meadowfield 2,758 #1 Posted April 9, 2020 Bendy has had a good innings, and taken everything thrown at it. However today whilst moving heavy loads of wet clay. Maybe 1/2 ton a load. I backed up to tip and the handbrake couldn’t hold the weight. As it rolled I jumped off and we tried to grab a tyre. No chance, I screamed as I watched it slip into the gill. The trailer stopped it pretty dead as it folded. Everything stopped and things didn’t look half as bad as they could have been! We pulled it out with the big tractor and it’s just twisted in the middle and the drive chain is now very slack. lucky escape and I’d never have thought the handbrake would be it’s downfall... 1 13 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
c-series don 10,154 #2 Posted April 9, 2020 Glad to see you didn’t get hurt! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lee1977 7,224 #3 Posted April 9, 2020 I don't trust the hand brake on my Wheel Horses. I got to where unless it's level ground I shut it down and leave it in gear. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
19richie66 17,655 #4 Posted April 9, 2020 That could have ended a lot worse. Glad to see you came out of it ok. Metal can be straightened or replaced. People not so much. 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
R Scheer 505 #5 Posted April 9, 2020 Glad no one got hurt, could have been a sad story. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bottjernat1 2,194 #6 Posted April 9, 2020 Holy Molie !! Now there is a change of pants situation! LOL 1 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 73,006 #7 Posted April 9, 2020 1 hour ago, c-series don said: Glad to see you didn’t get hurt! 18 minutes ago, 19richie66 said: That could have ended a lot worse. Glad to see you came out of it ok. Metal can be straightened or replaced. People not so much. And.. 28 minutes ago, Lee1977 said: I don't trust the hand brake on my Wheel Horses. I got to where unless it's level ground I shut it down and leave it in gear. And.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SylvanLakeWH 28,607 #8 Posted April 9, 2020 Glad you're ok. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mickwhitt 5,138 #9 Posted April 9, 2020 Now that looks like a repair job! Is the chassis twisted? What is the brake like on that model? Similar to my C125 with a brake band around a cast hub on a gear shaft? I had my band reclined and it's pretty good. Mick south Yorkshire Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ed Kennell 42,189 #10 Posted April 9, 2020 Scary stuff. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 67,066 #11 Posted April 9, 2020 Get well soon, Bendy! Glad you’re ok! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pfrederi 18,714 #12 Posted April 9, 2020 Any Band brakes are notoriously weak in reverse. My 6000 lb Case DC3 has them. Scary trying to stop her if she is rolling backwards down hill. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rmaynard 16,372 #13 Posted April 9, 2020 (edited) Makes me think that I may have to include a disclaimer in the box with my brake linings. Although parking brakes haven't come a long way since the first ones showed up on Wheel Horses, I think about my 701 with no parking brake at all. You must stop the engine and engage the transmission to hold it. My 875 only has a parking brake pawl inside the hydro transmission, which on a good day really isn't much of a hold. As @Lee1977 said. "shut it down and leave it in gear". But then hindsight is always 20/20. Glad you escaped with no human injuries, and only minor injuries to the horse. Edited April 9, 2020 by rmaynard 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
meadowfield 2,758 #14 Posted April 23, 2020 thanks for the kind words guys... Bendy has been parked for the last few weeks. I really need to sort out the bent bits, but feeling a little down still. The brake band could probably have been tighter, so thats the next step! also next time I'm backing downhill and tipping a big rock might help. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oilwell1415 563 #15 Posted April 23, 2020 On 4/9/2020 at 2:22 PM, pfrederi said: Any Band brakes are notoriously weak in reverse. My 6000 lb Case DC3 has them. Scary trying to stop her if she is rolling backwards down hill. This is also true of some drum brake designs. If both shoes pivot at the top or bottom there will always be one that is self energizing. If one pivots at the top and one at the bottom, like some old cars, they will be extremely touchy in one direction and near useless in the other. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
