Parking; Operating Techniques; Differential Lock - Kubota L2501 Operator's Manual

32 OPERATING THE TRACTOR

PARKING

BParking
To avoid personal injury or death:
BEFORE DISMOUNTING TRACTOR
A ALWAYS SET PARKING BRAKE AND LOWER
ALL IMPLEMENTS TO THE GROUND.
Leaving transmission in gear with the engine
stopped will not prevent tractor with HST
transmission from rolling.
A STOP THE ENGINE AND REMOVE THE KEY.
1. When parking, be sure to set the parking brake.
To set the parking brake;
(1) Interlock the brake pedals.
(2) Depress the brake pedals.
(3) Latch the brake pedals with the parking brake
lever.
(1) Parking brake lever
A To prevent damage to the parking brake lever, make
sure that brake pedals are fully depressed before
pushing the parking brake lever.
2. Before getting off the tractor, disengage the PTO,
lower all implements to the ground, place all control
levers in their neutral positions, set the parking brake,
stop the engine and remove the key.
3. If it is necessary to park on an incline, be sure to chock
the wheels to prevent accidental rolling of the
machine.
(A) Interlock the brake pedals
(B) "DEPRESS"
(C) "PUSH"

OPERATING TECHNIQUES

BDifferential Lock
To avoid personal injury or death due to loss of
steering control:
A Do not operate the tractor at high speed with
differential lock engaged.
A Do not attempt to turn with the differential lock
engaged.
A Be sure to release the differential lock before
making a turn in field conditions.
If one of the rear wheels should slip, step on the
differential lock pedal. Both wheels will turn together, then
reduce slippage.
Differential lock is maintained only while the pedal is
depressed.
[Manual Transmission Type]
[HST Type]
(1) Differential lock pedal (A) Press to "ENGAGE"
(B) Release to "DISENGAGE"