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07-25-2011, 11:03 PM
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1450 Rolled down the Hil, thru the fence and into woodpile!
I was out mowing this evening and had to stop for a few minutes. I parked on a modest incline and went inside. (tractor was turned off) About 5 minutes later I came out just in time to to see the 1450 rolling away, crash through the fence and pick up real steam heading down the steep incline through the back yard. It flew down the hill (i'd say easily doing 20mph or better at top speed...), until it crashed into the wood pile - about 150 yards away.
The crash (into the wood pile) bent the front of the frame but the tractor fired right up and climbed back up the hill to the house. I was lucky more damage didn't occur to tractor, me or the fence. The wood pile was in just the right place. Honestly, for something as crappy as this to happen - it couldn't have gone better. Missed the truck, went through fence rails perfectly between the posts and missed everything in yard, excluding wood pile, which stopped it from punching another hole in the fence. Anyone know what happened? I was under the impression that the tractor wouldn't budge when it wasn't running (ever try pushing one - even with the lever lifted?). It was basically free-wheeling. It is like the hydro just completely lost pressure or something. Is this normal? I did not have the parking brake set. Again, it started out on a modest incline and was actually mostly level when it started to roll. One thing is for sure - I won't ever be doing that again. I'm just wondering if it indicates an issue (before - or since rolling all that way...) with the hydro... Thanks, Calvin 
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