Posted by Tentman on April 10, 2015 at 02:50:50 from (122.61.217.164):
Hello Guys (after a long hiatus, sorry about popping back up with a question without contributing anything).
I'm a fulltime fencer these days, and about to push the button on a new post driver, and wouldn't you know it, my faithful old Massey 165 won't cut it with a modern hydraulic driver. End of story - I know there are options for the Massey but I need to upgrade anyway. I'm looking at tractors of 70-80hp, and finances dictate it'll be made before about 2000
So I've been doing a lot of figuring and I'm looking at being able to control my tractor from the ground at the post driver controls. Now I know ya'all gonna be saying that has multiple hazards and is dangerous etc and I know that so lets move on, besides lots of folks are doing the walk beside thing in the UK and elsewhere with post drivers on tracks (usually stolen from a tracked dumper).
I've never used a shuttle type trans on a tractor, only electric hydrostatic types that come on loaders. The Tractor ones I've seen don't seem to have a neutral position on the change lever but is it possible to reconfigure the controls on these pre 2000 shuttle type trans to give a Forward, neutral, reverse, and have them run in the neutral position for significant periods without problems ??
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