Re: Flip over question

Posted by Dave (IL) on February 16, 2005 at 18:13:10 from (24.14.103.132):

In Reply to: Re: Flip over question posted by Hugh MacKay on February 16, 2005 at 16:58:58:

I in now way meant to demean the folks on this board by mentioning a safety expert.

I think it's fantastic that people on this board are willing to share their experience and wisdom regarding not only safety, but virtually any issue.

It's excellent to provide the examples of "this is a safe way to git'er done" and "this is a dumba$$ way to do that" and the wonderful thing is the broad list of examples this group can come up with.

Wouldn't you agree that there is some added value in exploring the mechanics of what will cause a tractor to back flip? Armed with both the examples AND the theory (why it's going to flip) then intelligent people can recognize the root cause of the accident in a situation that may fall outside of the examples that have been presented.

A casual reader of this thread (and others even in the puller forum) could come away with "it flipped because they used a small tractor to pull a big stump" and proceed to pull a stuck car out of the mud attached to the top link or the 3 point drawbar with a chain top link. (just happened again)

The next casual reader might read "it is impossible to flip a tractor pulling from the original drawbar because it has been engineered to only raise the front end so far and then stop."
and be woefully unprepared with clutch and throttle the next time they attempt a difficult pull.

Yes, the "expert" I referenced is a college professor who collects a lot of case studies and statistics, etc. , but he also is a recognized expert on the mechanics or dynamics of what conditions actually cause a tractor to flip, and I think that might be worth hearing about.

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