JimR
Elite Member
Yeah, the CK30's range shift lever can easily be snagged with the hip or pant leg. I have been meaning to shorten
it a bit. Fortunate thing (!) in my case is the range-shifter is hard to move.
On my first tractor, the range-shift was in same place, but super-easy to shift into neutral unintentionally. In that
case, a Kubota L2550DT, it was a gear trans, and I got in trouble a few times on slopes.
The HST is the best of the safety devices I currently have, as long as it is not shifted into neutral. On a slope,
if the parking brake fails (or I do not have the FEL jambed into the ground), the tractor only creeps downhill
slowly. Even on steep slopes.
Interesting about how HST's are so nice to operate when getting off and on. My older Cub Cadet was a pleasure to use with the HST for that same reason. Not to forget to mention that you could shift the tractor forward or back by just pushing on the pedal to load the bucket, line up attachments etc. I always made sure I had the brake on slightly just in case.
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