John I am glad you are OK. Many don't get a second chance. I have read many of your postings on electrical issues. You could not have the knowledge on electrical issues and be a stupid man. Now my comment that will sound smart butted. I read where the tractor only has one working brake. So you knowingly took a tractor with one working brake on a steep hill???? That is just asking to be KILLED!!!!!!
To fix the brakes on a AC D-15 might cost a few hundred dollars at the most if the disks are shot. Compare that to what a life time of being a cripple would be??? Even worse you getting killed.
GUYS if a tractor does not have all the systems working DO NOT USE IT!!!! What I mean by this is: 1) THE brakes 2) The steering 3) Lift/hitch 4) Lights if it has them.
If the brakes are not fully functional you can lose control like you did today. You got very lucky. Seen several guys killed by just one brake working. Tractor goes side ways when the one brake is hit and the tractor flips. One dead operator.
If the steering locks up or even worst quits working then you loose control. Had a good friend killed on a JD 4020 pulling a hay rake down a gravel county road. The tractor had a worn out tie rod end. He did not want to spend the money right then to fix it. It fell off and when the wheel locked back it flipped the tractor into the road ditch. Broke his neck right there in front of his kids that where following him with the baler.
The lift not working can get you killed. Had a customer that had a JD 2020. The three point lift cylinder had a blown oring. It would not lift. He decided to use his rear scoop to clean a ditch out. His wife said she saw him doing it. He would back in and get the scoop full. Then just drag it forward on the ground to where he wanted to dump it. He then would hook a log chain through the wheel to the lift arm and drive forward real slow. The chain would lift the three point arm. Then he could dump the scoop. He did this a few times with no problems. The last thing he ever did was try it again. He must have let the clutch out too hard or his foot slipped. The chain broke the lift arm when it hit the top of its travel. Then the scoop flew up and over hitting him in the head. He died instantly with a crushed skull.
Lights not working getting you killed. Neighbor has a feed yard up the road about 500 feet from his barns. This is a paved State road. Traffic going 55-60 MPH. His oldest son did the feeding. They did not keep the lights working on the tractor. Not a single rear light. He was feeding two years ago in the evening. A semi hit the feed wagon an flipped it and the tractor several times down the road. 15 year old kid killed because of no rear lights.
So guys keep things well maintained. Also consider what you are doing with an older tractor. The newer tractors do have more safety equipment on them. Like ROPs and seat belts. There where a lot of guys killed on this older stuff we play with. Many of these tractors where not very safe the day they where new.
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