Adding safety switch to H/300

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Luckily I got in the habit of always checking the tranny to be sure it's in neutral befr starting anything..... so the interlock isn't so big a deal.

Take Care
Steve.

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One of my friends told that the difference between having two kids and having three or more is that you can play man-to-man defense with two, but you gotta go to a zone defense above that. (My wife and I are are implementing the zone defense in October...)

- David

Take Care & Good Luck
Steve

I'll have to look at my wiring diagrams again to be sure, but I don't think I've cut out the starter. So presumably, you could have the tractor in gear and hit the starter and get it to move a bit. The coil is definitely cold without the key, so it wouldn't fire, but it's not quite as safe as a clutch switch would be.

I plan on adding a dead man switch to it this month...not sure if it's necessary, but I've heard that you might need one for some parades, and I'm scheduled for the July 4th and July 24th (Pioneer Day in Utah) parades...whooohoo! I bought a jet ski safety switch, and I'm going to install it where my old, unused (now) ammeter is.

- David

You must not have and kids at your place, or any friends with kids, or any neighbors with kids... or any relatives with kids!!!

I'm with you, I HATE safety switches, but I put up with them for the sake of others that might climb unattended onto the tractor! The damage that can occur in a few seconds can kill, or maim someone for life!

You have a good point and I understand your concern about the kids getting on your tractor and getting hurt. Our granddaughters are here this week, and someone has to keep on eye on each one, all the time. All the time.

I'm more worried about them falling down the stairs or getting out in the road than climbing the tractor, switching on the ignition, putting the tractor in gear, advancing the throttle, and pushing the starter button.

The point is that it is the adults' responsibilty to keep the kids safe until they are old enough to know better. Maybe an interlock is the way to do it, but who's to say they won't fall off the hay loft or drown in the river ?

Greg

I have an 8N Ford (Yes, I have "red" ones, too). They have the transmission interlock on the starter button, so they won't start in gear. I was an only child, and when I was a teenager I painted up the old 'N, and installed a keyswitch with a start position, because the transmission switch was bad. Years later, I put it back to original, after leaving the key in it, and the tractor unattended for a few minutes. One of my boys was about 5 or 6, and turned the key, and it started! Thank God is was in low gear, so I could catch up quickly!

Another incident, we were remodeling the house, and had a tractor with a loader on it with an 8' bucket parked with the bucket up close the the front steps so the carpenters could throw the old sheetrock in the bucket. We had a sitter on a Saturday, and left the kids home with her and went out of town. I made sure the key was out of the loader tractor, knowing the kids would climb in the cab. What safety dummy me forgot was to lower the loader to the ground. The bucket was probably 2 or 3 feet off the ground loaded with scrap, busted up sheet rock when Son #3 got off the front step into the bucket, and Son #2 got in the cab and pushed the hydraulic lever, dumping Son #3 and the construction mess into a not-so-neat pile. Thankfully, he was not hurt, but it illustrates the point that no matter how carefully you think you have safety covered, there's always another way for an accident to happen! The tractor didn't even have to be started for kids to get into danger!