Massey 2760...Using wood chipper but engine kills when I get off the tractor seat

[Huckleberry Ranch]

I know the 2760 has a seat activated kill switch if you try and get off the tractor with the pto engaged and running.
All fine and good until I want to use my new pto driven wood chipper.
Am I missing something or do I need to resort to manually overriding the seat switch?
I put the hst trans in neutral and the brakes locked on.
Thanks in advance!

 

[52wej]

Manually override. Sometimes a cinderblock in the seat is sufficient. W. JONES

 

[Roadworthy]

Read your owner's manual. Kubota has a work around for this issue, Massey may, too. With Kubota there is a delay on the engine kill. You get off the seat and within one second (or was it two?) you flip the seat up and the engine continues to run.

 

[rademamj1]

What's the Massy Ferguson operators manual say about seat kill switch and deactivation? A lot of 3pt implements require the operator to be at back of the tractor, including cement mixer, Stump Grinders, Wood Chippers and log splitters.
Perhaps you could do a temporary wiring bypass on the seat kill switch.

 

[WranglerX]

Though it violates every safety sticker on tractor and a dozen pages in owners manual. IF no solution is mentioned in tractor manual, I suggest seat switch bypass switch WITH BIG WARNING LIGHT seat switch is deactivated...

Dale

 

[Huckleberry Ranch]

Thanks for the replies. The manual section “ seat switch “ just says if the operator leaves the seat with pto on, the engine will stop.
I will try lifting the seat all the way up, thanks for the suggestion. If not, cinder block �� it is.
Yesterday I used neighbor. Cinder block seen as upgrade.
Update....raising seat doesn’t work, gonna tape her down.

 

[Jstpssng]

My switch lever is a piece of plastic, which is wired down to prevent it from activating. It was pretty hard to run the backhoe from the front seat.

 

[Hilbilly]

On the Massey I just traded in for the Kubota, there was a yellow button on the left rear fender, to operate the PTO without the driver being on the seat. I can't remember exactly how it worked but I think you had to leave the PTO in neutral in the cab and when you pushed the yellow button the pto would start up after a few seconds. Much better than the Kubota with the air ride seat. In the Kubota I had to bypass the safety switch.

 

[rademamj1]

That would be my preferred choice, is a hardwired bypass switch, that keeps the factory installed seat kill switch fully active, until you throw your switch to bypass when using a PTO chipper. Then switch back to renegage the seat kill switch.

My Kioti CK4010 came with no installed seat kill switch, so I thought all tractors were the same way. Mine is a live PTO clutch, and not an independent PTO.

 

[oosik]

20# sack of dog food in your lap. Leave dog food in the seat as you exit tractor. I simply don't believe there is not a legit way to do this.........

My M6040 will buzz for ten seconds. Then silence and all continues to operate. It's a warning - not a kill.