Stupid tractor tricks - part 27

frank_f15 · Jun 22, 2001

glueguy: my 2400 does not have folding ropes and it fits under doorMOST times. just to play it safe i tied a big sign to top of door so when u open door , the sign hangs down so it hits u in the face , so u see it for sure, i have a bunge cord attached to beam and just hook it to door edge to hold it fully in up position. makes one hell of a conversation piece/w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

frank_f15 · Jun 22, 2001

might as well tell u all about my stupid tractor trick/w3tcompact/icons/frown.gif when i first got b2400 was not used to hydo, had been using an old ford 2n. on the ford the clutch is on the left and the brake on the right. so any how was using the kubota to move some dirt and fill in some low spots RIGHT NEXT TO THE house.was dumping the dirt and said to myself that is close enough, better step on the brake(see it comming ?)being used to brake on the right i just mashed down on hydo. i spent the next day replacing vinyl siding on that part of house. you can all stop laughing now./w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

Bird · Jun 22, 2001

I'm not going to quit laughing that quick, Frank./w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif I've known of folks (like my brother-in-law) who've let a wet foot slip off the clutch on an old 8N and, in my brother-in-law's case, poked his brush hog got right through the back wall of his barn, but I haven't heard of anyone using the hydro pedal for a brake./w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif Of course, a time or two when I've been jockeying back and forth with the forward/reverse pedals, I've stepped on the wrong one./w3tcompact/icons/crazy.gif That sure does startle you, but so far it's never been in a place that caused any damage./w3tcompact/icons/tongue.gif

Bird

GlueGuy · Jun 22, 2001

Ouch!!!! /w3tcompact/icons/shocked.gif I hate it when that happens. It took me a while before my "hydro foot" was always doing the right thing. When I mow up close to the house (and I mean real close), I get real nervous that I'm about to do the "wrong thing", and end up sorry for it...

The GlueGuy

BrentB · Jun 22, 2001

Having grown up on a farm with "clutch on the left, and brakes on the right", I've had several mental lapses with my hystat 4200. It can be a dangerouse mistake, because it
always occurs when I'm inching up close to something. The
good thing is that I wind up hitting the brakes with my left foot- thinking its the clutch, while hitting the hystat pedal- thinking its the brake, and it tends to stop it.

b8200hst4wd · Jun 22, 2001

My B8200 does not have rops We bought it from the 1st owner he lived in a devlopment do you think he took the rops off to clear his door?

Alex (B8200/HST/4WD/FEL/MidM/Tiller

frank_f15 · Jun 22, 2001

BIRD; figured u would be the one still laughing.kinda funny now but not so when it happened, worst part was my bride(38 years) was out there with 2 of her friends watching me put the orange beast though its paces.as soon as they realized i was not going to tear down the house they had a tough time stiffing their chuckles. very careful now.

Harv · Jun 23, 2001

<font color=blue>If I religously BACK my tractor in</font color=blue>

Thanks for the reminder, David. Hey, GlueGuy -- even with the enlarged opening, my ROPS only clears the door if I back in. Has to do with the fact that the ROPS is behind the rear axle. My shop is on a concrete slab, with a dirt "driveway" leading up to the door. I had to scrape the approach so it was an inch or two lower than the slab, so that as I back in, the ROPS stays low until the wheels hit the slab. At that point the ROPS has cleared the door, so when the wheels climb onto the concrete, the ROPS is already inside.

Not cutting it too close, am I? /w3tcompact/icons/crazy.gif

Mike_S · Jun 23, 2001

Yes--it originally had a ROPS on it as did my trusty old B8200, but according to several dealers (Kubota and Deere), it is not at all unusual for people to either remove them or just cut them off so they can get them in their garages. Mike S.