get new tractor out in the field for the 1st time!

victoriafarm · Mar 21, 2005

OK getting smarter by the hour...now see that I made a THREAD and I hope this is a new post. Devouring everything in the safety board that's actually about safety (maybe there should be ANTICS subsection?. Sent a post about retrofitting our little tractor with some basic safety items...read a few things about PTO speeds

BUT we're still looking for that "TRACTORS FOR DUMMIES" thing that says - first turn it on, drive it with the tiller in this and so a position. do or don't have the clutch engaged when you lower the tiller - all the stuff that is SO SO SO simple you don't even think about it - but WE have to!

HERE'S MY POST:

( Hello, BRAND NEW IN EVERY WAY. don't even know how to make a post.

My soon-to-be-60 hubby and I are the proud parents of a new-to-us grey market kubota prob equiv to L245 but not even sure of that. It arrived with a 54 inch rototiller on the back.

GOOD THING! We'd no more how to get something off or on a PTO hitch than we'd know how to fly.

THERE"S GOT TO BE OTHER FOLKS WHO USED TO BE JUST LIKE US OUT THERE....we've dug in the dirt and raised our own food whenever we could. Now we've got 3 acres and time, and ...stars in our eyes... and the courage to try new things!

So - where do we go to learn about PTO speeds, and how to raise and lower the rototiller, and how to know how fast to go when you till...the BABY STEPS???

Actually, please start here. I love my husband. What are the things a brand new beginner might do that could lead to injury or death? THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO KNOW FIRST! I've heard of tractors rolling!

thanks,
carol )

KiotiJohn · Mar 21, 2005

Hey Carol! Welcome to TBN. First thing, go to "my home" at the top and click on it. Find the option that lets you fill out your profile so that we can know what part of the world you in. Sometimes it helps because there are other members in that vicinity that can answer a question better because they know the soil etc.
Tractors can be very dangerous if one isn't educated to them, or is careless around them. They're generally only for one at a time unless a special extra seat has been safely placed.
I assume you have no Roll Over Protection System (ROPS)on the tractor (like a roll bar) since it's a gray market tractor. That's a big safety issue to many, but with great care, may not be a problem. Rule of thumb is: With ROPS, wear seat belt, without ROPS, no seatbelt. A tractor can roll over sideways or backward in an instant. Often happens because of an unseen hole, or getting a slope that's just too steep, having a loader too high in the air and getting off-balance, pulling a tree trunk or other item too high on the rear of the tractor (above the drawbar which is used for pull-type implements at times) and various other reasons. You're going to have a lot to learn and unfortunately, there aren't a lot of sources for "how to use" a tractor out there. We'll all be glad to answer questions as you think of them. Send me a list of things you'd like to know about to my regular e-mail account, and I'll do the best I can to answer them. At that time, I can go into detail about a few things you'll need to know. Send to kiotijohn @ bellsouth. net (separted addy to keep robots from harvesting my addy).
Good luck and again, welcome to the forum. John