Traction Differential lock

[Toyboy]

Bring it on..... yesterday I was embarrassed, especially after my rant and seeing that I retired from the Manufacturing Engineering Section and I am smarter then that.....uh-huh ...right. :crossfingers:

Today.... I'm with all of you getting a hoot out of this. You know the scary thing about this.... I VOTE!!:melodramatic:

 

[Oldpath05]

Sounds like everyone is laughing with you, not at you. I rather read this kind of stuff better then a broken tractor story and no money to fix it.
When I use my tractor, I have to say to myself what I'm doing so I know what I'm doing, like I when I want to engage the PTO, I say engage>, brake on, bucket down, in neutral, etc......my young son in-law was out at my house last year when I working my tractor, at super time he started asking why I was saying things like , engage.....I told him that's how things work in my world and forgot to have my memory pill prescription refilled.

 

[k0ua]

Bring it on..... yesterday I was embarrassed, especially after my rant and seeing that I retired from the Manufacturing Engineering Section and I am smarter then that.....uh-huh ...right. :crossfingers:

Today.... I'm with all of you getting a hoot out of this. You know the scary thing about this.... I VOTE!!:melodramatic:

OK, I will fess up... I chuckled a little bit... but I didn't want to hurt anyones feelers. It's all good. We have ALL done some stupid things.

 

[RaydaKub]

Baby Grand, that's the funniest thing I've read in weeks. Thanks for sharing that one. "Frozen" locked doors...snicker....

 

[Gordon Gould]

This is good !!!

 

[sailorman]

In my younger years I came home late one night after excessive partying . Next morning I couldn 't find my wallet . After looking for an hour, I decided I left it where the partying was and began to make breakfast . Opened the frig and yep, there it was . To this day I don 't remember putting it there or why .

The world is much safer now as I 've quit doin' that excessive partying away from home .

 

[gladehound]

This is a great thread! When trying to back up in my old truck, I have repeatedly checked my mirrors then put the left turn signal on and wondered why I wasn't moving backwards! (darn shuttle shifts!)

 

[k0ua]

This is a great thread! When trying to back up in my old truck, I have repeatedly checked my mirrors then put the left turn signal on and wondered why I wasn't moving backwards! (darn shuttle shifts!)

Those of us with HST stomp the floorboards with our heels and wonder why the truck won't move. Now i have the 2 pedal with the Kioti, and keep looking for that second go pedal to go to reverse.

 

[lennyzx11]

Those of us with HST stomp the floorboards with our heels and wonder why the truck won't move. Now i have the 2 pedal with the Kioti, and keep looking for that second go pedal to go to reverse.

I just did that today! The Kubota has a treadle pedal. The Ecoboost does not.

 

[stuckmotor]

That part about not using the diff lock when making a turn goes double for me. When my previously owned MF got to my house the diff lock was stuck, ON. The front tires were filled with foam and the tread nearly came off both of them as I tried to turn. I didn't notice this problem on the test drive but suspect it was long standing. Some "gentle" persusion with a big hammer and a length of angle iron got it unstuck enough that I can now pull it up by hand. It's gotten me out of more mud than I want to think about. I replaced both front tires.

IIRC, the diff lock is to be engaged carefully when the tractor is nearly stopped, and not used when making a turn...IIRC. Mine (B2620) has been used occasionally in the past 400+ hours, and quite a number of times with 300+ hrs on a BX 2660 model. That's been my experience.

 

[Howling]

Those of us with HST stomp the floorboards with our heels and wonder why the truck won't move. Now i have the 2 pedal with the Kioti, and keep looking for that second go pedal to go to reverse.

I have stepped on the "clutch" a few times with an automatic transmission. Suddenly remember this is not my truck.

 

[powerscol]

Toyboy
Thanks for the chuckle...been there and done that. At least you have not hit your barn door with the ROPS even after saying to yourself before starting the tractor you needed to raise it I missed clearing it by that much.:mur: Took me 4 hours of prying and bending to get it back and re setting the side cables back in the pulley. PS do not, do not release both side cables at the same time without the door fully raised:confused2::ashamed::shocked: I was very lucky it jammed after a few inches in the track.

Lift chain is now painted with a bright strip to remind me its high enough :thumbsup:

 

[Toyboy]

Toyboy
Thanks for the chuckle...been there and done that. At least you have not hit your barn door with the ROPS even after saying to yourself before starting the tractor you needed to raise it I missed clearing it by that much.:mur: Took me 4 hours of prying and bending to get it back and re setting the side cables back in the pulley. PS do not, do not release both side cables at the same time without the door fully raised:confused2::ashamed::shocked: I was very lucky it jammed after a few inches in the track.

Lift chain is now painted with a bright strip to remind me its high enough :thumbsup:

I've not done that yet ... But..... going from a non ROPS tractor (Case 416) to a BX2230 with a ROPS, cutting under my trees was interesting to say the least. Several times when the Kubota & I were trying to become friends, whenever I ducked to avoid a branch like I'd done for 20 some years prior on my beloved Case, the ROPS wasn't paying attention (probably checking out the new landscape instead), and.......
Those are stories for another time. I'm still trying to redeem my good name from the DL incident.

 

[Grandad4]

In my younger years I came home late one night after excessive partying . Next morning I couldn 't find my wallet . After looking for an hour, I decided I left it where the partying was and began to make breakfast . Opened the frig and yep, there it was . To this day I don 't remember putting it there or why .

The world is much safer now as I 've quit doin' that excessive partying away from home .

Reminds me of our good 'ol boy neighbor who was brought home from a Friday night party by friends, came to the next afternoon and had no idea where he had left his pickup the night before. When Monday rolled around there was still no truck and he had to borrow wifey's car to go to work... I can just picture how that went down. Took a few days of phone calls and searching before they found the truck parked out in the woods at a buddy's place. He never did figure out exactly how it got there. The neighbor is old enough to have grandkids now, but I could easily see him doing something equally brilliant today.