Do you trust your parking brakes? I don't...

[Anonymous Poster]

Re: Do you trust your parking brakes? I don\'t...

Iseki and Yanmar must have the same setup.... mine set like that, also.

 

[buck1]

Re: Do you trust your parking brakes? I don\'t...

Mine work fine but I don't rely on them alone. I'll drop all implements and knock it out of gear if I have to get off of the tractor for a short period of time. Diesels don't do well if you constantly start and stop them...at least that's what I've always heard. Maybe that's why trucker's always leave their rigs running?

 

[Anonymous Poster]

Re: Do you trust your parking brakes? I don\'t...

This weekend my parking brake stuck on, or actually the pedal linkage failed to return all the way up. I was really confused, not being used to the tractor yet, with only 15 hours. I could not figure out why I couldn't move! I was looking at all the linkage ect. the when getting up from under tractor I grabbed the pedal and it moved up all the way.
I would say I trust the brakes since I was trying to move and couldn't under power!

 

[Anonymous Poster]

Re: Do you trust your parking brakes? I don\'t...

<font color="blue">I'll drop all implements and knock it out of gear if I have to get off of the tractor for a short period of time. </font>

I assume you have an HST...otherwise taking it out of gear would be a given.

Myself, I came to the conclusion that it is better to keep the tractor in gear with the HST. That is because the HST wants to hold postion. I agree that dropping implements is a great idea...

Bottom line for me [at this point in time] is that if the parking brake should fail, I would rather have the hst tractor in gear than in neutral...

 

[Ledgemere Farm]

Re: Do you trust your parking brakes? I don\'t...

I agree. However, just out of habit, I usually drop the loader and whatever is on the 3PH to the ground when I park.