Posted by j hikemper on October 06, 2012 at 21:15:16 from (50.102.68.182):
It certainly can be said that there is learning curve with any machine ..Most of You Fellas know I cut my teeth on 300 masseys, i have also run a Gleaner F a few yrs too ,And I know a lot of their quirks now ,.This season I Was able to acquire my Brothers 750 Massey ( he sold it 8yrs ago to a neighbor in the riverbottom ...I should had bought it then )./..this fall put it to use with a offset 43 cornhead,,. after running one farm, my nephew led me thru the ramblin hills home ,The 750 HYDROSTAT gave me the security of believing it would climb any hill.. WRONG !!!, after coming down a moderate hill with about 60 bu.corn in the bin , i turned at the T to go up the steep hill to my home place ..THIS Is WHERE I GOOFED BIG TIME, It Is EMBARASSING ! because there were other options that would had worked safely ..I did not want to write about it , HOWEVER MY Goof mite Save a life , ..I went up the 1st 200 ft and got nearly to where the hill leveled off somewhat when the hydro stalled and gave me some jerking action ,, I had Pulled it back to neutral ,Decreased Engine speed to 1500 or so ..Thinking that STRAIN was Hurting my tranny ,. I punched the clutch and held the foot brakes, and BELIEVED that the brakes were holding well Enuf for me to INSTINCTLY , shift the column shifter to a lower gear ,,All this happened fast..as soon as i shifted into Neutral it was impossible to catch any gears, The 750 rolled backwards FAST , it was all i could do to stand on the fading brakes and steer it straight down the hill ACROSS the County ROAD intersection .. HOPING NO ONE WAS coming down the road (in the time You could say GOD Help US All).. Thats when the ladder platform on my left busted thru the electric pole,creating a lightning event that went on for nearly minute ,i continued past the lines out of harms way and settled with the taillend in some small sasssafrass trees UNHARMED .NO WIRES BROKE , the pole was suspended up some 3ft higher because of the hills on each side after it was snapped off ... LATER when given the all clear by the REMC , I was able to drive out of the hole in a lower gear , and take the 750 home .The unloading auger had a paint rub on the side from the pole ,the drive tire and steeringtire had no marks to show any contact ,YET, because of the slope the drain cap of the rear of the cab had very minor contact damage that proved the pole was that close.. There Is a lot of WHY DID 'Nt You do this or do that instead of INSTINCTLY shifting and trying for a lower gear??? ,YES , I SHOULD HAD Downshifted to a lower range at the bottom of the hill !,And Yes , I have a WORKING PARKING Brake that i should had set before attempting to shift,, And Finally , Just Because I was no longer moving up the hill, i was stationary ,,and i could had PROBABLY eased it foot by footback down the hill ,My Brother told me today ,That i could let that 750 set there hammering on that hill all day and it would not hurt the tranny . THE MISTAKE OCCURRED because of Previous dry clutch machine experience , I INSTINCTLY at a seconds notice shifted to a lower gear.. .NOW . I have coached my sons and nephews about this event ,, HOPEFULLY , it will not ever happen again here ,, and by relating this event to you fellas , no one will make a stupid mistake like i did ,.I suspect I will get some feed back of All Types and i welcome those comments P.S. Had the unloading auger struck dead on,it would had destroyed the machine beyond repair or worse the auger could had snapped , went thru thecab rear glass and done a lasting number on me ..
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