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saw a tractor flip over

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smdv806

08-18-2007 21:56:54




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We had some dirt dead weight tug pulls this weekend in Ohio. There was a little 40 JD with its hitch right on the back of the tractor with its hitch at 20". 20" is our height limit but on that little tractor the drawbar was almost at axle height. The wheelie bars were too short. It went straight up in the air and then flipped over backwards. About 25 people ran up to the tractor and pushed it off of the guy. Complete silence. The guy on the tractor stood right up and didn't have a scratch on him. It was an absolute miracle that he didn't die. From watching I can only conclude that it was the grace of God that he did not die. Anyways tractors aren't toys and safety should always take priority over performance!

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G/MAN

08-19-2007 16:32:47




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 Re: saw a tractor flip over in reply to smdv806, 08-18-2007 21:56:54  
Just goes to show that "safety equipment" is nothing of the sort if it isn't properly engineered and constructed to do the job it's supposed to do. It's also lucky that he wasn't injured during the accident to begin with, since he could have easily been injured even more severely when everyone decided that the best thing to do was get him out from under the tractor ASAP. In a situation like that, the person is best off left where they are until trained personnel have determined that it's safe to move them, if there is no imminent danger of further injury or death if they're left where they are. Good old shock can allow people to bounce right up even when they're seriously injured and don't know it. Sounds like a pull that needs overhauled from top to bottom - from creating and enforcing effective rules for safety equipment to making sure there is someone qualified on hand for potential injuries. It's no wonder insurance is so expensive these days.

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LWD

08-18-2007 22:02:09




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 Re: saw a tractor flip over in reply to smdv806, 08-18-2007 21:56:54  
and nobody saw the wheely bars were to hi?



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The Dukester

08-20-2007 17:54:43




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 Re: saw a tractor flip over in reply to LWD, 08-18-2007 22:02:09  
Main cause of the tipover backwards probably wasn't the useless wheelie bars, it was allowing the tractor to pull from a hitch far too high and probably too close to the tractors's rear axle centerline...and/or maybe above it even. You see this situation a lot on those little small wheeled tractors...just a terrible accident waiting for a place and time to happen. Often they dig holes quickly too and that can "anchor" the rear wheel if it grabs a grip climbing out of the hole. This will flip the tractor quicker'n anything. Powerful little tractors can be very dangerous! The allowed hitch point must be substantially below the rear wheels centerline so the pull doesn't lever the tractor over backwards.

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smdv806

08-18-2007 22:12:25




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 Re: saw a tractor flip over in reply to LWD, 08-18-2007 22:02:09  
they don't even require wheelie bars, im kind of glad it happened, not the fact that someone could of got hurt, but that it will open some peoples eyes on stuff like that.



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terryjd98

08-19-2007 14:32:27




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 Re: saw a tractor flip over in reply to smdv806, 08-18-2007 22:12:25  
Were the wheelie bars too high or not long enough out the back? See a lot of tractors in our so called stock class with bars but they are just about streight down not much angle out the back. Seems to me I saw a post on here about the wheelie bars should be out the back past the radius of the tire which makes a lot of sense. If the bars are inside the radius of the tire what good are they going to do?

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