524 Deere Loader, what no key!

[heavylift]

I see this machine has a potential to idle long hours, waste copious amount of fuel.
19 button pushes to start this silly thing. I didn't run it. But it seemed like it took 5 minutes to restart it. After the first day I noticed it setting and idling about half the day.

 

[cutting edge]

So what are you saying?

Was it beyond your capabilities to press the start button, punch in a 4 digit security code,then the enter button and then the start button? ( 6 button presses)

....and if it sat around idling, don't you think someone should enable the idle shutdown timer?

 

[heavylift]

It has a 6 digit code. Which just happens to be the rental company's equipment number, so as a security feature that didn't make sense. It takes 19 pushes of the buttons to get it started. It doesn't have a numbered keypad, so you have to push an arrow button to run up to the correct number each time.

One job had a Volvo with the timer on it. It was maybe one minute before it shut down. Ask the rental guy about it, sure I can disable it. If you buy the machine. A few days later I saw it idling. I asked the foreman when did the turn the timer off, oh they didn't , I just put the cutting edge in the ground and put it in 1st. Walked away shaking my head.

 

[JDOFMEMI]

I think we will be able to look back and find that the best machines ever were the last generation before all the electronic controls. They can make a machine nice when it is new, but are a bear later on. Now we have come to ones that are not even nice to run when new.

Put a key in and turn it.

I am sure there will be accidents caused by field workarounds to all the PITA safety and security measures, like mentioned above by heavylift.