For those that hate the treadle pedal on Kubota

dodge man · Oct 15, 2020

I had a Kubota BX for 10years and own a JD now. Either system is fine. The Kubota is more instinctive on which is forward and reverse but the JD system is easier to use.

k0ua · Oct 15, 2020

dodge man said:
I had a Kubota BX for 10years and own a JD now. Either system is fine. The Kubota is more instinctive on which is forward and reverse but the JD system is easier to use.

Having owned and used both, I second that motion. It takes a day or two of use to get comfortable with each system

LouNY · Oct 15, 2020

What happened to the fender or console mounted lever, and the foot or inch pedal as the clutch and brakes were they belong.

RickB · Oct 15, 2020

LouNY said:
What happened to the fender or console mounted lever, and the foot or inch pedal as the clutch and brakes were they belong.

Long gone, Lou. Long gone.

TractorGuy · Oct 15, 2020

Not all Kubota treadle pedals are created equal. The newer deluxe version that has the forward pedal that protrudes to the right seemed much more intuitive to operate to me. That said it still doesn't make sense to have the go pedals and brake pedals on the same side.

LouNY · Oct 15, 2020

RickB said:
Long gone, Lou. Long gone.

Yea but I liked them, seems to be the case the things that I like get dropped.

RickB · Oct 16, 2020

LouNY said:
Yea but I liked them, seems to be the case the things that I like get dropped.

There was a recent discussion on NAT about the disappearance of foot n inch pedals on combines.

FatTire · Oct 19, 2020

k0ua said:
Having owned and used both, I second that motion. It takes a day or two of use to get comfortable with each system

Agreed. The first time I used a Kubota treadle peddle I thought "This is just ridiculous". After about 10 hours of operation I never thought about it again. Seems completely natural now.

airbiscuit · Oct 19, 2020

rScotty · Oct 19, 2020

FatTire said:
Agreed. The first time I used a Kubota treadle peddle I thought "This is just ridiculous". After about 10 hours of operation I never thought about it again. Seems completely natural now.

Same here. I just wish the brakes were on the clutch side instead of being on the same side as the treadle.
rScotty