Cruse control on my PT180

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m5040

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Kubota M6040 L2250, JohnDeere 310D, Ford 841 Elenco, Ford 961, Trapmaster, PT180 w/LM bucket and 45" brush cutter, PT1430 Deutz w/grapple bucket, Antonio Carraro Tigrecar 6500. John Deere 5300. Former owned Steiner 430 max, Goldoni REV Maxter 7
Yesterday while operating my PT180 driving over a long distance, I stumbled onto a method of a sort of cruise control. Now if you guys already know about this you can make me feel better by saying thats cool or something because it is so easy that I wonder why I didn't think about it earlier.

Anyway on the 180, I was controlling my speed as usual with my right foot and by accident the toe portion of my left shoe worked its way under the reverse pedal. When I went to slow and let up on the right pedal, the tractor maintained its speed. As I figured out why (left shoe under reverse pedal holding it up and forward pedal down) I though how nice it is to be able to lock in the speed. It was like driving a gear drive tractor, just sit and steer. Look forward to trying it out when grass cutting.

I haven't used the 1430 yet to see if the dimensions are similar but I figure it is worth mentioning.
 
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:laughing:

YEP! It's a value added feature!

When doing repetitive loader work for hours and hours, I often switch to using my left foot to lift to go forward if my right foot starts getting tired. The more you use these things, the more it becomes like wearing it VS sitting on it. I'm so comfortable operating it. Like a glove. :thumbsup:
 
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Yeah MR, I consider mine an exoskeleton.
 
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Same here, i alternate how i use my feet and alot of the time, i don't even think about how im moving my feet or steering, up, down and tilt on the FEL control.
 
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Funny, I would often think how the small size of the PT180 was like strapping on one of the forklift suits that were in the movie Avatra.
 

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I think that's Ripley from the Alien movies, but, yes! :dance1:
 
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But I got that picture off the internet and that is never wrong:confused2:
 

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