Hand throttle for td5

From memory these seemed to be a standard item in days gone by, not now though sadly.
Anyone know if you can still get a hand throttle to fit a td5?
Question 2, how do you fit it and how easy is it to do?

Lionhound said:

From memory these seemed to be a standard item in days gone by, not now though sadly.
Anyone know if you can still get a hand throttle to fit a td5?
Question 2, how do you fit it and how easy is it to do?

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its electronic,youd need an expert in that

Bollocks. Thanks for that James. Back to the drawing board.

Lionhound said:

Bollocks. Thanks for that James. Back to the drawing board.

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i suppose you could make something to position the accelerator pedal

jamesmartin said:

i suppose you could make something to position the accelerator pedal

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Now then, never thought of that one. Could be a good solution. Thanks.

Lionhound said:

Now then, never thought of that one. Could be a good solution. Thanks.

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Not a good idea especially if you tell insurance company of your modification...

See the link for more info well worth a phone call im sure they can help you

http://www.mobilityconversions.com/electric trigger throttle hand controls.html

kevstar said:

See the link for more info well worth a phone call im sure they can help you

http://www.mobilityconversions.com/electric trigger throttle hand controls.html

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Thanks @kevstar but that's a bit high tech for me.
Only needing to set a steady speed for using a boom sprayer. Pita at moment. Try keeping an even touch on the throttle while driving across a field or up a track with a 400 litre tank sloshing about at the rear.

throttle is only a potentiometer ? figure out what resistance gives what revs and one or two bypasses laters, viola !

windy81 said:

throttle is only a potentiometer ? figure out what resistance gives what revs and one or two bypasses laters, viola !

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Think it is a multi track pot so things become a bit more difficult as individual tracks will be monitored for differences to prevent uncommanded throttle inputs if something goes wrong.

I've heard of challenge truck etc where the throttle is moved behind the dash. Then operated by a second one down in the pedal box by a cable. Once on a cable you can add what ever you like to hold it then

gazman said:

I've heard of challenge truck etc where the throttle is moved behind the dash. Then operated by a second one down in the pedal box by a cable. Once on a cable you can add what ever you like to hold it then

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Well tell him where you found info so he can check it out...pointless post if you cant