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Do you trust your parking brakes? I don\'t...
Hi,
I have a Kubota B2910 and think the mechanism for locking the parking brakes s**ks. Not sure if that is a permitted word here or not... /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
I can't believe that any tractor would have such a simple, weak, risky way of locking the brakes when parked. Just about any car/van/truck I have owned had a better system.
It is very difficult for me to put my trust in those brakes when I am off the tractor!
Here is the way they work.
To set the parking brake you push the brake pedals [locked together] and lift a little lever on the dash, below the instrument panel. The little lever is about an inch and a half long and takes no effort to set.
To release the brakes you simply push on the brake pedal and the brakes release.
Now in my car, to set the parking brake there is a substantial lever that you pull, with a button on it that you must push before it can be released. Push the brake foot pedal all you want and it will not release the parking brake.
If I accidentally drop something on my tractor's brake pedals...well, the brakes might release. If I slip and fall while getting off my tractor...bingo, fall briefly against the brake pedal and away she goes[possibly].
It blows me away that a working tool like a tractor would have such a poor way of ensuring that the brakes would remain set.
I am an easy going guy, but the more I think about this the more I see red... /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif
Is this only a Kubota trait, or are all tractors like this?
Hi,
I have a Kubota B2910 and think the mechanism for locking the parking brakes s**ks. Not sure if that is a permitted word here or not... /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
I can't believe that any tractor would have such a simple, weak, risky way of locking the brakes when parked. Just about any car/van/truck I have owned had a better system.
It is very difficult for me to put my trust in those brakes when I am off the tractor!
Here is the way they work.
To set the parking brake you push the brake pedals [locked together] and lift a little lever on the dash, below the instrument panel. The little lever is about an inch and a half long and takes no effort to set.
To release the brakes you simply push on the brake pedal
Now in my car, to set the parking brake there is a substantial lever that you pull, with a button on it that you must push before it can be released. Push the brake foot pedal all you want and it will not release the parking brake.
If I accidentally drop something on my tractor's brake pedals...well, the brakes might release. If I slip and fall while getting off my tractor...bingo, fall briefly against the brake pedal and away she goes[possibly].
It blows me away that a working tool like a tractor would have such a poor way of ensuring that the brakes would remain set.
I am an easy going guy, but the more I think about this the more I see red... /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif
Is this only a Kubota trait, or are all tractors like this?