Thinking about disabling the seat switch

[Dan Hunter]

Nitroxn, you are considerably more clever than I.

 

[JerryK]

Real M80's, them were the days. :laughing:

Forgot, Cracker Balls... about 1960. They were powder and a BB wrapped in tin foil.. about 1/4" or so in diameter.. You shot them with a sling shot and when they hit they exploded.. LOTS OF FUN.... !!!!!!

 

[PILOON]

Gee, my Mitsu has no seat switch, but when in neutral with the park brakes set it never runs away.
But it had a switch to prevent me from starting in gear.

 

[murphy1244]

Well, whats it going to be?

 

[Dan Hunter]

Murph,

You talkin' to me? If so...jumped already. I'm dragging it to the ranch tomorrow with the grapple hanging on the FEL. This may be my last post.

 

[whistlepig]

Folks make jokes about these safety devices. I would be the first to agree that some of these devices are overkill. But I have known folks that have hands sucked into corn pickers while clearing them and had their hands crushed beyond use. Pulled into PTO shafts that weren't shielded and crippled. Passed out from a medical condition fell off a tractor, ran over, and killed. A friend ran over a hidden log that flipped up and caught him in the shin. This was his clutch leg. The log pinned his leg to a fender, broke his leg, and then pushed him off the tractor. He didn't have a seat safety switch. He was just lucky enough that when the limb pushed off the tractor he fell in such a way that the rotary cutter didn't run over him. These people that got hurt were very wise men. They were not stupid or careless.

 

[Dan Hunter]

This may be my last post.

I managed to survive.

 

[murphy1244]

I managed to survive.

Good on you!:cool2::dance1::cool2::drink::thumbsup:

 

[crazyal]

My riding mower came with an override switch so you could back up and have the mower deck running. You have to push a button on the dash and a light comes on. If you don't and try to back up without disengaging the mower the engine will die. The button connects to a contactor that once the button is pressed it stays in on it's own. However after a few minutes it would turn itself off. That was the first "safety" switch to go. For someone who never had to back up that wouldn't be an issue. Because of some steep slopes and a seat that doesn't have a lot of side support the operator in place switch was also defeated. But for someone else they could leave it in place and never have an issue.

So far I haven't disabled any on my Kubota. But the operator in place would be the one that I would do. Since Kubota replaced the PTO lever with an electric switch I have thought about adding a second switch at the rear of the tractor with a guard around it so if needed you could disengage the PTO from the rear of the tractor easily. It would need to be in a location that wouldn't get bumped but was easy to reach. I expect newer tractors will start to come with them.

The bottom line is what works for one person may not work for someone else. Some of the safety devices are generic. You can find them on everything from a riding mower all the way up to 100hp (and more) tractors. IMO mfgs are quick to blindly put the same switches on everything to just to be safe from law suits.

 

[Baby Grand]

I removed mine. I got completely sick of the machine shutting off every time I went to enter a pallet or do something precise with the loader and moved around for a clear view.

ac

I'm thinking of at least putting a toggle switch in the circuit so I can bypass the blame thing when I'm doing anything that requires watching a TPH implement for exactly the same reason. There are times when I want the switch enabled and times when it's just a royal pain in my backsides.