I have actually used them to steer when skidding logs with my old JD855. Front tires were lifting off the ground with the pull.
Independent rear brakes
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I love my Kubota, but the brakes being on the RH side above the Treadle Pedal, makes 0 sense to me.
I have never used my brakes one time yet, (besides the parking brake….and yes I constantly forget that it’s on and drive off like a “dumbass" with it engaged
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If I needed to use the brakes in an “emergency situation” I would be totally F’d….There is no way in hell that my mind would tell my right leg to move…….
I have never used my brakes one time yet, (besides the parking brake….and yes I constantly forget that it’s on and drive off like a “dumbass" with it engaged
)If I needed to use the brakes in an “emergency situation” I would be totally F’d….There is no way in hell that my mind would tell my right leg to move…….
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Agree - seems like a good feature but a dumb implementation. I do use the brakes occasionally, and also drive off with the parking brake engaged, at least once every day I use the tractor. More than once if it's a long day.I love my Kubota, but the brakes being on the RH side above the Treadle Pedal, makes 0 sense to me.
I have never used my brakes one time yet, (besides the parking brake….and yes I constantly forget that it’s on and drive off like a “dumbass" with it engaged
If I needed to use the brakes in an “emergency situation” I would be totally F’d….There is no way in hell that my mind would tell my right leg to move…….
Today I was driving slowly uphill with a heavy (for my tractor) load of rocks and noticed a slight squeaking sound. I noticed it squeaked driving forwards but not backwards. Didn't sound too good - wondering what I would have to fix next. Then I disengaged the parking brake - squeaking problem solved. You don't have a monopoly on "dumbass".
Yes, it's a dumb situation ... I only use the brake to park, other wise use the HST pedal to "stop" or slow down ...
This is mine, I leave the brake pedals locked together ...
This is mine, I leave the brake pedals locked together ...
The solution is to keep the left and right brake locked together and never try to
use them individually.
If it is not a feature you use all the time and develop the muscle memory from using it
thinking that it will provide a benefit is incorrect.
use them individually.
If it is not a feature you use all the time and develop the muscle memory from using it
thinking that it will provide a benefit is incorrect.
Steering brakes are a good feature, indeed.
Farm tractors have been equipped with steering brakes since the 1920s, if not before.
FWIW, 20s vintage International Farmall tractors, e.g., Regular and derivitive F series models, were equipped with automatically applied steering brakes operated via cables tensioned by the steering mechanism. Such tractors could turn on a dime.
I use them regularly when plowing snow and the front wheels break traction and start sliding off to the side and stab on the appropriate pedal straightens things out. On my M’s the brakes are to the left of the go pedal so it’s not difficult to manage my feet.
I only use my clutch to activate the nanny switch to start the tractor ... The PTO has its own electric clutch, and I have to be stopped anyways to change ranges . . . I'm unsure why they decided to even put a manually operating clutch in it?
In my opinion if they put the brakes on the left where the clutch pedal is, and eliminate the clutch pedal ... It would be better, do modern day hydrostatic transmission tractors have clutch pedals?
In my opinion if they put the brakes on the left where the clutch pedal is, and eliminate the clutch pedal ... It would be better, do modern day hydrostatic transmission tractors have clutch pedals?
Very useful for making tight turns when bush hogging a wide open field—with a gear drive tractor.
Yet another reason I will never own a tractor with a HST.
Yet another reason I will never own a tractor with a HST.
Kubota made the change on most B series tractors a couple of decades ago. The moved the brake pedals to the left when they removed the clutch.
Previous models were available with either HST or gear type transmissions so clutches were needed.
Paul Allwood
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In the 30 or so years I owned my B7200DT I dont recall ever using the steering brakes. They simply arent needed. Keeping them properly adjusted so they worked as a unit was a PITA.
On the old Fords I use them regularly because they are needed. The 9N has a manual transmission and the brake pedals are on opposite sides of the transmission. That arrangement makes your setup look like genius.
Dan