How to rig an X595 to mow in reverse

[Carl Bert]

Not to be too technical, but the RIO switch doesn't prevent something or someone from being run over. It prevents the blades from turning while they get run over. Thus, they don't get sliced and diced, just crushed. Not to be funny about it, but it still takes a brain to be engaged.

How is that, as long as you pull the PTO switch the mower will still be cutting when in reverse. Anyone or thing that goes under that mower when in reverse WILL get , as you put it, sliced and diced.

If that was the case, that the blades stopped spinning while holding the switch, that would be a different story, but that's not the case with this model.

 

[jesseb3@att.net]

I hate to pile on, but just recently I made the comment to my friend and coworker "They have a switch on them probably because somebody ran over their kid". He quickly said "Careful, my aunt maimed her kid for life that way." Luckily I didn't say anything derogatory. When I explained to him that my issue wasn't with the switch, but that it's located on the dashboard, he quickly added "Now how the **** is that supposed to help?" Point is, he has the "moral authority", having lived through the ordeal, yet understands the futility of placing a switch in a location that makes looking around the rear of the tractor more difficult - worse, it promotes bad behavior. Has anyone ever watched others use that switch? I have - they pull the switch, and DON'T look behind them. Yep, it's second nature all right, but it doesn't enforce good habits. Many of us will reflect on this conversation when the lawyers sue the tractor manufacturers for having a safety feature that promotes unsafe behavior, rather than placing it on the rear fender, where it would force the operator to turn around.

 

[Tommyadvanced]

I hate to pile on, but just recently I made the comment to my friend and coworker "They have a switch on them probably because somebody ran over their kid". He quickly said "Careful, my aunt maimed her kid for life that way." Luckily I didn't say anything derogatory. When I explained to him that my issue wasn't with the switch, but that it's located on the dashboard, he quickly added "Now how the **** is that supposed to help?" Point is, he has the "moral authority", having lived through the ordeal, yet understands the futility of placing a switch in a location that makes looking around the rear of the tractor more difficult - worse, it promotes bad behavior. Has anyone ever watched others use that switch? I have - they pull the switch, and DON'T look behind them. Yep, it's second nature all right, but it doesn't enforce good habits. Many of us will reflect on this conversation when the lawyers sue the tractor manufacturers for having a safety feature that promotes unsafe behavior, rather than placing it on the rear fender, where it would force the operator to turn around.

My point exactly.

 

[Carl Bert]

I hate to pile on, but just recently I made the comment to my friend and coworker "They have a switch on them probably because somebody ran over their kid". He quickly said "Careful, my aunt maimed her kid for life that way." Luckily I didn't say anything derogatory. When I explained to him that my issue wasn't with the switch, but that it's located on the dashboard, he quickly added "Now how the **** is that supposed to help?" Point is, he has the "moral authority", having lived through the ordeal, yet understands the futility of placing a switch in a location that makes looking around the rear of the tractor more difficult - worse, it promotes bad behavior. Has anyone ever watched others use that switch? I have - they pull the switch, and DON'T look behind them. Yep, it's second nature all right, but it doesn't enforce good habits. Many of us will reflect on this conversation when the lawyers sue the tractor manufacturers for having a safety feature that promotes unsafe behavior, rather than placing it on the rear fender, where it would force the operator to turn around.

FINALLY A VOICE OF REASON. Some good common sense rather then an ignorant remark like "well if JD put it there it must be for our safety so you really should use it. Come on people use your heads and think for yourselves, rather then believing everything you read just because it's in the manual. People like buickanddeere are putting everyone around them in danger every time they use that switch. Why because he's afraid of getting sued. Wake up, worry about your families safety first.

Thanks again Jesse for your response

 

[Carl Bert]

Just wondering why "engine29" and "buickanddeere" haven't chimed back in.

 

[RedHawkRidge]

Answer to the original Q: a simple procedure to remove a small part in the linkage. Email me and I'll send you a step-by-step.
Jim

 

[Eric Barney]

Carl.

I agree with you in that the RIO switch is just plain silly. I can't connect it to improved safety either. My tractor is new, and under warranty. By the time it is up, I will probably be thoroughly programmed to using it. While backing, I almost always shift my gaze to the deck as I am usually mowing around an obstacle. The RIO does nothing to promote a look behind the tractor. It is just an extra thing to do while mowing.

 

[ccsial]

I disabled my RIO with a jumper on the switch. I have a lot of backing up to do when I mow.

I think the real reason for RIO is not safety as much as a defense in court.

 

[buickanddeere]

Just wondering why "engine29" and "buickanddeere" haven't chimed back in.

Busy with work, farm chores and theater auditions. Can't keep running back to you every time you wonder off track. You will laugh about lawsuits and common sense and think it can't happen to you. Ask somebody that it's happened to. I had one kid out of the bunch with no sense of self preservation or danger. Next step was to tie him up in the house when ever equipment was being used outside. He would bolt from the house and run behind or beside any and every operating machine. Countless times I ensured he was in the house with his Mother but would be in the danger zone minutes later. A sound ***** beating and hauling back to the house would last 5 to 60 minutes. He just never got it through his head. As for safety equipment in general I wouldFor example like to have pto shield haters attend the scene where somebody was wrapped around a shaft. The sight , the smell and the sounds of the family crying will never leave you. Ask a rural firefighter, paramedic and cop how often they find pieces at farm incidents and how rough it is.

 

[Carl Bert]

Answer to the original Q: a simple procedure to remove a small part in the linkage. Email me and I'll send you a step-by-step.
Jim

Don't have your email address so I sent you a PM. Thanks