No Brakes - A Scary Experience

[schmism]

id be stomping on the HST peddle to GO FORWARD D@MNIT!

 

[JerryG]

Mornin Jerry,
I find that picture amazing ! Obviously your brakes are in good working order, or your in gear with tractor off and brakes set ! Great picture all the same !

Hello Scott.
The brakes are fantastic. They would hold the tractor at 60* if you could get enough traction. As far as being in gear goes, no it's not. That is the one thing that I had to get used to when I first bought a PowerShuttle. When the tractor is off it will roll even if it is in gear. You have to use the brakes when you park.
Believe it or not. I don't use my brakes or clutch when I mow that area.

 

[BB_TX]

Also what make and model is your tractor?

It is an '84 JD 950. It has over 2100 hours. Probably the original pin.
Actually had it been the creek, I would have probably been ok. When there, I am usually in a low forward gear, 4wd, with my foot on the brake. With the clutch in, I ease off the brake and let gravity roll me backward. Then when as far as I want to go, I ease out on the clutch to go forward.
The pedal did go to the bottom so I knew right away that I had no brakes. In this case there was no danger at the bottom of the slope, so my panic level was much less than it could have been.

 

[slowrev]

Also Having brakes can be dangerous when you are not used to having them.
I helped a friend rebuild the brakes on his old tractor. They had been pretty much non existant for many years. He almost flipped it from hitting the brakes hard like he used to when rolling backwards down a slight slope. He is now being retrained...

When you don't have good brakes you tend to plan ahead better

 

[Laneman950]

BB TX I have the same tractor, an 83 JD 950.I just rebuilt the brakes on mine. The pin at the rear end of the rod can be locked in by the brake cover if you slip it in so the head faces the cover. This way at least 2 of the 4 pins are locked in.