Operating a 4310 PTO?

LD48750 · Apr 12, 2017

texasranger556 said:
I lived with my seat switch for 6 months before bypassing it. Should have done it 6 months prior, now I can stand up while lining up to a pallet or backing up a trailer attached to the loader.

Invest in one of these:

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/...8d1303951193-seat-switch-seat-jumper-wire-jpg

We had already come up with that solution and for the day we worked it, just unplugged the safety switch.
The tractor belongs to a third party & we didn't want to "farmerize" anything on it until told to do so.

texasranger556 · Apr 12, 2017

LD48750 said:
We had already come up with that solution and for the day we worked it, just unplugged the safety switch.
The tractor belongs to a third party & we didn't want to "farmerize" anything on it until told to do so.

Unplugging it worked? Usually they closed with pressure, and open when you get off the seat.

rockyridgefarm · Apr 26, 2017

What? It is so easy to operate correctly, I can't imagine bypassing the safety switch. I see too many maimed farmers around here to want to join up.

beenthere · Apr 26, 2017

By-passed mine on day one (1998 sometime..) I get on and off too often to be putting up with an engine shut-down, and also have to stand to see the tips of the forks when approaching a pallet or a log on the ground. Seat switch has a jumper in the connector that causes a connect full time.
It is the owner's call to do whatever.
Only maimed farmer I've seen around here in 50 years is the one that was caught by his bull in the barnyard, and recently one who thought stepping on a tangle in his feeding auger was a good idea and it removed a foot.
But maybe for some operators, a seat safety switch is their only protection from an injury.

LD48750 · Apr 26, 2017

rockyridgefarm said:
What? It is so easy to operate correctly, I can't imagine bypassing the safety switch. I see too many maimed farmers around here to want to join up.

It's not easy if you have never seen such a set up before.
My mind doesn't work in a way that gets me injured just because I wanted to operate something like it was designed to work.
If you NEED a seat safety switch, maybe you shouldn't be operating machinery.

rockyridgefarm · Apr 26, 2017

Ha Ha - you forgot the /s

Plantation Paul · May 7, 2017

LD48750 said:
It's not easy if you have never seen such a set up before.
My mind doesn't work in a way that gets me injured just because I wanted to operate something like it was designed to work.
If you NEED a seat safety switch, maybe you shouldn't be operating machinery.

LOL!!!! :laughing: There is always one in the crowd! I was raised on tractors that had no or very little safety equipment. I was told horror stories of people falling off and getting their legs cut off by a clipper, so I learned early to be safe. Also common sense really plays a large factor here!