steering wheel spinner knobs

3RRL · Oct 26, 2008

patrick_g said:
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Neither camp should pester the other.
Pat

lol ... Now where's the fun in that?

artfull dodger · Oct 27, 2008

I have them on both of our garden tractors, my wife and I both attend field plowing events and usualy one hand is busy with the hyd plow lift and the hydrostatic trans lever (neither are foot control hydro) so once in the furrow I can steer with 1 hand to keep the nose of the tractor up against the furrow wall. Also very handy in the winter when juggling the hydro lever and snowblower chute control rod. Neither have PS and I have never hurt my hands/fingers on them(knock on wood!) Mike

twodogs · Oct 27, 2008

I have one on my 7800 w/power steering. I love it! It makes cutting grass a lot easier & it is great when working with the FEL.

3RRL · Oct 27, 2008

While putting some of the barn/shop tools and stuff up on the shelves I built, I ran across that spinner for Loretta's tractor I mentioned in an earlier post. It took only a couple minutes to put it her steering wheel. It's black and I think I got it at Pep Boys about a year ago.

J_J · Oct 28, 2008

It is just amazing that one group doesn't like those suicide spinners, but the other group think is a must have device. Yea. I know it is just choice.

3RRL · Nov 3, 2008

Look at what I saw when I walked into my local Kubota dealer today.
They had lots of them in all different colors...

Redbug · Nov 3, 2008

Rob...Did they by chance...have any with girls on them?

6string · Nov 3, 2008

I remember the spinners with the ****** clad beauties on them! The Western Auto store sold them when I was a kid. I imagine the ones now days don't have anything on.

gemini5362 · Nov 3, 2008

Get the color spinner you like. Take a picture of a girl wearing as little or as much as you like. glue the picture to the spinner. Take clear shellac or a clear epoxy or something clear and put over the picture of the girl. You now have a spinner with your own personal scantily clad ( you even get to define scantily clad) girl on it

J_J · Nov 4, 2008

These are some vintage spinner knobs. They want big bucks for them.

Vintage Steering Wheel Knobs (Suicide Knobs, Necker Knobs, Brodie Knobs) at www.AntiqueWish-online.com

3RRL · Nov 4, 2008

Redbug said:
Rob...Did they by chance...have any with girls on them?

I didn't see any in that pile ...

RobJ · Nov 4, 2008

Redbug said:
Rob...Did they by chance...have any with girls on them?

Google them...they are out there!

6string · Nov 4, 2008

Those vintage spinners are nice, I need one with a clock in it!

gemini5362 · Nov 4, 2008

J_J said:
These are some vintage spinner knobs. They want big bucks for them.

Vintage Steering Wheel Knobs (Suicide Knobs, Necker Knobs, Brodie Knobs) at www.AntiqueWish-online.com

wow I need to make me some hollywood girlie spinner knobs all I need to do is get some plastic to seal the picture in with and then use some kind of cleaner to cloud the plastic and make a fortune

ninefinger · Nov 4, 2008

J_J said:
These are some vintage spinner knobs. They want big bucks for them.
Nice find. I am just glad the one with the thermometer did not work, otherwise I might have proven that old saying about a fool and his money.

Foton404 · Dec 15, 2008

We never used them due to the risk of injury. I agree that they can be an advantage but forearms have been broken by them. I just bought an old H Farmall and took it off immediately. Just apply more muscle and let that wheel spin if you can't hold it. Try to anticipate things like ruts, ridges, or obstacles.

RobJ · Dec 16, 2008

Foton404 said:
We never used them due to the risk of injury. I agree that they can be an advantage but forearms have been broken by them. I just bought an old H Farmall and took it off immediately. Just apply more muscle and let that wheel spin if you can't hold it. Try to anticipate things like ruts, ridges, or obstacles.

Your rules apply to a spinner to. I'm sure someone has broken their fingers in the spokes of the steering wheel, probably worse. Probably MORE hurt by the steering wheel alone (see statistics can prove anything!

) If it starts spinning...get out of the way! Or get a hand sqeezer to strenghten your grip!

Egon · Dec 16, 2008

Gee, now that I have a toy tractor with power steering I can now use a "Spinner"

scrappy isb67 · Feb 11, 2011

I have operated several tractor with a suicide knob and I will be putting one on my 2320 after it is delivered. one was a 4wd articulated with hydrostatic steering and the other was a 2wd with FEL and very little in the way of power steering. I could really whip that wheel around and get the tractor turned quickly with the knob.