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Most tractors don't use a pedal for throttle, they use a hand lever. You've seen pilots use a similar throttle control in airplanes in movies. But there are tractors with foot throttles. We had one, the throttle was underneath the two brakes.

The two brake pedals typically look like a single pedal that's been split in half.



> Most tractors don't use a pedal for throttle, they use a hand lever. You've seen pilots use a similar throttle control

Hah, how to tell a city slicker. That makes a ton of sense though. Obviously a tractor is mostly wanting to maintain a slow but constant speed over a bumpy terrain. Having to do that with a foot pedal would be a pain.

At least I know what a PTO is, but only because of reading how dangerous they can be.


Ford tractors, IIRC, have both hand and foot throttles.




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