As mentioned free wheels if put in neutral only. Will slide going downhill if rear tires unweighted in 2wd just like a big tractor. The HST pedal provides aggressive engine braking to the point of rarely / ever needing to uses the brakes. Even in high range with 6-8 ton hay wagon behind our L5030 the hst pedal is used to control the speed coming down hills. If its a really steep hill we will stop and put in medium range so its less load on the hst. I've only used the brakes when accidentally knocking the range transmission out of gear on a hill.
To use the steering brakes, you either use the cruise control (hand lever for the pedal) or you reach your other foot over. With 4wd and the sharp steering on the Kubota style axles its super rare to need it, once in a while to force the loader to go sideways or you don't feel like stepping on the diff lock when a tire is spinning. Sometimes to help line up a 3 point implement that is being difficult.
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