of them and make sure I hit the hole. Makes it handy to move the tractor a few inches here or there when I'm off the tractor too...just lightly push the pedal with my hand...stayin well clear of the tires.
But now that my wife has started using it,I need to install a bypass switch for those times and put the seat switch back into service.

beppington · Dec 16, 2011

hizoot said:
I had to bypass my seat switch as I usually need to stand up when using my pallet forks so I can see the end of them and make sure I hit the hole. Makes it handy to move the tractor a few inches here or there when I'm off the tractor too...just lightly push the pedal with my hand...stayin well clear of the tires.
But now that my wife has started using it,I need to install a bypass switch for those times and put the seat switch back into service.

I do the same thing & am very aware that the tractor could easily run me over if I'm not careful.

David s Von Gieserbrechta · Dec 16, 2011

sw03 said:
I jumped all my switches on my Bx..not needed.

Couldn't agree more. All of the switches on my bx have gone to meet their maker, the first one to go was the pto switch which was the most annoying, the others soon followed.
David

BeezFun · Dec 16, 2011

Ran the tractor today, the seat switch doesn't function as intended. If I stand up while going forward, the engine keeps running. But if I reach back and raise the seat a bit, the engine dies. So the switch isn't sensing when my weight is completely off the seat. I'll try adjusting it sometime, then when I've got it working I'll jumper it out

ritschner · Dec 18, 2011

There is a light duty spring which lifts the seat up enough to disengage the switch. It may be weak and lost some tension.

General Lee · Dec 20, 2011

The other day while I was operating my L4400 I got off the tractor to hook up an implement and the tractor shut off. I've had the tractor for over 6 months and it had never done this unless pto was on or I tried to move it an inch without being in the seat. Because of this I never paid attention to the seat safety switch. So when it cut off I tilted the seat up and found the little white toggle switch that the seat catches. I guess the whole time I've had the tractor the toggle switch was stuck in the down position until it recently freed itself. For now I'm able to to hold it down with the wires it's connected to and can get off my tractor without it shutting off.

seban · May 27, 2014

I can't get my tractor to start unless i have the seat safety switch. Can i bypass this or disconnect so i can start my tractor? or should just buy the part? if so where can i order one ?

Ductape · May 27, 2014

ritschner said:
There is a light duty spring which lifts the seat up enough to disengage the switch. It may be weak and lost some tension.

I cured my B3030 by removing that spring that lifts the seat..... now my tractor stays running. Easy enough to reinstall the spring if I ever sell the tractor.

sngleshot · May 28, 2014

Remember there is a REASON why we have ROP bars and seat disconnect switches. I am a Firefighter Paramedic on a Heavy Rescue squad attached to the local fire company. We had a rescue call that applies to this thread so here goes: 911 call in from frantic wife stating her husband was pinned against an apple tree limb by his tractor. (?) Enroute to this call you can imagine what was going through my head trying to imagine how that could happen as a tree limb is usually well off the ground. Well apparently this guy was brush hogging around his apple trees and was looking backward while moving forward... yep..drove right into a 7 inch limb which immediately pushed him back down into the tractor seat, crushing the back and bottom (along with his ribs) of the tractor seat...the tractor shut off... (due to the seat safety switch)... and stopped forward movement of the tractor. Standard shift was in gear..throttle set and he was unable to reach clutch. He was unresponsive and turning blue when we got there. We cut the limb off of him, intubated him, placed IV lines for shock and life flighted him to a trauma center. He lived. Multiple fractured ribs, cracked sternum, ruptured diaphragm and peritoneal rupture (gut sack). Broken collar bones also. Of note; he had taken off the ROP bars so that he COULD drive under these apple trees with the low hanging limbs. The only thing that saved him was the seat safety switch.. if the tractor had proceeded.. he would have been gutted...torn in half literally and killed for sure. So ... think twice about disconnecting and removing safety devices. Everybody's situation is different of course. Common sense hopefully prevails. Stay safe out there cause you do NOT want to see me... really you don't cause if you do.. it means you are in BIG trouble.