Opinion?

[mike69440]

"I'm 6'3", 225 lbs, size 11 foot." And yet you're too feeble to drive a tractor. LOL

Just yankin your chain.

I'm 6'3", 225 lbs, size 11-1/2 foot. Sadly, age is getting me feeble of body and mind. I am as good once as I ever was.... I raised the seat 1" when I put the seat suspension from my old Kubota on the Max, That extra inch Plus of leg room helps the old knees with the clutch. I'm deaf enough that I do not need to hear hydro whine. I hear my neighbor Bota whining along and it irks me from over 500' away.

 

[oldpilgrim]

"I'm 6'3", 225 lbs, size 11 foot." And yet you're too feeble to drive a tractor. LOL

Just yankin your chain.

I'm also 70 years old...... not quite feeble yet but not what I used to be.

 

[dickfoster]

I'm also 70 years old...... not quite feeble yet but not what I used to be.

Well I ain't very far behind ya so I know what you're talking about there.

 

[bigsilver]

Well I have decided to take a look at a couple of more tractors. I want to lay eyes on a Kioti and Branson. Also trying to find the closest LS dealer. I guess the search continues...

 

[Snowback]

Well I have decided to take a look at a couple of more tractors. I want to lay eyes on a Kioti and Branson. Also trying to find the closest LS dealer. I guess the search continues...

I missed something... did the test drive not go well? Just curious. Thx.

 

[oldpilgrim]

Read all the threads about Tym buying Branson before you get too much in love with one. There's a lot of unknowns regarding the Branson brand's future.

 

[AchingBack]

I do fine with the rocker pedal and like it. The side by side is ok too. I really enjoy loader work being easy with the hydro to. I had standard transmissions growing up, until I got my first auto and never looked back. Maybe I'm lazy lol

You won't have a problem with the rocker pedal if you don't try to keep your foot on forward and reverse at the same time. When moving forward, my heel is resting comfortably on the deck until I need to reverse, at which time my foot comes completely off of forward and rests on the deck while my heel is operating reverse. Try it, you'll like it.

 

[bigsilver]

I missed something... did the test drive not go well? Just curious. Thx.

Test drives have not happened yet, busy schedule at work this week and a week long field trip with my oldest boy next week. Also waiting on ag tax exempt form to come back from the state before I pull the trigger.

 

[jmh1783]

Ive got to chime in on this one. I just drove a 1538hst last Thursday. The floor is too crowded. My size 11 dress shoes had no where to go. Pressing the forward part and the tip of my shoe snapped under the brake petals. I had to retract my foot to get it out from under the brake to fully release the accelerator. The reverse was awkward at best. The heel just isnt designed for fine control. I completed my circuit of the parking lot and that tractor was disappointingly off my list.

 

[oldpilgrim]

there's an accelerator on the 1538 hst?