I don't know if this is a dumb question or not, but is there anything that prevents a passenger from riding in the backhoe seat while the tractor is being driven on the standard L tractors? Like a safety cutoff switch or something. I currently have a B2320 but am looking at getting an L2501 with a backhoe. Not for joyriding, but for instance one time we needed to patch my driveway several hundred feet from my house, so I threw a couple bags of cold patch asphalt and some tools in the loader and drove there, while my son had to walk to and from there to help me out.
Question about L2501 L3301 L3901 backhoe
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No - no switch in there at all - IDEA is bad- but I have done far worse.
While working commercial construction - we had a open 6' tall steam tunnel duct below ground level- 200 feet long - ladder was on the other end - track hoe with empty bucket and idle operator!
He told me that it was a bad idea - but I got in the bucket (Big a$$ bucket ) and rode down into the ditch with lazy fall gauge ($$$$$ expensive tool!)
I told him that I would take the heat......everything went well ....
BUT I would not "ride" back there - the bucket on a back hoe aint that big, nothing to hold on to....etc.....
plus - when your son gets older......he gets to ride in the seat!!! Youngin' need to walk!
I haven't used it in awhile but if I remember correctly, if the backhoe seat is up, the tractor won't go anywhere. I would forget to fold the seat down and the tractor wouldn't move.
I have the 3901 with BH77. I have had my son ride in BH seat while I drive. There is no safety switch issue. I don't see any issue as long as the person in BH seat stays clear of the BH controls.
Thanks for the replies. Yes I know it isn't optimal safety-wise, I was just wondering if it was possible.