Who has disabled the safety device called

[IMCA38]

Are there any other examples of implements designed to be operated out of the seat?[/QUOTE]


A PTO generator comes to mind as well. Given that you may run those for several hours, it could become pretty boring to have to stay in the seat the whole time.


I was forced to disable my seat switch when my factory seat pan started cracking and I replaced the seat with an aftermarket one with no mounting provisions for a seat switch.

 

[WilliamBos]

Same thing happened to ours, seat switch disabled as soon as it got home.

 

[6sunset6]

I am short and when I have forks on I used to stand up to see the ends to get them in the right place because I could not see them sitting down. With my new machine as soon as I stand up the engine quits. I like the idea of a momentary contact switch to bypass the seat . Got to work on that. I also used to back up my old machine when hooking up 3 point implemnts by just leaning on the hydro peddle while standing by the side of the tractor. I really miss that. I can get off the seat if the transmission is in neutral and parking brake set . Really miss that slow back up even though I have Pats .

 

[gemini5362]

Because your Montana was built on an AG model of tractor...mimimal safety intrusions...

lots of CUTS are being bought by people who have NEVER even seen PICTURES of a farm...

I think you are probably right. I have at least seen a farm. Actually I can remember my dad working on farms in kansas with several thousand acres.

Everyone needs to make a decision on what is safe for them. Personally I dont see the need for a seat kill switch. Like a previous poster said Trying to hook up chains to front forks or picking things up to move into place while you nail them or secure them somehow. Without being able to leave the seat with the tractor running to me is too much of an imposition for the amount of safety the seat switch provides. Others have a need for it and have talked about how much they like it but I dont have a need for it and am glad that I dont have one.

 

[3RRL]

Others have a need for it and have talked about how much they like it but I dont have a need for it and am glad that I dont have one.

I happen to agree with you. On my tractor, there is the clutch safety.
Then there is the flip side where there are those where perhaps the safety switch should never go off regardless....always on so the tractor never starts. For some people, they can't make them safe enough no matter what they do.

 

[chh]

Fortunately my 3 current tractors are all AG tractors and don't have the seat switch. The MF 1433V had it for the first 2 or 3 years I had it. It was a plastic switch, got a little water in it, and it froze and broke. I quick fixed it so I could use it and never got around to actually fixing it. The wife never noticed the difference and she used it more than I did. I found it very annoying to say the least. The most common thing for me was to lean to the side or raise up slightly to see around the FEL loading something and it would die.

 

[john_bud]

Question, if cars and trucks kill 50,000 people per year and harm 300,000 more why don't they have seat safety interlocks? I know tractors are dangerous, but they don't kill 50,000 a year!

And I also agree with Rob (3RRL), some people can kill themselves in a foam rubber room using a nerf hammer!

jb

 

[crashz]

Mine appears wired correctly, but doesn't work. The only time I would be really concerned is when mowing. My tractor is pretty light so if it ran me over while I was doing something stupid, it would hurt, but I'd probably be alive and very embarassed. But with a 5 ft Brush Hog, I'd simply be mulch.

 

[gemini5362]

Question, if cars and trucks kill 50,000 people per year and harm 300,000 more why don't they have seat safety interlocks? I know tractors are dangerous, but they don't kill 50,000 a year!

And I also agree with Rob (3RRL), some people can kill themselves in a foam rubber room using a nerf hammer!

jb

My guess would be that the type of accidents that kill people in cars and trucks are moving accidents. A kill switch would not do any good in preventing that kind of accident. Very few people fall out of a car while it is driving down the road and get run over by it. Most of them fly out of the car when it is stopped in a collision situation and the sudden deceleration or rotational movement throws them out of the car. Kill switches would not stop this problem from occuring

 

[tallyho8]

I think a seat safety interlock on an auto would be on the seat belt keeping it from starting unless the seat belt was latched.

This feature would definitely save more lives each year than the seat safety interlock on a tractor.

I am NOT saying that I would like this feature on my auto even though I always use the seatbelt.