kcm.MN
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Majorman
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- Scarning, Norfolk, England
Tried to pull truck out of mud with wood chained to the rear tyres of the tractor. Tow chain hitched high on tractor resulting in back flip. Just hope he is not under there.
(Yes, I have done something similar but remained in control with another tractor holding the front down. Not to be recommended though).
(Yes, I have done something similar but remained in control with another tractor holding the front down. Not to be recommended though).
Bob Bancroft
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- Aurora NY
Looks like it WAS a nice looking tractor.
Tony in SD
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Looks like a tow truck would have been cheaper
Richard G.
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Yep, sure looks like it.
caterpillar guy
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But why keep digging till your down so deep when you can quit and come out easy. I never have understood that part.
The ground looks pretty soft, it maybe be ok.. One of the guys on grandfathers logging crew flipped a FMD over skidding logs, they used a pair of majors before we got the Tree Farmer. A new muffler and a new hood and it was ready to go. We had it on the farm for years, kind of spooky driving a tractor that had killed someone.
We assume the pickup was stuck, the tractor came to pull it out, the tractor also got down in the mud because the truck was so badly stuck, they chained logs to the
tractor to make giant cleats to get out, and the tractor flipped over as they are likely to do in such a situation.
If the pickup driver had quit spinning earlier when it wasnt so deeply stuck, it would have been easier to pull out in the first place. The tractor could have moved it with
the pickup helping to spin itself out - if it werent stuck so deeply.
That isnt human nature tho, its natural to just keep trying until the stick vehicle is sitting on the frame, the wheels spinning helplessly in deep trenches. Ive been there,
earned the tee shirt too, I understand.
Paul
tractor to make giant cleats to get out, and the tractor flipped over as they are likely to do in such a situation.
If the pickup driver had quit spinning earlier when it wasnt so deeply stuck, it would have been easier to pull out in the first place. The tractor could have moved it with
the pickup helping to spin itself out - if it werent stuck so deeply.
That isnt human nature tho, its natural to just keep trying until the stick vehicle is sitting on the frame, the wheels spinning helplessly in deep trenches. Ive been there,
earned the tee shirt too, I understand.
Paul
caterpillar guy
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The pickup pulls out a lot easier at rim deep than frame deep. Especially if you only have a small tractor. Tractors with duals on pull out a lot easier if only rim deep rather than if they are dug down to the drawbar too. Little tractors flipped pull out a nicer and cheaper than they do upside down also. That's how they pull out easier.
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kcm.MN
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IIRC, the pickup came to rescue the tractor, which had gotten stuck while brush hogging. Also, when they tried doing the log-chained-to-the-tire thing, it flipped the tractor and narrowly missed crushing the operator.
They had a lot of sketchy stuff going on there.
Its puzzling with the tractor facing that direction upside down, it would have been facing to the left when stuck. So
should have been in reverse when trying to get out if the pickup was pulling. That would make it slightly safer with
the logs, and not really able to flip over the way it did.....
But, things happen fast and unpredictable, the addition of the pickup towing must have changed and caused how
things happened as the tractor tried its deal with the logs...... jumping up in the air on the logs, the tug of the pickup
at just that time, could yank it up and over I guess.
Paul
Its puzzling with the tractor facing that direction upside down, it would have been facing to the left when stuck. So
should have been in reverse when trying to get out if the pickup was pulling. That would make it slightly safer with
the logs, and not really able to flip over the way it did.....
But, things happen fast and unpredictable, the addition of the pickup towing must have changed and caused how
things happened as the tractor tried its deal with the logs...... jumping up in the air on the logs, the tug of the pickup
at just that time, could yank it up and over I guess.
Paul
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kcm.MN
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Found it! Here's the story behind the photo:
https://www.storytrender.com/27639/dad-miraculously-survives-crushed-tractor-flips-upside-deep-mud/
https://www.storytrender.com/27639/dad-miraculously-survives-crushed-tractor-flips-upside-deep-mud/
Rag-packer
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I'v been on scene after a flip back, but never saw just how fast it happens before.
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