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It is very sad to hear of this news, can only hope the family of this person stays strong, these kind of things are so sudden and very hard to deal with to say the least. A lot of us are learning what many old timers know about these tractors when they were new. Event the most experienced can get caught, a matter of circumstance, unforseen, overlooked or taken for granted, things that can appear so quickly leaving no time to react or get out of the way. Everyt situation is different, but it's when you cross the line and use the tractor beyond it's design intent that is a major risk factor, that and or a hidden stump or hole not seen, or a mechanical failure, you think you have enough time to react, but most cases you don't. I've pulled some logs with the 850 Ford, it's got a loader on it,loaded tires and I have an excellent 3pt mount counter weight, heavy cast iron ( 1000-1500 lbs easy ) on a 9 hole draw bar that I can just about drag on the ground, but is also not bearing on the Hyd. system the way it's set up, you can hook the tow line on it or the drawbar mount, as low to the ground as you can, it tolerates quite a bit from what I've done so far, have towed logs up hill and not had the front end even feel light yet, but if that log ever got hung up.....N/G... so I've tested the waters, but feel it's not worth the risk, this one can pop out of gear, have new tight brakes but have gotten a pant leg caught on the pedals, that happening at the wrong time is a bad thing. It's strong, well balanced and seemingly ballasted enough to keep you out of trouble, but get greedy with it, don't want to think about that. I am fortunate to have a large dozer, and just save any sizeable logs for it, but you know what happens, your there already, it'll pull it, might take a try at it, the more you get away with it, the more you might attempt to do, really have to stop and think sometimes. I can't imagine how the 8N's and similar ones perform without weight in the front etc. and people have used these for years for things besides agricultural work, I guess you get feel for what you can and cannot do, then you get a younger generation person who buys one of these as an affordable tractor to help clear a lot or other part time work, decides to hook up to the top link pin ( which is suicide ) and may not have the experience other people may have, that person is at risk, makes you wish you could get the message out a little stronger somehow.
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