Turn off with knee

[Racer71]

I have shut off my tractor several times with my knee. I twist to the right to work with the 3ph and hit the key with my left knee.

Any ideas short of cutting my leg off???

 

[bigballer]

ive done this quite alot as well, was thinking how i could mount some sort of guard around the key..

 

[wushaw]

I have never done it with my knee but my Jack Russell does it all the time...the first time she done it I was very perplexed as to what happened since I was looking aft, now it's old hat I just pull the hand throttle to idle and fire her back up.

I have turned the lights on with my knee.

The key and any other switches need to be mounted on the side.

 

[clenhart]

I have turned the lights on with my knee.

I have a permanent mark on my knee from the light switch on mine... I keep threatening to relocate the switch

 

[ccsial]

I have shut off my tractor several times with my knee. I twist to the right to work with the 3ph and hit the key with my left knee.

Any ideas short of cutting my leg off???

Is your seat back all the way? I'm 6'1" and my knee is about 5 inches back from the key on my L3400 with the seat all the way back. In 160 hours I have not yet bumped it.

I used to bump the key on my JD355D lawn tractor all the time. My new JDX748 has the key moved up and out of the way so it can't be bumped. I wonder if some of the tractor designers ever actually drive tractors.

 

[canoetrpr]

I never thought being 5'6" was good for anything. Have never hit the key or light switch.

 

[Texas Dodge]

I'm 6'-0" and have never hit either one

 

[BigMccorm]

We have an old International 656 and I think I may have busted the key off at least a dozen times in the last year. Its in such an ackward place that my knee smashes into it whenever I turn around to look backwards. And the worst part of it all is the key snaps off inside the ignition so you have to fish it out with pliers.

 

[RobJ]

Is your seat back all the way?

Sweet!! just move the seat back or get a bigger tractor!!

I'm 6'2 and never hit my L...Of course I have a nice pull stop switch!

 

[Racer71]

I do have the seat forward. I like to be close to the controls. They are my friends.