How do you mount your horse?

[pfrederi 18,334]

This is why for a chore tractor (lots of stops starts on and offs)  you can't beat a Lawn ranger.  So much easier to mount and dismount than her bigger sisters.  Worst is a Commando 8 with a cracked steering wheel.  have to stand on the deck which is slippery and not hold to tight on the wheel.

[RandyLittrell 3,894]

14 hours ago, Achto said:

Most of my tractors are without full foot boards. Fortunately I was blessed with long legs. I step in front of the left rear tire as close as I can with my left leg & then swing my right leg over the back of the seat. At this point I'm straddling the tractor & just sit down.

 

I'm short and fat but swing my leg over from the ground. I have always been limber for a fat boy. 

 

 

 

Randy

[The Tuul Crib 7,338]

Maybe we need the removable steering 

wheel like on nascar! Course nothing to hold on too when you get on!

[cruisnblue48 835]

I do the Lone Ranger style horse mount... Stand well back behind your tractor, get a running start, jump up and mount the seat from behind. Yell Hi-Yo Silver and giddy-up, let's go!

[ebinmaine 70,769]

2 hours ago, cruisnblue48 said:

I do the Lone Ranger style horse mount... Stand well back behind your tractor, get a running start, jump up and mount the seat from behind. Yell Hi-Yo Silver and giddy-up, let's go!

We want video.

[AMC RULES 37,146]

   Umm...  

[953 nut 57,955]

On 7/8/2019 at 6:26 PM, Stepney said:

levitate and drop myself onto the seat

I like the levitation idea!                    Need to work on that one.

[MalMac 1,332]

Even though there are some entertaining comments here, the mounting and dismounting is one of the many contributing factors that led to the demise of the classic Wheel Horse. We were a dealer years ago and we lost more than one sale from unfriendly way to get on and off of these tractors. The tractor is designed for a young nimble individual with total disregard for anyone with limited motion or physical abilities. Their fine when you buy them as a young man/woman, but with a tractor that last 30 years all the sudden the individual is older too and getting on and off is now a challenge. Kinda like getting a adult off and on a Big Wheel kids tricycle. 

 

A scary real real life situation took place several years ago to my Dad. He was 79 at the time. He was not in the best shape physically . He was one of those stubborn depression era. WWII Vets. It was a hot day and he decided to get on a C105 8 speed.  I had told him several times do not be doing that while he was home alone on the farm. Well I just had a feeling that he was gonna mow that day because of all the rain in prior days. So I headed to our farm in the late afternoon to help him mow. When I got there I found him setting on the tractor next to one of are cattle chutes. I went up to him and noticed right away he was not looking very well. I asked him what was wrong and he did not speak. I finally kick my little feeble brain in gear and ask him if he could get off the tractor. He nodded that he couldn't. I finally devised a way to list this very stout man off the tractor. After I got him inside, finally got it out of him that he had been setting there for over two hours in the hot sun and could not get off the tractor. I do believe we were lucky that day.  

 

Now a challenge getting on and off. Try getting all your winter gear on and trying to get on a 8 speed C141 with a cab on. Now that's a challenge. Getting off after siting there for a extended period of time is even a bigger challenge. I do believe I looked like a monkey #%*$'en a football. One time I actually slipped while getting off. There I half laid. One leg over the shift levers and the other slid out from under me on the ground. I did the proverbial splits. There I was hung up because my Carharts were caught and couldn't get my leg down. It was a "Americas funniest video" moment. 

[71_Bronco 1,072]

I'm 5'-7", so not very tall. I have a Commando 8 with a 36" deck, and those little half-round foot rests.

 

Getting on, I usually put my leg over the center section (where the shifter is) as that is the lowest point. I kinda do a half jump when my foot is almost over, and land mostly on my butt on the seat. I'll have to do a little adjusting after, but seems to work.

 

Getting off, I usually throw one leg over the steering wheel, and pivot on the seat. Once my foot is over, I can usually squirm off the seat onto the ground.

 

As much as i love the looks of the Commando 8, mounting and dismounting are definitly not the easiest thing to do.

[SylvanLakeWH 27,558]

7 hours ago, MalMac said:

 

... to get on a C105 8 speed....

 

Thats my tractor and I can attest to the difficulty noted... between the lift lift arm, seat back and steering wheel there is not much room for the loading and unloading of the operator...! especially in the winter with full gear and boots on...

 

As I age, I can see a low back seat and wider floor boards in my future...

[Lee1977 7,038]

What's wrong with this younger generation that can't get on and off a Wheel Horse. They just had life to easy I guess. I have always been a climber. I was less that a year old my mother said I would climb over the side of the baby bed and down to the floor and was gone again. If anything was needed up high I was the man. Moats and I always volunteered to clean the insuators on the long wire antinas on work day. The cat walk was up 90' above the deck and another 25' to the water. When the ship would roll you could look stright down and all you would see is water the ship would be behind you.  It was quite a ride.  When I got on the ship it was out in the ocean the boat along side was rising and falling 12'.  When it got to the top you jump off on a rope and wood ladder and climbed like h@ll so the boat didn't come back up and get you.

So getting on and off a Wheel Horse is no problem.

 

Edited July 14, 2019 by Lee1977