steering wheel spinner knobs

[Corm]

I've had one on my tractor (with power steering) for nearly 10 years. Love it!

Corm

 

[Mech]

I have one on my 790, with PS and love it. I've always had one on my tractors. You don't want to steer with it at road speeds and it is annoying that it is always in a different place with the power steering but when working my BB or doing FEL work I use it all the time to steer the tractor.

 

[RobJ]

I don't have PS on my L and pretty much only hold on to the spinner. Nice thing is it always stays in the same position so when going straight it's close to me. I've heard here I believe on some of the hydro or PS systems the steering wheel will shift around and the spinner will not stay in the same spot.

If I'm in the woods I keep a light grip. If I hit a small rut it's no big deal, but a log can go harder and faster. With a light grip, I just let the wheel fly and grab it when it stops. I probably would like PS, but not if my spinner kept moving.

Going from turfs (as in the picture) to 3 rib tires was like getting PS!!

I know...wrong color but that's what I found first!!

 

[J_J]

I have used the spinners knobs for many years. They will break or bruise you hand if one tire runs up on a stump. The wheel is jerked out of you hand very fast, and about the only thing you can say is Dam*.
It is more forgiving on a power steering system.

 

[Gary Fowler]

My BIL has one on his JD 750 with power steering and it is needed. Must be 7-8 rounds lock to lock. Just cant turn the wheel fast enough to maneuver when bushhogging without a speed knob. I plan to put one on my Yanmar also, even though it also has Power Steering and about half the turns lock to lock, when my hands get slick with perspiration, the wheel gets awfully slick. I can steer it with one finger also,but I have had to grab the clutch lots of times to keep from running into somethin because my finger slipped. Very true what others have said, I dont think I would put one on a manual steering knucklebuster

 

[ninefinger]

thatguy, "suicide knobs" search in all forums came up with 13 threads. One of the funniest was RobJ getting good naturely hammered about his JD spinner.

 

[RobJ]

One of the funniest was RobJ getting good naturely hammered about his JD spinner.

That's the funny part, the sad part is with no directions the thing was a booger to figure out how to put it on!!! Think I got it on the 4th try!!

I still need to see if my local TSC has a kubota one as mentioned. Heck another $10, I don't mind green! I'm on record as wishing I had a green tractor, that's what I grew up with. But I'm happy with my orange one.

 

[WilliamBos]

That's the funny part, the sad part is with no directions the thing was a booger to figure out how to put it on!!! Think I got it on the 4th try!!

I still need to see if my local TSC has a kubota one as mentioned. Heck another $10, I don't mind green! I'm on record as wishing I had a green tractor, that's what I grew up with. But I'm happy with my orange one.

We have a red one. Love it!!

 

[Soundguy]

With the power steering on my JD I find I can just use one finger to spin the wheel so I do not have one. If you don't have power steering they can be knucklebusters or finger breakers though...

And another anomaly with the hydrostatic steering that most CUT's have is that the steering wheel does not stay centered, so the spinner always ends up in a different place.

But.. because of that steering setup.. you -can- move the spinner back where you want it if you do it slowly.. and you don't have that knuckle bustin' to worry about like on a mechanically linked steering setup.

soundguy

 

[kennyd]

But.. because of that steering setup.. you -can- move the spinner back where you want it if you do it slowly.. and you don't have that knuckle bustin' to worry about like on a mechanically linked steering setup.

soundguy

True...BUT I know on my tractor at least it's REAL SLOW! I have tried to get my Deere emblem in the steering wheel straight before while mowing, after about 15 minutes I was only 1/4 of the way there and gave up.

 

[Gary Fowler]

Just turn off your engine and slowly turn the wheel till it get straight or to the position that you want. Let the oil bypass slowly as you turn the wheel. It wont stay there very long though as is the practice with hydrostatic steering, they will creep a little. Every deer needs to lay down occasionally so just let him rest for a while then next thing you know, he will be standing up again.

 

[Soundguy]

True...BUT I know on my tractor at least it's REAL SLOW! I have tried to get my Deere emblem in the steering wheel straight before while mowing, after about 15 minutes I was only 1/4 of the way there and gave up.

If the slow don't work.. just steer to one lock, an dthen move the spinner to where ya want it.. just make sure you count number of turns from wheels centered to lock.. so you know how far past lock to turn it so that the spinner or emblem is where ya want it when you recenter it..

soundguy

 

[TrippleT]

I have a spinner on my tractor and I wouldn't take it off at all. It is really handy for mowing even if you have power steering and mine does. I just like the thing got it at TSC.
I guess it is a personal thing some do some don't like them.

 

[DMF]

I have one on my 2 IH Cub Cadet garden tractors (model 86 for mowing between Christmas trees and 1450 for mowing the lawn) and I took the one off my Massey Ferguson 1433 when I just upgraded to my new Massey Ferguson 1552, which I'll probably put on this week.

For me they make a non power steering tractor act as if it was power steering and a power steering tractor that much easier...

 

[RobJ]

But.. because of that steering setup.. you -can- move the spinner back where you want it if you do it slowly.. and you don't have that knuckle bustin' to worry about like on a mechanically linked steering setup.

soundguy

My emblem is always looking at me!!

 

[SailorBob]

I have one on my manual steering Yanmar and love it. It is really handy when mowing especially around obstacles. I have found myself using it 90% of the time. I have never been hurt by it either. Best 5$ i ever spent on the tractor.

 

[Soundguy]

While I'd have to go out and verify this... I 'think' every tractor I have.. except my 49' allis G, has a spinner on it.. the allis G has that funny shaped steering wheel.. so I left the spinner off..

soundguy

 

[gemini5362]

soundguy did they have to do a special run on spinners at the factory to be able to supply you with them ?

I dont have one on my montana but that will be my next purchase for it. I did not have one because it has power steering but I have been using my kubota for a while lately and I am realizing how much I use the spinner since reading this thread.

 

[Soundguy]

I especially like the spinner on my ps tractors...

soundguy

 

[patrick_g]

I have never had a spinner.

I grew up around adults who always called them suicide knobs and never heard them referred to in other terms.

I know some of them have a button to fold them down to be less in the way for normal operations. That would seem useful.

I suppose one of the reasons I have no interest in putting one on my tractor is the power steering is so easy to use I can spin the wheel with one finger.

A neighbor of ours who had lost his hands in an industrial accident had a converted one, a leather cup version so he could stick a stub in it to steer his car. A truly amazing man and the best steel (Hawaiian) guitar player I ever heard.

Pat