escavader
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What's the trick two brake petals left and right and forward and reverse same side? Only way I've had success is use my hand to push brakes .no room for two feet on one side .what's the trick b 3300 su.how do you do it
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RedNeckRacin
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If you have a hst, can't you shimmy forward and back to get out of where you need to? I have honestly never used the split brakes on my L, actually I think the little lever to tie them together is frozen in place.
oosik
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I've used my split brakes when plowing snow with the rear blade. It "tends" to keep the tractor going in a straight line - rather than crabbing. Actually I use the rear diffy lock a lot more than the split brakes. Things can get pretty wild - using the split brakes and plowing snow with the rear blade. The differential lock makes the tractor more controllable in really slick conditions.
CobyRupert
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What's the trick? -Or what were they thinking when they designed this? Only reason I could guess is maybe this model has a two stage clutch instead of an independent PTO?
I thought there was a trick you orange guys used involving using cruise control (if available) to go forward that frees up the foot?
I thought there was a trick you orange guys used involving using cruise control (if available) to go forward that frees up the foot?
JWR
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I think that the B3300 is a size of machine fitted in the spectrum of Kubotas between the expensive 4wd lawnmowers and the serious agricultural tractors like your M6040. Any serious ag tractor of course needs wheel brakes. To stop a loose wheel from spinning, to force a tighter turn when needed, to correct a downhill drift when on the side of a slope, etc. The smaller ones (like my BX2200) rarely if ever have need for wheel brakes (e.g. separate left and right) besides which the BX2200 brakes are utterly worthless. So I think the OP escavader guy just has to live with a kind of misfit set of features arranging wheel brakes close to the Fwd/Rev pedal. That design inherently assumes you never want to power around a sharpened turn using wheel brakes and precludes that mode. WORSE YET in a panic or sudden event situation it is way too easy to hit the forward pedal when you meant to jam on the brakes !!! In my opinion that is a poor design with the pedals so close together on the same side. I hate to trigger any tirade about hydrostatic versus stick transmissions but in my view this is just one more reason why the HST is better on a small non-ag machine and the stick is better on the larger serious ag tractors.
dickfoster
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My solution was to buy a gear or shuttle drive tractor. LOL
k0ua
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That is certainly one way of solving it. When I had the L3400 I was able to do the Kubota shuffle to some success by split braking with my left foot. You have to sit "sidesaddle" in the seat to get your left foot over there. It sucks I admit but it can be done. That's why I love my Kioti, with the split brakes on the left. They are a joy to use while operating your hydro pedal with your right foot.