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Steering wheel spinner (brody knob)

(quoted from post at 20:37:10 05/29/19) How many use a brody knob? All my tractors have one. So much easier for a quick turn. Stan
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No, I don't have any. Dad's Massey 60 combine used to have one and that was a light steering machine. My uncle's 730 Case (guess I do have that one) is so heavy steering that it would take two hands on the spinner unless you are the incredible hulk.
 
i took mine of after i got my arm hung up in one and couldnt turn the jubilee resulting in it running thru one of the wife's favorite shrubs with the brush hog running, [taking it off was all i could think of on the spur of the moment to settle her} see the original idea was one of those perfectly executed turns where you approach the plant, cut hard, stomp on inside brake and spin the tractor on its inside wheel while allowing the brush hog to slide right under the shrub, so i wouldnt have to weed eat, plus you look cool when it goes well you know. well after the knob hung my arm, this one was ugly......
 
I know I have a spinner on my 730 Case, it has power steering and steers as smooth as silk. And I know for certain that I don?t have spinners on my two Kubota tractors or my 966 IH , but as I sit here trying to remember , I can?t be sure if my 930 and 1030 Case tractors nave spinners or not. Funny how a simple thing like this will slip your mind. Now I am going to have to go look, ha ha !
 
They're okay on power steering, not so much on manual.

Dad wouldn't have one on the place as we didn't own a tractor with power steering. Neighbor had one on a John Deere A, and the combination of narrow front, manual steering and a "necker knob" pretty much guaranteed a bruised hand or arm sooner or later.

I don't have one on the Cabota as I can "palm" the wheel and get the same effect. Grandson has one on his Deere 3025 and it's OK but seems kinda redundant.
 
Making square corners mowing with an H and a 27V simi mounted mower, or cultivating with a 2 row really required a spinner. Jim
 
I have them on newer tractors with power steering that essentially don't have stops.
On my cart wagons with no power steering...never. They will break an arm if you hit a ditch or levee.
 

Chief, you must have taken a day off the week before last, LOL. I have one on my Ford 971. It enables me to keep my hand near the bottom of the wheel which enables me to keep my upper arm close to my chest, which all the joint experts like your orthopedeic surgeon, will tell you is a very good thing.
 
I haven't broken any body parts and have the spinner on all my tractors. Two have power steering and two don't. I have my knobs set up for left hand, right hand controls front loader.
 
I have one on my IHC Farmall BN. It has made moving in and out of tight spots, both backing and driving forward with a trailer and equipment far easier this past months, from September till now, than last year. Yes it is an easy steering tractor made easier still, even on rough ground.
 
We have them on three Model 70s; two with power steering and one with manual steering.

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We have one on a Model A with Behlen power steering.

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Have one on a 630 jd, two on A jd's, and one on the fifty, brother has them on his 4020's but in Nebraska, the good ones were made by Columbus Irrigation and last forever or darn close, betting the 630 was on before me and I am 47.
 
I have a spinner on all the modern tractors, none on the antiques, and one on my plow truck. I use a spinner from a mobility company on the pickup- it is designed that the clamp and bearing stays on the wheel but the spinner can be removed. Used for people that have had a stroke or such physical limitations to make steering easier, or coupled with hand controls of brake and throttle. Removeable for other drivers of that vehicle, or in my case, I can take it off in the summer. I rarely do, since it is so handy for backing trailers.

Here's a link to a website with links to many of the US states' websites regarding the traffic laws governing such spinner use. http://www.suicideknob.net/state_laws.html
 
I didn't know they still made the things. Dad wouldn't have one said they were for lazy drivers. Keep both hands on the wheel.
 
None on any steering wheels but each one of my tractors has a similar looking knob on top of the gear shift lever !!! Do you think that would be OK with Mr. Brody ???
 
They used to call them necking knobs when used in cars back in the day- always on the left side of the steering wheel, leaving your right arm free to have around your girl. Had one on my Oliver 1550, but it had hydrostatic steering that wandered, so it was always in the wrong place.
 
+1. I like the fact that they make them for old hard wheels and newer equipment's soft, spongy feeling wheels. Nice. Only thing I don't like about hydrostatic steering is that the position of the wheel doesn't always return to the same spot and the knobbie winds up in different spots from where you mounted it initially. The old Fords with power assisted steering stay put. I like mine at 7 o'clock.
 
A neighbor was helping me small square bale some hay. He saw me back a hay wagon from the elevator with my JD A (with a knob on the steering wheel). When he went to back the next one out he had a difficult time doing it. He thought I had power steering. I have a JD 4020 with a 148 loader, a 4320, and a 4440. I never saw the need for a spinner. With power steering a couple fingers pushing on the spokes and/or my palm of my hand seemed plenty.
 
Have one on my non pwr steering Honda Pioneer 500 sxs.Really helps for one handed steering when you are spot spraying
 
I've only heard them referred to as "suicide knobs" by truckers, calling to the improbable situation of them breaking off in your hands while using them to steer through a dangerous section of road. Suicide Knob would make a great name for a rock band.
 

I may be urban legend but I have been told that they are prohibited by OSHA rules if you have employees that use the vehicle.
 
Coshoo ..... ha, "necking" .... not sure if the kids call it that nowadays. The old joke we told was that a cop interrupted a young couple in a car and asked what they were doing. The young fella told the officer that he was necking. The cop told him to put his neck back in his pants and move the car. Lots of laughs back in the day, maybe not that funny in 2019.
 
There was a song about steering knobs, can't remember who did it...

Something about "Had to get the one with the American flag in it. Wife wouldn't let me get the nekked girl"!
 
I had one on an old dodge dart I had years ago. Cant put one on the ford 2000/3000, manual steering and a heavy loader makes that not possible.
 
Yeah, Crazy, they probably have gotten beyond necking and now just sit there and text each other. Ah, the good ol' days. . .
 
(quoted from post at 20:37:10 05/29/19) How many use a brody knob? All my tractors have one. So much easier for a quick turn. Stan
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My Allis 175D turns so easy I just use my finger on the spokes...no knob to get in the way!
 
(quoted from post at 04:49:30 05/31/19) Anyone remember the wooden ones? When they got worn, they could give you a nasty pinch- Yeeouch!
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Remember? all I have to do is walk down to the shed.
 
Well I thought that too but since have installed, used, and found them very handy...usually and when they aren't, like when positioned in the wrong place with the hydro steering thing, the tried and true fingers work. Grin
 
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