Runaway Tractor (not runaway diesel)

DaveFromMi

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Equipment
L3901 RCR1260
Apr 14, 2021
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Indiana
Several years ago, I was using a 1974 JD 830 for bush hogging a meadow.
It was a manual trans with 2 shifters. The gear select switch popped out of a low gear as I was going downhill bush hogging. I quickly locked up both brakes and got stopped about 15' before a waterfall.
I was about to bail.