Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: hiLLs vs. narrow front end on

Posted by Hugh MacKay on June 20, 2003 at 04:51:44 from (216.208.58.135):

In Reply to: Re: Re: Re: Re: hiLLs vs. narrow front end on farm posted by JB on June 19, 2003 at 20:39:15:

JB: Yes I can agree with that one, however it is not unique to narrow fronts. My dad had his first loader on a 51 H narrow front then a 55 - 300 narrow front. I have loaded many many loads with those old Farmalls. My biggest thrill however came several years back when the same thing you describe happened when I had borrowed my neighbors 8950 Kubota 4x4 to move some top soil. It is not a comfortable feeling even in a ROPS cab.

Operators of heavy construction loaders will tell you one of their worst fears is going to work in morning and finding a soft front tire on loader. With a bunch of dump trucks lined up, the big brass on the other end of that mobile communication will undoubtedly tell him to load the first round and they will have a service truck there to pump the tire. Many are tempted to refuse, however they also have a bunch of angry truck drivers hauling by the ton mile, as waiting companions. I have not done a lot of loading with , heavy loaders but will tell you this, you don't want any side elevation when you put as much as 10 ton 14 feet in the air. Those machines are not a lot wider than the old Farmall.

Most loader incidents on row crop narrow fronts have resulted with loader just a bit too high for conditions. In a lot of cases it has been tractor upset rather than tractor rollover. The tractor will land on its side, prevented from going further because loader was high enough to stop it from doing so. Most of those guys walked away with bruises, the worst one being their pride. Many of them hoped no one would ever find out and many times that was the case. I remember one old guy, had farmed in partnership with his brother for years. They were as far as the general public was concerned very careful farmers, the kind of guys that never got in trouble. His brother had died and one day he got in a mess and had to go to neighbors for help. Neighbor said," I thought you and brother Jim never did these foolish tricks." The old guy replied," We had our share you just never found when there was two of us."

If one knew and recorded the close calls that happened around farms, that statistic would be far more scary than the actual injuries and fatalities that have happened. While I staked my claim in previous post to having no lost time accidents, the close calls were indeed there. We were truly blessed. I did make a practice every time one of those close calls happened, to review why it happened with employees.

Remember this, every machine is as dangerous as you make it.

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