How much do you trust your parking brake?

[Hendey T&G]

I live on a hill without a lot of flat ground so I'm stopped on a hill frequently. I turn sideways when I can or turn the front wheels towards the hill but that's not always possible.
I'm talking about short term parking, maybe 5 or 10 minutes. I could turn the tractor off and leave it in gear but if I'm just getting off to slide a compressor motor into the bucket or something, that seems like lots of wear and tear on the starter. I could put out a wheel chock but I'd have to get off the tractor to do that.
Use the loader to lift the front end up a wee bit along with the parking brake?
So far, the parking brake has held well but I don't really like just relying on it and hoping for the best.
I haven't had it that long and am still getting used to it. It's a 5155 so fairly heavy with loaded tires.
Any thoughts? Pics show terrain I'm working with.

 

[ruffdog]

A very valid concern. It seems most tractors have brakes that are wimpy when new get worse as time goes on. It is one of the features I relish the brakes on my Toolcat. I can be working on getting firewood on extreme hills and always feel safe.

 

[5030]

No pictures but I just set the bucket down with the cutting edge vertically in contact with the ground and it don't go anywhere. My buggy has a standard box so it gets parked in gear always and the wife's Burb, the parking pawl in the Allison is quite substantial so it's not going anywhere either.

 

[scootr]

Always put the gannon down when leaving the tractor on a hill. It acts like an anchor.

 

[Hendey T&G]

Thanks for the replies.
I admit I had to look up what a Toolcat and gannon are.

 

[Mtsoxfan]

I live in hilly terrain as well. I totally trust the parking brake. I adjusted the brakes about 900 hours ago when I first picked up the used tractor. I never use brakes, as it's a hydro, but use parking brake almost every time I'm off the tractor. I do turn wheels uphill as a habit though...