Switch Activated Seat Safety Cutoff (2032R)

[gsganzer]

Manufactures have been sued since that woman laid the fuel cap/fuel gauge over the battery terminals on a JD 110 garden tractor . Manufactures have to worry more about lawyers than the owners .

I was listening to a news report the other day that was talking about investing in litigation. There are actually investment funds that focus on funding litigation. That's pretty scary and will just lead to increased costs for all of us.

 

[gsganzer]

On my Kubota, you just flip the seat up/forward and the tractor stays running when you dismount with the PTO still running.

 

[Wyobuckaroo]

The seat switch on our JD 2032R has never been a problem as we use it 3 seasons a year.

The only issue has been when it is about -30C the seat is too stiff to compress the switch. Even planting my 112 kilos in the seat some times takes 2 or 3 bounces to keep the tractor running. I've thought about keeping an old bowling ball in the seat when the tractor is not in use to see if that helps.

My 5 cents of experience.

 

[dnw64]

On my Kubota, you just flip the seat up/forward and the tractor stays running when you dismount with the PTO still running.

I tested that today. Doesn't work on mine.

 

[nikerret]

My seat safety switch has a zip tie over it. I was on a job and the steep terrain, even with the seatbelt on, bounced me enough the engine kept trying to cut out. I'm a firm believer in running engine cooldown, prior to shutoff and actually getting work done with tools, so on the zip-tie went. No problems, since.