An earth handling vehicle is proposed which is capable of traveling forwardly or rearwardly to accomplish digging and loading operations, said vehicle having a chassis supported for movement on the earth by a track mechanism. The vehicle is further provided with an engine, transmission, a gearshift lever and a main clutch and further includes a maneuvering apparatus comprising front and rearwardly disposed interconnected actuators associated with steering clutches and lever mechanisms for operation of the actuators. Also, included is a supplemental clutch actuator lever which includes a portion that is operably interconnected with at least one actuator lever.