LS or Kubota

[Williy]

My foot sure don't like the Kubota pedal push
with the toes and to back up down with the heel
The two pedals side by side made my foot very
happy. No time to condition my foot to something
it don't like!

willy

 

[Cahaba Valley Farm]

The only reason I made my post is because so many people act like Kubota's system is the devil incarnated. I could probably get used to it, just like I got used to not having a gear box- well, sort of. It took me two years, and last winter I managed to ding the side of my company truck while plowing... because I instinctively grabbed for the clutch instead of taking my foot off the pedal.

I have just always wondered what the hoopla was. After sitting on that JD, I'm still wondering. Some people mention having size 15 boots; I do see where that could be awkward... with either system.

The two pedal system is universally accepted as the best design. I too can say that I much prefer it over the treadle pedal. Kubota really needs to drop it and move to where the rest of the industry has gone.

 

[Jstpssng]

I think that it's much ado about nothing. Then again, I still miss my clutch and shuttle shift. Here's what Messicks says on the subject...

...
one of the most decisive topics in the tractor community; twin touch pedals versus a treadle pedal.

John Deere's marketing campaigns for many years have very loudly trumpeted the superiority of their twin touch pedals. ...

- Messicks.Ecommerce

Then again, I would expect them to favor the system which they sell.

My father had the cruise control on his L2800. I've tried it a few times but you really need to be on smooth ground and traveling a distance to make it worthwhile.

 

[Torvy]

Then again, I would expect them to favor the system which they sell.

To be fair, Messick's sells both kinds. CaseIH and NH (or their predecessors) well before Kubota arrived on the scene. Kubota did not even enter the US market until 20 years after Messick's was founded. They do seem to focus more on Kubota today.

I disagree with his statement about pushing forward to go in reverse... That is exactly what most everyone have done in cars/trucks, so it is more natural than the treadle. Maybe if early automobiles had treadles and that became the standard?

 

[rScotty]

I don't know how many two pedal layouts that JD has, but Kubota has at least half a dozen different treadle shapes on different models - some better than others.

The treadle on our Kubota works much the same way that two pedal systems do - You push with your toes to go forward or back. The difference is that on the Kubota you move your foot forward and back to position your toes to push, where on two pedal systems you move your foot side to side to do the same.

Either one works; the controls just aren't that much different.
rScotty

 

[shooterdon]

The pedal system is a huge deal. Just like the color is. They were at the top of my evaluation spreadsheet.

I can always add rear remotes, and telescoping hitch arms and silly stuff like that.

 

[rScotty]

The pedal system is a huge deal. Just like the color is. They were at the top of my evaluation spreadsheet.

I can always add rear remotes, and telescoping hitch arms and silly stuff like that.

Thank you, don. I gives me hope to to see someone with their priorities in the right place.

Tractors ought to be green. All of them. Everyone knows that.
The rest of the stuff like engines and gears and hydraulics is just marketing fluff.

 

[Jstpssng]

Thank you, don. I gives me hope to to see someone with their priorities in the right place.

Tractors ought to be orange. All of them. Everyone knows that.
The rest of the stuff like engines and gears and hydraulics is just marketing fluff.

You made a spelling error, but I fixed it for you.

Every tractor should also have a clutch, Hi/Lo range, and 4 gears. You kids who don't know how to drive a stick shouldn't even be on the road-er, field.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

You made a spelling error, but I fixed it for you.

Every tractor should also have a clutch, Hi/Lo range, and 4 gears. You kids who don't know how to drive a stick shouldn't even be on the road-er, field.

12 gears is even better...

SR

 

[Williy]

Paint your tractor many colors that way you
don't leave room for an argument

willy