Safety note

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Had an incident Sunday while plowing with the 1450. My neighbors driveway slopes downhill from her garage, about a 35 degree angle. While plowing downhill, suddenly the 1450 accelerated. I pulled her in reverse and hit the brakes. Nothing. I finally stopped when I hit the neighbor's truck across the street. Praise God, the 54" blade went between his front bumper and the left front tire. I hit the tire on an angle so the radius of the blade matched the radius of the tire. No damage to the truck or tractor. I panicked when I realized I couldn't stop the tractor. She wouldn't turn due to snow on the road. I remembered to turn the key off, after I bouncerd off the tire. Moral here is to remind yourself if something happens, turn the key off first. Problem was the external snap ring had come off the shaft of the outer plate that the tee rod goes into, resulting in the tranny being wide open in forward. I replaced all the snap rings I could find on the tranny linkage, plates, etc. Had no problems when I resumed plowing.