Avenger
Veteran Member
On Friday, my neighbor came down the road to get me. Literally with his hands on his head, and a bit freaked out. He rented a small John Deere 2032R TLB from Home Depot to fix up his muddy, steep driveway before winter (even though I've offered to do the job many times, for nothing.). I drove up this horrendous road to where he was waiting for me. I saw the tracks. He had parked the tractor on a hill, shut off the engine and was going to do some manual shovel work, when suddenly the tractor took off without him! Rolling down the road backwards, it ran off the road and down an even steeper embankment, about 75ft down!
His nephew and I hooked up some chains, and he drove it while I pulled him out. We had to reset the chains 3 times, and with the help of the JD and my pulling efforts on the road, we got him out. No serious damage to the TLB.
Just your friendly reminder that parking brakes are there for a reason. Things happen, and happen very quickly.
Here is a video of it.
His nephew and I hooked up some chains, and he drove it while I pulled him out. We had to reset the chains 3 times, and with the help of the JD and my pulling efforts on the road, we got him out. No serious damage to the TLB.
Just your friendly reminder that parking brakes are there for a reason. Things happen, and happen very quickly.
Here is a video of it.