Another Kubota vs Massey question

[RDG]

I own two kubotas, a B7800, and a BX2660. These are great machines, and I would highly recommend either one. My father in law was looking for a small tractor. Despite my BX recommendation, he bought a Massey GC 1705. He plans on using it for mowing, running a chipper, and running a pto driven generator. With the Kubota, I can flip the seat forward to operate the rear pto without the seat switch cutting the engine. I was looking at the Massey, and can't figure out how we can do this. I know the short answer is to bypass the seat safety switch. My son will be mowing with the Massey for his grandpa, and I'd rather not do that. I can't believe Massey wouldn't have some type of bypass. Nothing in the owners manual either. Does anyone have any ideas?

 

[Wolfy]

It can often be as simple as securing the parking brake.

 

[RDG]

We tried that too. There has to be something I'm overlooking.

 

[DennisArrow]

Maybe one could post this question over in the Massey forums. I wonder how many times one sees the question of how to control the speed of the 3PH on a B7800 over in the Massey forums...........Just asking............God bless.........Dennis

 

[AStanton]

I got a close up view at a small Massey backhoe at a local agricultural fair. I was impressed with one feature it had. You were able to keep the 3-pt hitch on while you operated the backhoe. Now, that's an engineering genius who thought that up.

 

[AStanton]

I thought that I had a pic of it. Here it is.