Twin hydro pedals?

[Z RENCH]

Can anyone tell me if Kubota makes or has made any hydrostat trans models with twin pedals vs a treadle pedal?

 

[CAgnoli]

My B2620 has twin pedals, but it's not like the Deere setup, reverse is a heel pedal. Takes a little getting used to but I like it more than the other design.

I still have a x748 so I haven't built up any muscle memory for the kubota system yet, leading me to a lot of empty air peddle action

 

[k0ua]

Can anyone tell me if Kubota makes or has made any hydrostat trans models with twin pedals vs a treadle pedal?

Learn to love the treadle pedal, it is your friend, become one with the treadle

It takes about 2 days to come to grips with the treadle. Put you foot flat on the top for small quick movements. (loading back and forth) For transporting longer distances rest your heel on the floor and your toe on the L extension. Once you get this down, you will throw rocks at the 2 pedal system. (now putting on asbestos suit) Flame ON!

James K0UA

 

[ccsial]

I have a 748 with twin pedals and a treadle on my L3400. I go back and forth between them without thinking. Not really sure which I prefer.

I will say when I first got the 748, a couple of times I hit forward instead of reverse, I was lucky I wasn't close to anything. Never did that with the treadle.

 

[Z RENCH]

Thanx for the input guys. I was dreaming about getting an L5740 cab which is the biggest hydro model Kubota offers, but I don't knowif I could do a treadle after using twin pedals for years. JD's 4720 has twin pedals, but their cab is too small.So I think I'll stick with Bobcats for know. Over & Out!:thumbsup:

 

[k0ua]

Thanx for the input guys. I was dreaming about getting an L5740 cab which is the biggest hydro model Kubota offers, but I don't knowif I could do a treadle after using twin pedals for years. JD's 4720 has twin pedals, but their cab is too small.So I think I'll stick with Bobcats for know. Over & Out!:thumbsup:

Honestly I dont think it will make a lot of difference. I think it is just what ever you get used to. Knowing how many people like the 2 pedal and how many of us really like the single pedal system. We can't all be wrong. It is just a matter of habit or "preference".. Pretty much a non issue.

James K0UA

 

[ccsial]

Honestly I dont think it will make a lot of difference. I think it is just what ever you get used to. Knowing how many people like the 2 pedal and how many of us really like the single pedal system. We can't all be wrong. It is just a matter of habit or "preference".. Pretty much a non issue.

James K0UA

I totally agree.

 

[TripleR]

Pretty much what ccsial and k0ua, we used the twin pedal JD425 for years before getting a BX then 2305; use both kinds and no real strong preference for me while my wife strongly prefers the treadle.

If you have tried both and the twin pedal fits you best then that's the way to go. You do have to spend a little time on them to know as my FIL put his new JD in the pond when he first got it, but got use to it and liked it.

 

[RobertN]

I still miss the treadle on my old B8200. It was really my first tractor, I had it 12 years, and my big feet let me easily heel/toe the treadle.

When I jumped from the 19hp Kubota to 40hp NH, I stayed with HST. But, this NH has side by side pedals. After a couple years, I still yearn for that treadle sometimes. Not a really big deal, but it(treadle) seemed to work great for me.

 

[JJZ 109]

Honestly I dont think it will make a lot of difference. I think it is just what ever you get used to. Knowing how many people like the 2 pedal and how many of us really like the single pedal system. We can't all be wrong. It is just a matter of habit or "preference".. Pretty much a non issue.

James K0UA

Kinda like when I first started riding a Harley with heel/toe shifter. Took a couple of days to get used to, but I can imagine any other way now.
The only 2 pedal HST I ever used was a JD riding mower with Twin Touch.

 

[beppington]

I have an L3940 hydro, with the upside down "L" shaped treadle (I guess that's what it's called), where you can either put your foot on top of the pedal & rock your foot between forward & reverse, which isn't comfortable to me, or you can rest your heel on the floor & press with your toe for forward & then move your foot a little to press the back of the pedal for reverse ... which is kinda like separate pedals. So it seems, you have a choice with the Grand L's hydro pedal.

 

[TripleR]

So, my wife and I were on our way to Davis Farm Supply yesterday to pick up our yearly supply of filters for our Kubotas as they run a 15% off sale every year. She loves "HER" BX2660, as mentioned she also uses our JD2305 quite a bit. We pass the John Deere place on our way and I was telling her about the new 1026R; let's just mark her down as a no on the twin pedals.

 

[Volfandt]

I went straight from dual pedals on a JD, that I was very used to, to a treadle pedal on a Kubota, which I am very used to now, and in my case I much prefer the above board treadle pedal setup on my BX23. Either it's broken me in or vice versa but it's totally intuitive to me now and it seems I only have to "think" about changing drections and the BX23 does it automatically with little physical exhertion..

On a side note, I have an older 66 Wheel Horse HST that I use to sickle mow a bank and around a pond and it has a hand lever HST motion control, now THATS not intuitive at all
A man just don't have enough hands on that machine
Dave

 

[Grateful11]

I really thought I'd hate the treadle on our L3940 but turns I like it better than
the twin pedal of our JD X720. I don't dislike the twin pedal but after a few hours on the treadle it becomes 2nd nature. Now the pedal system on the smaller Kubota's with some being so far apart, I'm not sure how I would like that. The righthand Hydro's are a Godsend for someone like me with a bad left leg.

 

[equipman]

Actually, the largest Kubota with a hydro transmission is the M59TLB.

 

[JB4310]

This is a treadle love fest, but that's what I would expect on in the Kubota forum

I have the side by side (JD) and I have hit the wrong pedal on occasion, not too big a deal, but the tractor will lurch in the wrong direction a bit. Mine is E-hydro so they are essentially electric switches. I think I prefer the 2 pedal having a firm heel on the floor all the time, but....

I've operated plenty of machines with treadles and had no problem, the only one I didn't like was a Bolens garden tractor that had a treadle only, no floor board foot rest, you just kept your foot on the pedal all the time.

So no, I don't think the hydro control being treadle or 2 pedal is a big deal, but that brake on the same side thing! What's up with that???

OK I have the ASBESTOS suit on now :laughing:

JB

 

[TripleR]

This is a treadle love fest, but that's what I would expect on in the Kubota forum

I have the side by side (JD) and I have hit the wrong pedal on occasion, not too big a deal, but the tractor will lurch in the wrong direction a bit. Mine is E-hydro so they are essentially electric switches. I think I prefer the 2 pedal having a firm heel on the floor all the time, but....

I've operated plenty of machines with treadles and had no problem, the only one I didn't like was a Bolens garden tractor that had a treadle only, no floor board foot rest, you just kept your foot on the pedal all the time.

So no, I don't think the hydro control being treadle or 2 pedal is a big deal, but that brake on the same side thing! What's up with that???

OK I have the ASBESTOS suit on now :laughing:

JB

That's a fair observation just as I see the preference for twin pedals on the JD forum or any where the twin pedals are used. We naturally buy what we prefer. Like you, I can live with either.

The "right" side for the brake pedals has been beaten to death and I am not going to get into that as I have done so way too many times already other than to say every tractor we have, ten in all, have the brakes on the right except our John Deere. I do not want to be hanging on the edge of one of our gullies or pond banks and hit empty air instinctively with my right foot when something goes wrong.