newbie8nowner
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After several months of working on my 8n, I finally got it running well enough to be able to check out the hydraulics. I hooked the bush hog up made a
few adjustments and on a good note everything seems to be okay, lift going up and down and pto turning the blades. After making a couple of passes on
my property I headed back to where I park the tractor, it was then that it went bad. I have been warned both on this forum and by other 8n owners
about how the bush hog will push the tractor even with the clutch and brakes are all the way down. As I approached the parking area, I glanced back at
the bush hog to make sure it was still in the up position, when I looked forward I realized I had missed my mark and was heading towards my
granddaughters above ground pool. I tried to push the clutch and brakes to the ground, pulled it out of gear and begin turning the wheels away from
the pool, while it did slow down the tractor did not stop until it hit one of the support poles on the pool. Luckily the only damage was a bent pole,
but had I been going any faster I am sure the outcome would have been a lot worse. I wanted to share this because all it takes is a matter of a few
seconds for trajedy to happen, and it is easy to to forget the basic rules. I will buy the device that I believe is called a safety clutch for the pto
this weekend. Tractor Safe Everyone
few adjustments and on a good note everything seems to be okay, lift going up and down and pto turning the blades. After making a couple of passes on
my property I headed back to where I park the tractor, it was then that it went bad. I have been warned both on this forum and by other 8n owners
about how the bush hog will push the tractor even with the clutch and brakes are all the way down. As I approached the parking area, I glanced back at
the bush hog to make sure it was still in the up position, when I looked forward I realized I had missed my mark and was heading towards my
granddaughters above ground pool. I tried to push the clutch and brakes to the ground, pulled it out of gear and begin turning the wheels away from
the pool, while it did slow down the tractor did not stop until it hit one of the support poles on the pool. Luckily the only damage was a bent pole,
but had I been going any faster I am sure the outcome would have been a lot worse. I wanted to share this because all it takes is a matter of a few
seconds for trajedy to happen, and it is easy to to forget the basic rules. I will buy the device that I believe is called a safety clutch for the pto
this weekend. Tractor Safe Everyone