Posted by Usually_Befuddled on January 04, 2013 at 23:14:57 from (166.84.1.1):
In Reply to: Re: 6x2 TO-30 posted by Richard L on January 04, 2013 at 19:28:06:
My memory is highly suspect, given this was 45+ years ago, but I recall three speeds. The pattern was the inverse of what I would regard as normal... I think it was:
3 1 2 R
But maybe 2 R 3 1
I don't recall 4 speeds. The starter was via the shift but can't recall how. [
Adding to the memory issue, I was on a N, not sure it it was a 2N, 8N, etc. last summer. I was amazed how rapidly it all came back to me: Pump won't run with the clutch in, so Neutral, unclutch, raise 3-point blade, clutch, {WOW does this one sink faster than that one did..] reverse up hill, clutch, drop blade, 1st, go etc. But the Ford has nil brakes and NO "both" peddle so you soon learned the blade was your brake.
(And an hour of that made me LOVE the Kubota with hydrostatic F-R peddle. But it had the backhoe attachment installed.)
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