Re: Previous accident photos

Posted by Mark - IN. on February 22, 2005 at 16:50:21 from (205.188.117.7):

In Reply to: Previous accident photos posted by dr.sportster on February 22, 2005 at 14:23:31:

I'm thinking number one with any tractor is to keep the loader as close to the ground as can get away with, period. There appear to be a lot of factors with both incidents. Too small of a tractor with too large a load, not enough rear ballast, probably loaders too high caused the narrow front ends to twist and roll/flip when got on the wrong angle. Maybe even speed, who knows? In any event, keep the loader as low to the ground as can get away with.

Allan says he don't care for spears, and neither do I, but turned on the TV once and saw the aftermath of a guy that had a round bale up high on a loader, and it rolled down the lift arms, over the guy penned in by back and arm rests, and off the back of the tractor, and kept rolling. He lived, but as a parapalegic. I've done some stupid things and always will, because quite frankly, I'm stupid and always will be. But that was very stupid. What the heck was that guy thinking??? Can spear off the 3-point, but not stack.

Tractors are known as "man killers" because they are. Think of all of them close calls most of us have had that might've ended in one very bad hair day. Funny years later when shootin' the bull over a few pops (beers), but at the time sure does got the heart pumpin' through the chest. Be careful.

Mark

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