Anybody have Both...Treadle pedal AND a Twin pedal

   / Anybody have Both...Treadle pedal AND a Twin pedal #31  
</font><font color="blue" class="small">( The problem with heel on floor, it is such an angle that my ankle gets sore pretty quick...John )</font>
Doesn't bother my foot at all. I do the same, keep the heel on the floor for forward, toes on the floor for reverse.
Once it seemed to bother me, but it was because I needed to lube the connecting rod to loosen it up, after that no fatigue at all. John
 
   / Anybody have Both...Treadle pedal AND a Twin pedal #32  
<font color="orange"> I needed to lube the connecting rod to loosen it up, after that no fatigue at all. John </font>

Is that on the tractor, or you?!!
 
   / Anybody have Both...Treadle pedal AND a Twin pedal #33  
</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Is that on the tractor, or you?!! )</font>
Mike. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif i'm not telling. John
 
   / Anybody have Both...Treadle pedal AND a Twin pedal #34  
Bought the BX23 inspite of the treadle pedal and after approx 14 hrs I've grown to not only like it but prefer it! This is only my 2nd hydro w/foot control and the 1st had separate pedals. I now prefer the treadle over separate.

Volfandt
 
   / Anybody have Both...Treadle pedal AND a Twin pedal #35  
<font color="blue"> Anybody have Both...Treadle pedal AND a Twin pedal.
Which do you prefer? Why? </font>

A little late to the conversation... but here's what I've experienced.

Our International has a forward and reverse pedal, both on the left side. It is very nice for loader work and brush hogging, anything that requires frequent speed changes, but once in a while I have to use the brakes on a steep hill to hold it when doing precision work. If I am facing downhill and want to move my foot from forward to reverse without rolling an inch, I have to use the brakes, which are located under my right feet. It works OK this way and is pretty darn good for a large tractor. I like it and can operate it comfortably for hours.

I spent a couple summers mowing with a Kubota lawn tractor with the treadle on the right foot. Toes for forward, heel for reverse. Felt kind of awkward and I really didn't care for it compared to the International split pedal set up.

Our Power Trac has a treadle... but not like a Kubota. The rocker is between your feet, so the forward pedal is your right foot and the backward pedal is your left foot. If you step down on one pedal, the other has to go up and vice versa. This arrangement works out great. You just keep your toes on both pedals. I find this arrangement superior to anything else I have driven. If I am doing precision work, my feet just naturally keep the tractor in position, no matter the slope. To me, it is the best system out of the three.

Here's a link to a picture of the foot controls on our Power Trac PT425. Notice that there is a forward pedal and a reverse pedal and that is it. No brakes except for the parking brake. Nice and simple. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
 
   / Anybody have Both...Treadle pedal AND a Twin pedal #36  
Interesting. I can see where you would surely be able to control your position very accurately. I find on my HST when in low range and to a slightly less extent when in medium range, the amount of hydro slip when in neutral is very tiny even on a up/down grade. Nonetheless, your picture demonstrates how controlable your design is bound to be.
 

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