Zen-Noh 2201 Shifter confused

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I bought a zen-noh 2201 for pasture cutting & works great.
Below the PTO & gear shifts is another shifter H-N-L.
The guy I bought it from said leave it alone, don't mess with it. I figure it's there for a reason. From a Japanese gear layout it looks like it runs with the axle H/L.
I looked at a Kubota 245, supposedly the same, it doesn't have this shifter, just a plate.
I like to know all the abilities of my tools & toys.
Thanks

[Michael]

You have it right it is the high low axle range shifter. My L1801 also has that and another shifter elsewhere on the tractor. These tractors will literally be able to creep up a steep hill at well less then walking speed.

The idea is the fact that to get the most power out to the PTO you slow down the tractor. When I use the rototiller I drop the speed down using this selector and it will turn my hard clay soil into the most wonderful powered soil.

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Thankyou Michael
I thought I was NUTS.
It does have the axle H/L shifter too at the left fender.
I've used old JD's, Massey's & 8N's so this compact had me nervous.
So far it's a fun little tractor. I'm learning about orange as I go.
Glad to hear about the tilling, just bought a Woods 52" reverse tiller, if it stops raining I'll do a few acres for veggies.

[Michael]

My L1801 came with the original rototiller that might of been on the tractor and since my wife and I are now empty nesters we just do a "small" garden of a 1/4 acre. We plant eggplant, corn, sweet potato, pumpkin, sweet peas, tomatoes, long beans, and onions in ours. We have not bought much store bought vegetables in the last ten years since we moved here.

You will be amazed how good a tractor mounted PTO will do when it comes time for the garden.

[Service Dept Vic]

Your tractors are equipped with a "Creeper Gear" set. The L1501's had this gear set as well!

32F 4R speeds. NICE!!!

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Thanks guys.
It finally stopped raining long enough to test.
I tilled some very moist ground with foot tall orchard grass using the creeper.
It was amazing. It worked good enough I could have planted. We've cut it & will spray tonight, next weekend we will do it right if mother nature cooperates.
Thanks again.
Russ

[Service Dept Vic]

In creep speeds, you can get off the tractor, go in the house for lunch, come out and the tractor will only have moved 10 feet!

You can pull a crew cab Chevy 2500 longbox that is stuck in the mud up to the door handles out of the ditch with a 15HP Kubota and a couple of creeper gears!

[KubotaL185DT]

I have a L245H how much is involved for me to add this creeper gear to my existing tractor?

[Service Dept Vic]

Not hard at all. You'll need to find an L-1501, L-1801 or L-2201 that has that transmission, and swap the complete unit into your High Crop Kubota.

Done.