I don't wanna preach, HOWEVER!

Allan in NE · Jul 16, 2010

This tractor belongs to a real good friend of mine and he walked away, thank Gawd!

Another friend didn't a few years ago and it killed him.

Good on ya, Cowman! The limp is a small price to pay for your walking on this one.

Oh, and folks, don't me that those damned trikes don't kill; I know better. :>(

Allan

Billy Shafer · Jul 16, 2010

I bet his under ware changed colors. Had a guy down here last year. Killed in a roll over,doing something he has always done safely. You just never know.

Old Roy · Jul 16, 2010

Glad he is OK . Loaders on trikes sometimes will give you a false impression that ... Just maybe a bit more, and it will do it. Not So.. I wouldn't lift a load any higher than it would take to load a manure spreader then would have to be pretty dry to feel safe. just a small differential in ground like a small rock can upset one. He probably did it a million times and got away with it, this time it got him . I'm guilty of pushing envelope sometimes too but, we all do with our own equipment.
Guess yer supposed to run it like ya borrowed it .

JHH · Jul 16, 2010

Neighbor kid walked away from this one, must have had an angel watching.

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Anonymous-0 · Jul 16, 2010

Looks like it would be a good time to replace the rods and mains..........Ya know,,,,Handy like,,,,,

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Anonymous-0 · Jul 16, 2010

"ain't no dam body gonna tell me I gotta put ROPS on my tractor"........

Glad noone was hurt.

Dave

trucker 40 · Jul 16, 2010

A friend of mine was killed about a year ago with a tricycle 706 with a big bale on it.I know he had done it before lots of times,but that day it got him, on a bank and hit a hole and flipped over.

Weldon K · Jul 16, 2010

F 504 with 2000 loader ?

JDseller · Jul 16, 2010

Loaders on tricycle tractors are just widow makers in my opinion. I once worked at a dealer that had a MF50 tricycle with a loader. HE had the guys using it as a light Yard loader. That tractor was upset several times every year. They had the wheels out wide and a big concrete barrel on the back. When it would go over that big weight would hit the ground and it would stop on its side. I refused to use it.

IOWA NORTHEAST · Jul 17, 2010

Anyone besides me notice the height of the loader? I know a old guy that had a small JD utility that would raise the loader above the hood so he could see under the big bale. I think the tractor did abnout 20 MPH according to my speed in the pickup following him. Not so much as a blade on the back for a balance. When he tried to slow down for his lane, he slid past it on the gravel road. I decided I should not look as he headed down his hilly narrow lane at break neck speed.

bison · Jul 17, 2010

Stupid is as stupid does.
There aint no cure for stupidity

Traditional Farmer · Jul 17, 2010

Every piece of equipment has its limitations and its up to the operator not to exceed them.Been running wide fronts and narrow fronts on some land for over 50 years that would give the flatlanders nose bleeds and messy britches never turned over or reared a tractor over backwards.

John M · Jul 17, 2010

I am glad Howard is OK, but I have to wonder just what he was doing to lay it over. I was always under the assumtion he knew what he was doing, and was very careful about these type of things! Hopefully this was not a health issue or something, and just have to wonder if maybe he had a brain fart or something?

Allan in NE · Jul 17, 2010

Morning John,

Oh heck, as you know, it happens all the time.

As a matter of fact, I had one up on three wheels just two weeks ago stacking big round bales.

When gravity dictates that the bale come "down", the tractor definitely needs something to "lean on". :>)

Allan

LJS30 · Jul 17, 2010

I absolutely see no point in those tricycle front ends. There is no way you could get me behind the wheel of one.

I don't wanna preach, HOWEVER!

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