OK, here goes, new guy with long question.

[woodlandfarms]

Having just had a bad experience with my Suicide Nob, I recommend getting one that is tractor oriented (I wanted something I perceived as cool). It was a type that clamped of the rim of the wheel and not the arms. Turns out PT (and a lot of tractor wheels) are too small for this type of clamp. You need the 3 point that goes over the arms and the rim...

Hope that helps, The nob is a MUST BTW...

Carl

 

[Phils]

I got a PT green one at TSC that clamps to the outer ring and one spoke. It works GREAT!!

Phil

 

[jbman]

Aha, Okeydoke, thanks folks. Looks like I have a Tractor Supply not too far away. May be the least expensive useable aftermarket part I ever bought for anything.

Not sure if I should ask, but what kind of bad experience did you have with your suicide knob there Carl? I can't help it, it sounds kind of funny.... I hope I'm not being rude, but every time I read that sentence it kind of cracks me up.. sorry...

Jim

 

[woodlandfarms]

I am a filmmaker. I can make a mountain out of a molehill. I can turn an ordinary story into something very big and special. I can lie with the best of them. Often I find myself over exaggerating in posts... Essentially the first story is one of doing damage on my privates... That was just getting used to having the suicide nob and getting on and off the tractor. The second was smacking my face on the steering wheel going downhill because the nob bent under the wheel while decellerating, hitting a chuckhole, bottoming the bucket, finding my used seatbelt was bad, me looking the wrong way... It was a whole spasmatic reaction to a bunch of (individually boring but combined in one event) hilarious actions that I am sure looked funny as heck on the outside but the smack in the teeth sure set me straight...

I ge gawed up my tractor to scare my neighbors. I have skull stickers on the roof, changed the lift nob to a chrome skull, put on an 8-ball suicide nob and am trying to find a dice nob that will fit the throttle control. My wife is planning to paint a flame job around the wheels. Poor neighbors (actually even the devout neighbor next door who initially freaked out that I was a filmmaker from hollywood (they have no tv per their religion) is really cool - I am really, really lucky).

Carl

 

[cqaigy2]

Not sure if I should ask, but what kind of bad experience did you have with your suicide knob there Carl? I can't help it, it sounds kind of funny.... I hope I'm not being rude, but every time I read that sentence it kind of cracks me up.. sorry... Jim

That cracked me up when i read it too. I mean, it is a suicide nob.

 

[jbman]

Ouch... and.... OUCH! Mental note to self, once the suicide knob is installed, remember Carl every time you get back on the machine. And as for that second catastophic series, wow, too bad there was no one there to film the filmmaker. Bet that happened fast. Hope the teeth survived. Glad to hear the 'unfortunate experience' didn't cause any permanent damage.

I'll have to check the archives and try to find a pic of that scarey machine of yours.

Thanks for the laugh this morning.
Jim

I am a filmmaker. I can make a mountain out of a molehill. I can turn an ordinary story into something very big and special. I can lie with the best of them. Often I find myself over exaggerating in posts... Essentially the first story is one of doing damage on my privates... That was just getting used to having the suicide nob and getting on and off the tractor. The second was smacking my face on the steering wheel going downhill because the nob bent under the wheel while decellerating, hitting a chuckhole, bottoming the bucket, finding my used seatbelt was bad, me looking the wrong way... It was a whole spasmatic reaction to a bunch of (individually boring but combined in one event) hilarious actions that I am sure looked funny as heck on the outside but the smack in the teeth sure set me straight...

I ge gawed up my tractor to scare my neighbors. I have skull stickers on the roof, changed the lift nob to a chrome skull, put on an 8-ball suicide nob and am trying to find a dice nob that will fit the throttle control. My wife is planning to paint a flame job around the wheels. Poor neighbors (actually even the devout neighbor next door who initially freaked out that I was a filmmaker from hollywood (they have no tv per their religion) is really cool - I am really, really lucky).

Carl

 

[FOURTEEN]

Is that a Walmart type of thing or do the auto stores have those. \

Tractor Supply has them. Also, ebay currently has 169 under 'suicide knob' and 198 under 'steering knob'!

Get plastic. The metal ones are cold, and the aluminum ones are cold and dirty!

Use your left hand for the knob and your right hand for the joystick. Jobs will go a lot faster!

 

[jbman]

Thanks for the advice Fourteen - looks like we have a Tractor Supply up the road in Burlington. Going to try to get there asap.

OK... left hand... here... and the right hand.... let's see, pull back to raise it and.... to the right is... darn! I'm glad no one can see me as I am trying to learn this thing.

Still learning....
Jim

Tractor Supply has them. Also, ebay currently has 169 under 'suicide knob' and 198 under 'steering knob'!

Get plastic. The metal ones are cold, and the aluminum ones are cold and dirty!

Use your left hand for the knob and your right hand for the joystick. Jobs will go a lot faster!

 

[FOURTEEN]

Still learning....

Me too!! Just remember that while it's OK to twist your knob, your joystick is only for pushing or pulling!!!!


Also, for consistency, mark all the hoses that will connect to the auxiliary hydraulic valve under the dash for the 4in1 Bucket, the Grapple Bucket, the Mini-Hoe, etc. I use a nylon tie-wrap on all the right hand hoses. You may need to swap the end connectors to get the correct orientation. I use: raise the handle “UP” to ‘open up the jaws or bucket’; and lower the handle “DOWN” to ‘close down with the jaws’, or ‘dig down with the Mini-Hoe bucket’.

 

[jbman]

Some sage advice there that I will try to take to heart..... knob vs joystick. Twist vs push and pull. Prolly be bad to get that wrong at this point in my life

I've read here before to mark the hoses, but darned if I didn't forget to when I changed attachments. Was just too keyed up about those first attachment changes. That quick connect is kinda brilliant.

Thanks again,
Jim

Me too!! Just remember that while it's OK to twist your knob, your joystick is only for pushing or pulling!!!!


Also, for consistency, mark all the hoses that will connect to the auxiliary hydraulic valve under the dash for the 4in1 Bucket, the Grapple Bucket, the Mini-Hoe, etc. I use a nylon tie-wrap on all the right hand hoses. You may need to swap the end connectors to get the correct orientation. I use: raise the handle “UP” to ‘open up the jaws or bucket’; and lower the handle “DOWN” to ‘close down with the jaws’, or ‘dig down with the Mini-Hoe bucket’.