IT is not just the older tractors that can get you.
I did just about upset a "new" JD 7810. They had just brought out the IVT transmission. I was showing a customer how the IVT would maintain road speed with the engine speed slowed down. This tractor was a MFWD but the tires where set in to 60" centers and the duals had not yet been put on it. The customer was riding on the little "buddy" seat. We where going down the road at 25 MPH and the engine speed had dropped back down to 1300 or so. HE really liked that from the fuel saving stand point. So when we got to the next county road I just pulled the throttle back some to turn into the road. I did not move the IVT speed control lever. About half way through the turn the IVT transmission sensed the tractor slowing down. The computer controlled transmission sped the tractor and engine back up to the 25 MPH. I hit the clutch and brakes. The tractor spun around in a half circle. We both rattled around in the cab a good bit. We both got out to settle our nerves. There was no tire track from the inside tire. The tractor had been up on the outside two tires. I came that close to rolling that tractor. The customer did buy a JD 7810 but with the Power Quad not the IVT.
I HATE the new computer controlled stuff. You can have the machine do something you don't want it to do.
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