Posted by sgtbull on November 04, 2009 at 06:04:18 from (163.191.228.254):
I've been restoring old tractors and playing with them for over 25 yrs. I've always maintained that loading and unloading tractors is probably the single most dangerous action at tractor shows and the like. I personally saw my life flash before my eyes one day while helping a buddy retrieve an old WC Allis. It ran, barely, on a lawnmower gas tank hanging by a wire from the hood. Only one of the handbrakes was free and it steered like the gearbox was full of sand. I was backing it up the ramps on his gooseneck trailer, when it died, and began to roll forward. I had already turned the wheels somewhat to angle it on the trailer so I couldn't just "ride it back down." I grabbed the brakes, but of course, only one worked, slewing the tractor to the left. The front wheels went off the trailer and the whole thing started to go over the edge. I managed to break the other brake loose, and barely got it stopped before it tumbled. (Anyone who has ever sat on a WC knows how hard it is to jump off of it.) I'll never drive on onto a tall trailer again. If it doesn't have a winch, I won't have anything to do with it. What have been your close calls while LOADING OR UNLOADING?
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