Ok, not exactly tractor nor tool, but I suspect someone here knows about these things. Drove one today and it didn't "act" like I expected and just wondering if that's the way they are supposed to be or if there is something wrong with this one. What I mean 1. Press the forward "monopedal", go up a hill and then apply brakes part way up the hill, and then let up on the brake the lift rolls backwards like it's in neutral. Kinda tricky to resume going up the hill without rolling backward. Is this "normal" ? 2. At rest on level ground, in forward or reverse the lift "wants" to move..such that you have to brake it or apply emergency brake. In other words there is no neutral. Is this normal ? What strikes me as the irony of the setup, if this is normal, is that you have neutral when you don't want it (i.e. on the hill) and then don't have neutral when you do want it (at rest on level pavement). For the record, this Hyster is a late model with low hours and appears in great condition, so my feeling is, this is just the way a Monotrol probably is meant to be, but it seems so counterintuitive that I'm wondering what the supposed advantage is of the system (other than the obvious free left hand)
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