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Gear Shifting and Throttle Controls

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How NOT to run a TLB- tractor, loader, backhoe. Red Flags & Dangerous Mistakes 4 k video

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The host covers the gear shifting mechanism, noting that TLBs typically have four or five speeds. He explains that, like a car, you must start in first gear and shift up. He also details the two throttle controls: a hand throttle for setting a constant RPM, and a foot throttle for variable speed control, especially useful during digging operations with the backhoe.

Goal: Understand gear shifting and the dual throttle system for efficient TLB operation.

Tools and materials

  • John Deere 310E TLB John Deere — The machine whose controls are explained

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is a four speed right here okay so this is your ship so you know you can't start out just like anytime you use anything that has a gearshift you can't start out in fourth gear you've got to start out in first and you've got to shift your way up every time that you you know up you get to the right speed sir clutch then the clutch disconnect you can see it right here the button on there is the button right on the side yep so that's how you disconnect the clutch in this one other our other loader will be different now our other TLB has an extended boom on the hole this one does not okay so okay so let's look at the basic control panel for this unit right here so here's your parking brake you've got your main instrument cluster right here but here's something that's a little different and this is your throttle okay so you've got two throttles in the TLB this throttle will just set it to whatever idle you want and this is the throttle you typically use when you're digging with the stinger in the back okay okay the foot throttle you'll throw this all the way down if you just drive them down the road and then you use your foot throttle just like you would a car or a truck or whatever you're familiar with so now as you spin around you want to lock your seat in place there you go you feel it lock in place so now this is your dedicated digging molar and TOB so

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