L4740 HSTC Maybe not for me

[equipman]

Is this your first cab tractor? That may explain why you think it is louder than previous tractors.

 

[Grateful11]

So you're actually not placing your whole foot on the pedal and not doing the toe and heel thing for forward and reverse. I might be wrong but I think you'll learn to like it but with a bad right knee that's going to complicate things but I think all Hydros have their pedals on the right.

My son has more experience on the now gone IH 140 than any of the other tractors but he took to the Kubota like a baby to candy. I think younger people take to this new stuff better than us older folk, they're used to all those crazy controls on video games ;-)

 

[TripleR]

I run HST and Hydraulic Shuttle Shift with no experience on the GST, I use the heel and toe method and really like the HST and mine is not even the HST+. I've run HST for years and gotten use to the higher engine speeds.

I guess some people like them and some don't.

 

[lawn_king]

After many years of international gear tractors, i made the jump to kubota hydros. That was 12 years ago, after a learning curve of a couple months, i have never looked back! I love the hst+ tranny!!!!!!!!

 

[kuboman]

Don't forget that you have cruise for relieving the foot. I use the cruise quite often because holding the peddle does become tedious. If you don't need the advantage of the hydro then I can see a gear tractor might be desirable but, make sure you know all the features of your tractor first.

 

[Grateful11]

Don't forget that you have cruise for relieving the foot. I use the cruise quite often because holding the peddle does become tedious. If you don't need the advantage of the hydro then I can see a gear tractor might be desirable but, make sure you know all the features of your tractor first.

What I like about the cruise it's like a GT that has the Hydro controls on the fender, you speed it up and slow it down at will with the cruise. The first time we tried to use we thought you set the speed with your foot and then locked into place with the cruise lever, wrong, you do that and it shoves into high speed maxing out according to where you have the throttle set. Wife used the L3940 with the old JD FBB Grain drill in Fall of '10 but has since bought a bigger drill that requires hydraulics and pulls it with the IH 686. She said she the Kubota in Mid range, Hi on the column paddle and run the engine at about 2000 rpms, I think she said that gave about 5mph ground speed.

 

[Samandothers]

It took me a while to get use to the HST. I wanted to use the pedal as a gas pedal. I usually only use the pedal but if going some distance I have used the cruise control which relieves having to hold down the pedal all the time.

Good luck! I really enjoy the HST now.