The explanation is that the brake pucks may not be gripping the disc with enough force to AFFECT a stop under all conditions. Because the brake disc is splined onto the transaxle brake shaft, ALL braking effort must be transmitted to the tires by routing through the differential gearing. Because there is a relatively significant amount of torque transfer involved in brake systems that utilize a single brake unit to achieve braking at both rear wheels via the transaxle gearing............the braking effort at each wheel will be affected by the differential gear actions at a given point in operation. Translation of that means that when the tractor is in a straight line stop, braking effort at each tire will be about equal. Braking effort at each wheel during turns will be affected because the differential gearing will be operating at those times and that will have a net effect of changing the actual brake power as if it had been increased........or decreased by running it through a gear train that either speeds up the output.....or slows down the output, depending on which way the gearing goes (numerically speaking). But, the brake system must have been designed with this effect in mind and would have been made robust enough to compensate for the reduction and still have the capability to provide satisfactory stopping power. Therefore I think your brake pucks and disc are simply not as powerful as they should be. Perhaps it's time to take the brake apart for a real good clean and lube, and maybe new brake puck.

These days we only juice citrus. We had a Jack Lalane juicer for apples and carrots, but we gave it away because we do not produce enough apples or carrots to juice. After tasting garden carrots we no longer want to buy commercial carrots. I found the Lalane really wasteful, lots of good roughage gone to the compost rather than our bodies. Also, a real pain in the $%^& to clean. It does make very good carrot, apple, carrot apple, melon, kale, celery juices. We switched to a vitamix, still experimenting with it, but we are interested in getting the whole food in a juice/smoothie, rather than just the juice and throw a lot away. I juice gallons and gallons of citrus. It was 10 gallons last year. That was the excess, not what we drank as we went along! We probably drank another 10 gallons. I have an citrus juicer attachment to our kitchenaid mixer. It is crap, don't buy it. The manual ones are OK, I have several different types. The Mexican clam-shell types that close on the halved citrus are not bad for small quantities. Since most of what we juice are minneolas, I now use a food mill. Same exact tool i use to mill my tomatoes. This is because minneolas have a very delicate, easy to remove peel when they are ripe, so it is best to peel first, then juice. In the rare occasion I juice grapefruit I'll use the crappy Kitchen aide attachment, or a regular manual juicer. In any case, the food mill is easier on the body than the electric Kitchen aide attachment, more comfortable to use and less effort, believe it or not. Also, the quality of the juice is exceptional, it does not separate when it sits, and it freezes nicely. I should also say I only juice quarts at a time, not gallons at a time. I get approximately 1-2 quarts per large basket of citrus, I only pick at most 3 baskets (so about 3-6 quarts at a time)

You can't reuse it to can up more pickles as it contains juices from the former pickles that weaken it making it unsafe to use in that manner. Keep it to use for extra flavoring in pasta and potato salads. I've used good pickling juice in the spring when I ran out of pickled beets. Take a bottle or even store bought can of regular beets, drain well and put in a container that has a lid. Slice 1/4 to 1/2 small onion thinly, and put some of the pickling juice (probably 1 cup +/-) and the onion in a small pan. Boil together for about 5 minutes. Pour over beets in the bowl and stir together well. Try to submerge all the beets in the juice. Put the lid on and place the bowl in the fridge. I let it set at least overnight. Should keep well in the fridge for several days but mine is usually gone in a day or two. I always can pickled beets with added sliced onions and miss them when they are gone. This is a good way to add a different flavor to plain ones. Crystal

When we were kids our mother made us ice pops with reconstituted frozen orange juice. i can't imagine it wouldn't also work with fresh juice. If the juice separates when it's thawed, I'd give it a quick whiz in the blender which both mixes and aerates it. That's how DW an I improved the taste of store brand frozen OJ in our early days.