Why is this? Same ignition key for all L models.
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KennyV
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Hello Terry,
Keys are used mainly to prevent accidents, not theft. If someone is intent on stealing your stuff a key is not going to make any difference. However if a kid, or someone that has no business being on anything with more than a 5 HP engine happens across your tractor, the lack of a key in the switch may keep them from testing your fence /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif, and other things.
Even the door locks on Kubota cabs are all keyed the same /forums/images/graemlins/ooo.gif. KennyV.
Keys are used mainly to prevent accidents, not theft. If someone is intent on stealing your stuff a key is not going to make any difference. However if a kid, or someone that has no business being on anything with more than a 5 HP engine happens across your tractor, the lack of a key in the switch may keep them from testing your fence /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif, and other things.
Even the door locks on Kubota cabs are all keyed the same /forums/images/graemlins/ooo.gif. KennyV.
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The key for a Kubota B2910 is exactly interchangable with a New Holland TC24 and visa versa.
JimMorrissey
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Not all.....The L39 has a key specific to the machine. Not sure if Kubota is moving in this direction, or it's due to the fact that a TLB might be left on job sites, so it's more of a theft issue than when a machine is in sombody's barn or garage.
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and the key for a B2910 also fits the Kubota ZTR mowers, at least the one I borrow from my neighbor. Of course, that also means he has a key to my tractor.
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btolle
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Because Kubota uses cheap locks (ignition switch) just like the motorhme manufacturers do.
If you have a key to the storage bins on a motorhome you have the key to the storage bins on most motorhomes. Same deal, savest the manufacturer $ 0.79 on every unit.
Bill Tolle
If you have a key to the storage bins on a motorhome you have the key to the storage bins on most motorhomes. Same deal, savest the manufacturer $ 0.79 on every unit.
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In my opinion, anything changed in a product since 1945 was done to make it cheaper. Sure there are things added to make a product stand out against the competition... But once added, next year it will be changed... It will be lighter... It will be plastic... It will be outsourced to China... But one thing for sure, it WILL be cheaper. Some wiz kid from some grad school will get a bonus for cutting $3 per unit, and I will get to lay on my back in the basement, changing a plastic part on a 4 year old washer...
And you, will get the same key on every tractor.
Do we need different keys on every tractor? Probably not... But that surely isn't why all have the same keys. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
And you, will get the same key on every tractor.
Do we need different keys on every tractor? Probably not... But that surely isn't why all have the same keys. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
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I would think Kubota has a reason for this.. possibly thinking of farmers who might have a variety of machines but not want to carry around a loaded keyring all day.
I'm sure if theft is an issue there are alternative anti-theft measures that can be taken.
I see construction crews get creative with thier big rigs..
I'm sure if theft is an issue there are alternative anti-theft measures that can be taken.
I see construction crews get creative with thier big rigs..
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In that case Jim, a screwdriver placed in the key slot with a wrap from the palm of the hand to insert it into the key slot snugly and a turn of the wrist is all that is needed. I agree with the others, it has nothing to do with theft prevention.
My take is it is simply a preventative measure to keep an honest person or kid from wondering if "will this thing start" /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
My take is it is simply a preventative measure to keep an honest person or kid from wondering if "will this thing start" /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
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Rat, I may have posted this before, but when I was helping my neighbor cutting and baling hay, he had 1100 acres of Corp of Engineers land leased for 4 years around the lake; part was heavily wooded, some was farmland before the government took it to build the lake, and there were both dirt and asphalt roads in different places, but all roads had been blocked with heavy metal gates. We once finished baling about 7 miles from the house, and he and his wife were going to Tennessee for a week early the next day. Since we would be using that old Oliver to get the bales out of the field when he got back from Tennessee, he decided to just hide the tractor deep in the woods and leave it there. A couple of days later, I noticed someone had driven it about a mile up to one of the gates, rammed the gate with it, but neither the gate nor the chain had broken, just bent the gate, then ran the tractor into the borrow ditch and left it. I had keys to the gates but didn't have the key for the tractor. I also didn't have a screwdriver with me, but found that the blade on my nail clippers worked just fine and I drove the tractor to a safe location. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif