Does This Happen to Anyone Else?

[RoyJackson]

1. When I mount my tractor from the left side (hey, no crude remarks!), more times than not my hand or hip will hit the pto lever and shove it backwards, causing it to grind a little. Nothing major, but it frustrates me when I do it.

2. Again, when I am mounting the tractor (are you seeing a pattern here?), my hand sometimes gets trapped between the front seat and the seat for the backhoe, causing my fingers to get pinched. At this point I'm cursing at myself for not keeping the BH seat raised, although I think my neighbor thought I was cursing at him (I kept yelling Mother ------, that really hurt!).

<font color="blue"> Don't you have a grab handle on your tractor fender? Maybe you should add one
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3. Finally, when I shut the tractor down at the end of the day (aren't you glad this isn't another tractor mounting problem?), I have a bad habit of leaving the key in the ignition. The tractor is stored in my garage and my 9 year old son is on alert to remind me to take the key.


<font color="blue"> Boy...please take those keys out of the ignition! Sooner or later, your son or one of his friends won't be able to resist temptation. That's a tragedy in the making, so be proactive to prevent it!

According to your profile, you're a Firefighter/EMT. You've already seen the results of accidents involving a young'un playing where he shouldn't be. Be smart, man...take those keys out of the ignition!</font>

 

[DHD]

I notice from your profile you have a B7610.

Before buying my B7800 I was seriously looking at the B7510 or B7610. One of the key reasons I decided on the B7800 was because the seating on both the B7510 and B7610 seemed cramped to me. The B7800 was easier to mount and dismount and there was also more room to twist your legs around when you needed to look to the rear of the tractor to observe rear mount implement operations, (grading or snowblowing).

 

[EastTexFrank]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( <font color="blue"> It has come to my understanding that the most dangerous move is dismounting the tractor while wearing baggy shorts </font> )</font>

Isn't that the truth, still do it though. I've found that the only way to prevent it is to come off the tractor backwards, facing the same way as you get on. I still get in a hurry and just step off. I usually hear a ripping sound and find myself face down, making a real close inspection of the grass. I haven't bent any of the levers so I think the secret is to buy really cheap work shorts. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif My wife still hasn't figured out why I have all these shorts with the left leg ripped to various degrees. She thinks it's a new fashion statement.

Sorry I can't help with the rest of it. I have no problems getting on and always leave the keys in it ... no kids and the dog's legs are too short to reach the pedals. Besides, they won't travel in anything that's not air conditioned. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Cliff_Johns]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( . . . I think the secret is to buy really cheap work shorts. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif My wife still hasn't figured out why I have all these shorts with the left leg ripped to various degrees. She thinks it's a new fashion statement. )</font>

Tractor naked, you're much less likely to get something caught on a lever (although if you do, it's likely to hurt.)

Cliff

 

[KirkMcD]

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Tractor naked, you're much less likely to get something caught on a lever (although if you do, it's likely to hurt.)
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But then you'll get stuck to the seat like the old vinyl slip covers on couches or worse, sunburned in odd places. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[MadDog]

I've had the BH seat problem, too. I solved it by keeping the BH seat raised, when I'm not actually using it, by hooking a short bungee cord form the top of the seat to the guard bar in front of the BH joysticks. This is practically a necessity on the B7800 (with Woods 7500 BH) because the BH seat, if it is down, prevents the tractor seat from lowering fully and deactivating the seat-triggered engine cutout. Thus, unless you have the BH seat fixed in raised position, you keep killing the engine.

 

[Av8r3400]

I wasn't going to admit it, but I've done the same thing! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Getting off the tractor, hooking the left leg of my shorts and finding myself hanging by them off the PTO control lever face in the dirt!!! /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[AntrimMan]

I was going to post that you have assumed that all tractor operators are men, but that would be in poor taste so I won't do it.
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Martin