My experience was very similar. JD 2440 with a New Holland (Kuhn cutter bar) 462 hay cutter. But I was haulin butt in 6th gear when I found myself in the black cloud of ground bumblebees that I had run over and disturbed on the previous round. They were hitting the side of the tractor so hard I could hear the "tink" over the noise of the engine and cutter. I dove off the left side, grabbing the spring-loaded fuel shut-off and holding it back as I finished my Olympic dismount. By the time my feet were on the ground the engine was down to about 1 rpm and sounded dead so I let go of the shut-off and ran like heck. As I was putting distance between me and the tractor, I heard the sickening sound of the engine refusing to die and slowly returning to PTO speed because the spring had returned the shut-off before it died, and it was still in 6th gear. Suddenly I forgot about bees and focused on running down a speeding tractor. I m glad this happened when I was about 16, because I was able to do it and saved the tractor and cutter. If it had run over me and killed me I d have chosen that fate over what my Dad would have done to me if I d have let it go into the creek!
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