![]() I eventually found what I believe is my lowest gear in the top left position of the H. I haven’t run across any other owners or much info. The dual pedal setup is a bit unusual and apparently it’s mor than just me who thinks so. I was actually thinking about doing that same thing. I’d bet someone bypassed he switches in the foot pedals and retrofitted the hand lever. I believe some of the larger (50 and 60?) cab model back hoes where set up,with that. To my knowledge that was never installed on the model 30’s. One very interesting thing about your machine.…you have the 2 directional pedals on the right side? You a”so have the steering column mounted shuttle lever. They are essentially backhoes with out the hoe, and in fact the 30/40/50 series machines had backhoe counterparts in the Massey model lineup. People seem to use different terms mostly meaning the same thing. These machines are “ construction tractors” or “ industrial tractors” or “ loader tractors”. I think 1st gear is top left but I can’t remember now. The left top and bottom is 1st and 2nd gear. I pretty sure top right on mine is high gear (4th). You said top left on your shift pattern was high gear. The optional 16.9-24 tires will be 5% faster than the 14.9-24 tires. Tractor data shows 1st gear as 1.7mph but I believe is closer to 3mph. ![]() What this means is with the engine operating the PTO at the correct output you only have 4 ground speed choices.…the slowest of which is still probably way too fast. Where this differs from an automotive automatic transmission is that the gear ratio is still selected manually. The torque converter “automatically“ handles the smooth application of torque. They get away with this by incorporating a torque converter very similar to an automotive automatic transmission. They only have 4 speeds, which is far far less than your typical farm/utility tractor. Anyway did you get a good answer on this yet? Hate to be the barer of bad news but these machines arent really compatible with PTO implements operated in motion …. Wasnt quite sure what year it was but is very similar to yours so I’m guessing 84-86. If anybody out there has a similar set up and can advise me on how or if it is possible to get this tractor to safely crawl in reverse while maintaining 1800 engine rpm/540 PTO I would be very grateful. Is there another lever or control I'm missing that will slow this tractor down? Unfortunately, the owners manual I got with the tractor does not cover the power shuttle controls that I have for selecting gears and direction and I have not been able to find any other information on this particular set up on the internet. The problem is when engine rpm is set at 1800 and then I put the tractor into reverse by moving the small direction control lever located on the left side of the steering column, the tractor travels far too fast regardless of where I've positioned the gear selector lever located in the center on top of the transmission. The company I bought the blower from told me that I would have to set and maintain engine rpm at about 1800 with the hand throttle to get the PTO shaft spinning at 540rpm for the blower to operate effectively. ![]() I stumbled across a used 72" wide rear mounted snow thrower this past fall and thought I might try it out on my driveway to get more use out of the tractor. I have owned the tractor for less than a year and bought it primarily to load logs into my wood processor. I'm a newbie and have a question for anyone who has operated or owns a 1984 MF30E tractor with a power shuttle transmission. ![]()
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