Kubota B2530 lever under the steering wheele

[wk360]

Hi everyone!
I'm happy owner of 2012 kubota b2530, and it's very nice and useful tractor, and I have one question, hope you can help me.
There is a lever under the steering wheel, whitch I'm not sure of feature of.
I post the foto of it below.


I would be very happy If anyone can help me.

oryginal site of foto
http://www.fotosik.pl/zdjecie/pelne/2458121033611f88

 

[Tooljunkie]

Looks like its for 4wd. Not sure what else it could be. Usually the ones under steering wheel,are steering wheel tilt lock or cruise.

 

[wk360]

2wd/4wd lever is located on the e right side of seat, cruise control is alsow there. Steering wheel adjustment lever is located under steering wheel. So it's non of them. After I switch it, I don't see any difference in steering or riding. I searched the whole manual and haven't found anything.

 

[CountryBumkin]

Do you have rear wheel steering? Looks like a symbol for turning steering lock On/Off.

 

[85Hokie]

Hi everyone!
I'm happy owner of 2012 kubota b2530, and it's very nice and useful tractor, and I have one question, hope you can help me.
There is a lever under the steering wheel, whitch I'm not sure of feature of.
I post the foto of it below.

I would be very happy If anyone can help me.

oryginal site of foto
http://www.fotosik.pl/zdjecie/pelne/2458121033611f88

This is a very neat feature:

Hydraulic Bi-Speed Turn

The Super B-Series features Kubota’s innovative
Hydraulic Bi-Speed Turn feature, which activates
automatically when the front wheel turning angle
exceeds 35 degrees. By nearly doubling the front
wheel speed over the
rear wheels, it allows for
smoother, faster and
tighter turns, and less
turf damage. And with
the use of hydraulics,
the durability of the
clutch is greatly enhanced.

This is used with the 4WD to make a turn better, rather than dig up the grass on a hard turn - it forces the front around quicker - once a hard turn is made.

 

[wk360]

85Hokie Thank you!

 

[CaveCreekRay]

I would never have guessed that in a million years.

Hokie saves the day...again.

 

[skeets]

So the rear wheels pivot?

 

[85Hokie]

So the rear wheels pivot?

Skeets,

no the rears are the "same" do not pivot - the fronts move faster than the rears, in other words, the front pulls the tractor around rather than the rears pushing....

when you cut grass and cut real hard, the rears tend to push the front in a straight line, cutting your front wheels real hard to get around a bush or a tree will drag the front and bugger up the grass, with this gizmo engaged - the fronts pull the tractor around, almost dragging the rears behind them!

 

[sheepfarmer]

How do you suppose it does it? My understanding of 4wd is somewhere back where you got out of your truck and locked the hubs in, so this boggles my mind.

 

[coachgeo]

How do you suppose it does it? My understanding of 4wd is somewhere back where you got out of your truck and locked the hubs in, so this boggles my mind.

well it says "hydraulic" in part of the description So I suspect the front wheels are hydraulic motor spun. So it just puts more juice to the front wheels.

So either this only is a feature on the HST model or the mechanical model is a hybrid with rear mechanical and front hydraulic?

 

[North Idaho Wolfman]

No it's not hydraulically powered, it's hydraulically shifted, it's a 2 speed front differential.