What is user UNFRIENDLY on your tractor?

[PhysAssist]

I've posted before that the digital dash on my B2650 is not nearly as easy to read as the analog dash on my B2620. The B2620 you can read at a glance while working. The B2650 I have to really stare at to get a reading on the engine temp and fuel level, especially in sunlight.

And..........the ride (B2650) while mowing is much rougher than the ride on the B2620. Even both have R4 tires (industrial).... Maybe the difference is in suggested tire pressures or the difference between a floating deck (B2620) versus the ground engaging deck on the B2650.

My instrument panel is great during the day- but if you try to use it at night- you better have a supplemental light source, because the in-dash lights that come on with the [so-called] headlights [ooops- another gripe...] are useless and actually make the gauges harder to read...

 

[Threepoint]

I love my open-station 25 y/o Kubota B2150HST and 18 y/o GF1800HST front deck mower. But given the cramped operator stations, the treadle-peddle design for fwd/reverse HST keeps getting more user-unfriendly as I get older.:grumpy: Sometimes my right leg and lower back get so tired after a couple of hours of repetitive loader work or close-quarter mowing, I'll actually have to grab my jeans at the knee and lift with my hand to ease the strain! The newer Kubotas have a redesigned treadle pedal, and even a couple of pedal options. But the side-by-side pedal design on my Kioti have made me a twin-pedal convert.

Several posts have mentioned wanting a clock on the tractor. For open stations, search Amazon or e-Bay for "waterproof stick-on motorcycle clock". There are small clocks (about 1" diameter) with a replaceable AG4 button battery that lasts about a year. Here's a two-pack on Amazon: Amazon.com: Universal Mini Motorcycle Clock Watch Waterproof Stick-On Motorbike Digital Clock Dia. 1.1"- 2 Pack: Sports & Outdoors

Here's one on ebay that looks like the same thing for less than $2, but don't know how long the link will stay active: Mini Bike Motorcycle Clock Watch Waterproof Stick-On Motorbike Digital Clock | eBay

For a cabbed tractor, I've had this on a velcro strip at the bottom of my rear-view mirror for a couple of years:
Bell Automotive | Jumbo LCD Clock | 22-1-377-8
Very easy to see, and it toggles between time and date.

 

[Gordon Gould]

Hey 3point - thanks for the outdoor clock info

gg

 

[Beltzington]

- Grease Zerks always facing the wrong direction
- Seatbelt buckle usually retracts underneath the seat
- 3-point control lever stop won't stay where you put it

and I agree I have worn myself out on a hot day trying to hold-up and connect my PTO shaft to the tractor, the plastic safety cover is a PITA

 

[Billy Jackson]

Setting the parking brake so it stays running, it is on the floor just right of the transmission. It is a pain to reach down there and move the lever while depressing the brake pedal with your right foot.

I have a Kioti 2610 HST like that. I actually just use my left foot to push the lever, let go of the brake with my right foot.

 

[PhysAssist]

I love my open-station 25 y/o Kubota B2150HST and 18 y/o GF1800HST front deck mower. But given the cramped operator stations, the treadle-peddle design for fwd/reverse HST keeps getting more user-unfriendly as I get older.:grumpy: Sometimes my right leg and lower back get so tired after a couple of hours of repetitive loader work or close-quarter mowing, I'll actually have to grab my jeans at the knee and lift with my hand to ease the strain! The newer Kubotas have a redesigned treadle pedal, and even a couple of pedal options. But the side-by-side pedal design on my Kioti have made me a twin-pedal convert.

Several posts have mentioned wanting a clock on the tractor. For open stations, search Amazon or e-Bay for "waterproof stick-on motorcycle clock". There are small clocks (about 1" diameter) with a replaceable AG4 button battery that lasts about a year. Here's a two-pack on Amazon: Amazon.com: Universal Mini Motorcycle Clock Watch Waterproof Stick-On Motorbike Digital Clock Dia. 1.1"- 2 Pack: Sports & Outdoors

Here's one on ebay that looks like the same thing for less than $2, but don't know how long the link will stay active: Mini Bike Motorcycle Clock Watch Waterproof Stick-On Motorbike Digital Clock | eBay

For a cabbed tractor, I've had this on a velcro strip at the bottom of my rear-view mirror for a couple of years:
Bell Automotive | Jumbo LCD Clock | 22-1-377-8
Very easy to see, and it toggles between time and date.

I feel your pain re: the treadle and having to keep it at a constant position- and using the "cruise" speed control is not an option in our topography.

The lucky thing about it for me is that my left knee is the worst one- not so lucky for SWMBO- her's is the right....

A watch like that was one of the first things we bought for out tractor- unfortunately the watch batteries apparently won't tolerate Upstate NY winter- even when I put a brand new one- they just died.

I keep meaning to buy a cheapo Timex-Ironman watch to hang from the steering wheel, and keep forgetting...

Darn CRS

 

[DieselBound]

Yes I understand your point, mine was completely different.

I got it (understood)

On my Kioti...

I hate the radiator screen arrangement. You have to have the loader up. Screens come out only from one side. Rear-most screen (actual radiator screen) goes on tabs/hooks and, on mine anyway, you have to unhook from one side first else the other side you cannot get off (and then you have to remember the sequence in reverse to put it back in): requires running around BOTH sides of the tractor to deal with just this stupid screen.

Fuel filter water drain is a pain. Hoses are conveniently underneath (one should keep diesel off of coolant hoses!), and you cannot easily get a catch container underneath.

 

[DieselBound]

- Grease Zerks always facing the wrong direction
- Seatbelt buckle usually retracts underneath the seat
- 3-point control lever stop won't stay where you put it

and I agree I have worn myself out on a hot day trying to hold-up and connect my PTO shaft to the tractor, the plastic safety cover is a PITA

Check out the Bare Co. PTO guards. They have a mechanism that readily allows you to slip the collars back

Have a couple of zerks on my B7800 that are a bear. They're on the loader boom cylinders, underneath; trying to see them is a pain (and looking up one tends to be looking up into day light, which tends to blind). Zerks on my Kioti are all pretty convenient.

 

[GirlWhoWantsTractor]

- Seatbelt buckle usually retracts underneath the seat

Yep. The seatbelts fall--wherever. I think they should retract. Let's face it, we're getting picky in our old age.

I love the pedal arrangement on my Mahindra. No problema at all.

 

[homesteader13]

Love my Massey 1742 but I don't have the same problem you do because as far as I have found, i don't have an mph or kph option, i have to use gear, range, rpm to calculate speed.
Cupholder to wide and shallow but easily fixed by a length of pvc pipe.
Retractable seatbelt on this one, so no issues there.
And with the power shuttle, 12 forward and 12 reverse speeds, took a little getting used to from my previous JD hydrostat but now i like it, especially for the price i paid!