Massy 5455 dyno 4

[Stewartry hill]

Above tractor recently for a well.used on how do do a hill start with a loaded trailer handbrake on no drive handbrake fully off before clutch will engage.trailer pulls you back before drive comes in

 

[Mur Huwcun]

Foot on the foot brake?

 

[Sausage]

Use hand throttle, foot brake and if unsure the clutch.

 

[Cowabunga]

Above tractor recently for a well.used on how do do a hill start with a loaded trailer handbrake on no drive handbrake fully off before clutch will engage.trailer pulls you back before drive comes in

I found this most disconcerting when I first drove such a setup. The answer is to forget the handbrake and hold the unit on the footbrake while engaging the clutch. You will soon get used to it and think nothing more about it. Use the hand throttle to ensure about 1200 to 1400 rpm and engage an appropriate gear ratio beforehand.

 

[Stewartry hill]

Wondered if there was a fault . seems that's how it was made

 

[Cowabunga]

Wondered if there was a fault . seems that's how it was made

It’s actually a worthy safety feature that prevents the drive engaging should the shuttle lever be inadvertently moved from neutral into forward or reverse while entering or egressing the cab. It’s easily done.

 

[GmB]

It’s actually a worthy safety feature that prevents the drive engaging should the shuttle lever be inadvertently moved from neutral into forward or reverse while entering or egressing the cab. It’s easily done.

As long as you put the handbrake on....

 

[Cowabunga]

As long as you put the handbrake on....

If you don’t do that basic requirement you should be relegated from the cab to a hand yard brush to lean on. Not a hammer. Oh no, someone might hit their thumb with the unguarded hammer and where there’s blame there’s a claim.

 

[e3120]

Is the old fashioned method not pc anymore?

Hold on footbrake
Handbrake off
Find biting point of clutch
Quickly swap over to throttle and apply according to load
Release clutch
(give her a chance to catch her breath if stalling imminent)

Using the handbrake/throttle for hill starts would be ridiculed in the yfc of my day.

 

[Cowabunga]

Using the handbrake/throttle for hill starts would be ridiculed in the yfc of my day.

That suits the Dyna 4/6 great then. Also all the other tractors where their low efficiency handbrake would not hold still a heavily loaded unit on a steep junction anyway. Thinking particularly of John Deeres I’ve owned in the past.