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Red Pete

07-03-2006 18:59:13




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I was wondering why the rice special tractors like the WR-9 and some of the wheatland tractors were built with a hand clutch? I grew up using a JD B and never liked the hand clutch. It was always a treat to run one of my uncle's H's or M's. Thought we were in heaven when we got a 450. I see a lot of the 9-series tractors that are for sale have hand clutches and was just wondering why? Thanks

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Harold H

07-04-2006 03:19:05




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 Re: Hand clutch question in reply to Red Pete , 07-03-2006 18:59:13  
Dave is correct about the standing up. A lot of the operating in rice fields was done standing up, primarly because you were constantly crossing the rice levees and it was much more easy to control the tractor and be comfortable standing up, kind of like standing on a rolling boat in an extremely rough sea. Working new ground also required lots of standing which is why most large standard/wheel type tractors of that era (all brands) sold in the Mississippi Delta were equipped with hand clutches. I believe the reason for a hand clutch on orchard tractors (O4, OS4, O6, and OS6) was because the seating position was so low, it would be extremely uncomfortable to work a foot clutch. This is an assumption because I have never worked in an orchard with a orchard tractor. However, I have worked in rice fields and new ground. Modern rice fields do not have nearly as many levees as old rice fields due to modern lazer and GPS land forming.

Harold H

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Dave in CT

07-04-2006 01:34:08




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 Re: Hand clutch question in reply to Red Pete , 07-03-2006 18:59:13  
I'm relaying what I've heard on this issue, I'm not speaking from experience as I'm a sojourner in tractor ownership - not a real sunup to sundown operator. I've heard the hand clutches are easier to operate while standing up - as when negotiating close clearances - getting that hay wagon in the barn in a manner that doesn't offend the structure's sense of remaining standing.

I've a cousin who's fallen prey to JD ownership. He went through a mimicking of how the reaction of an operator on a tractor flipping over would allow the disengaging of a hand clutch more easily than a foot-pedal clutch. He might be right.

Some other person observed it's just a matter of what is programmed in the operator's mind - if salvation is to be had in getting that foot down and that's the reaction - that's what will happen.

Reluctantly, at this time, I tend to agree with my cousin. I don't own any hand-clutch tractors so I just try to avoid any flipping-over situation.

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