There a few situations I have encountered where turning brakes were NEEDED and I had a machine that was not JD and I sure found out why JD put the pedals where they do. I had to swing the rear of a small TLB in around a post so I had to put both my legs on the RH side to do it on that non JD machine. On my JD I had I also found the brakes VERY useful when mowing on hills. You could back down the hill into the ditch , stop, hold yourself with the brakes,then easy the hydro back up out. Very smooth and easy and safely. I'd not been able to do it with another machine that you couldn't get to the brake pedals. The hydro would of coasted down into the ditch til you got to the brakes and likely would of spun out or did a wheelie trying to move while it was coasting. Another situation you need them is if you back drag with the bucket , your front wheels don't have enough weight on them to steer and you are drifting off so you can correct your steering with your brakes.
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