Traction turning with brake-L3800

[lunky55]

What I'm reading is try to use my right foot for brake and hydro, or bring left foot over to push brake. Is this what you are saying also? Thanks

 

[94BULLITT]

My manual says to use the cruise control then brake with your right foot.

That would work good with a Grand L.

 

[94BULLITT]

What I'm reading is try to use my right foot for brake and hydro, or bring left foot over to push brake. Is this what you are saying also? Thanks

Left foot brake, right on the hydro or you could do like TripleR said and use the cruise control and your right foot on the brake.

 

[TripleR]

What I'm reading is try to use my right foot for brake and hydro, or bring left foot over to push brake. Is this what you are saying also? Thanks

Yeah, what 94BULLIT said. It is not an ideal setup if steering brakes are important to you and more difficult on an L than Grand L as the Grand L40 brakes are located closer to the middle of the tractor.

As mentioned, on an HST, I just don't use steering brakes.

I read recently that the Grand L is going to start coming out with left foot braking next year.

All my tractors except the John Deere have right foot braking, so it just comes more naturally to me.

 

[art]

I will bless all of those of you who feel compeled to do brake steering, As an equipment dealer we love the broken steering components we get to fix.

We just did a front end for tie rod end and the steering cylinder rod which broke off, fellow stated his owners manuual says he can so he does. This was the second time and he thought the shop that he bought the tractor from didn't do it right the first time! It wasn't in warrantee the first time and of coarse it was another make for us but after two thousand dollars of repair he told me he doesn't really need to use them that much!

 

[94BULLITT]

Wouldn't steering with the brakes be somewhat useless on a tractor with the loader? I think because of the weight of the fel it would be hard on the tractor.

 

[TripleR]

Wouldn't steering with the brakes be somewhat useless on a tractor with the loader? I think because of the weight of the fel it would be hard on the tractor.

Steering brakes are used in a variety of ways. When I was farming, we used 2WD tractors and used the brakes at the end of the row to allow either 90 or 180 degree turns to allow longer rows, shorter turn rows and to speed up changing directions. You could literally lock a wheel, pivot on it and start right back if needed. It was also hand for sharp turns in tight woods etc.

Some use them with a FEL or blade to turn just a bit sharper though not the 90/180.

Others use them simply to keep the tractor going straight when pushing snow, back dragging with down force etc., little direction change is made, they just keep it straight as the front tires may not have enough traction.

I am sure there are others, those are just the ones with which I am familiar.

We use the steering brakes a bit on our M8540 with Ag tires, but rarely with any other 4WD.

 

[LD1]

Steering brakes are used in a variety of ways. When I was farming, we used 2WD tractors and used the brakes at the end of the row to allow either 90 or 180 degree turns to allow longer rows, shorter turn rows and to speed up changing directions. You could literally lock a wheel, pivot on it and start right back if needed. It was also hand for sharp turns in tight woods etc.

Some use them with a FEL or blade to turn just a bit sharper though not the 90/180.

Others use them simply to keep the tractor going straight when pushing snow, back dragging with down force etc., little direction change is made, they just keep it straight as the front tires may not have enough traction.

I am sure there are others, those are just the ones with which I am familiar.

We use the steering brakes a bit on our M8540 with Ag tires, but rarely with any other 4WD.

If you dont have a diff-loc, it can be used to get out of a bind if you are stuck and only one wheel spinning. If you know how to operate them.

 

[TripleR]

If you dont have a diff-loc, it can be used to get out of a bind if you are stuck and only one wheel spinning. If you know how to operate them.

Thanks, I forgot that one, when I was farming, dad had us in the field just as soon as possible which sometimes meant going through some wet sections and we used the heck out of them then. Woe be it to the kid who had to get dad to come unhook the equipment and pull the tractor out of the mud. Sometimes it looked like Redneck Riverdance stabbing one brake then the other, standing up, seat flipped back as we were too light otherwise.:laughing:

 

[94BULLITT]

Steering brakes are used in a variety of ways. When I was farming, we used 2WD tractors and used the brakes at the end of the row to allow either 90 or 180 degree turns to allow longer rows, shorter turn rows and to speed up changing directions. You could literally lock a wheel, pivot on it and start right back if needed. It was also hand for sharp turns in tight woods etc.

Some use them with a FEL or blade to turn just a bit sharper though not the 90/180.

Others use them simply to keep the tractor going straight when pushing snow, back dragging with down force etc., little direction change is made, they just keep it straight as the front tires may not have enough traction.

I am sure there are others, those are just the ones with which I am familiar.

We use the steering brakes a bit on our M8540 with Ag tires, but rarely with any other 4WD.

I used them on the 8N in the snow mainly. They were also nice if on tire was on ice and the other wasn't.