Re: Tractor death.

Posted by Jonboy on February 14, 2005 at 17:24:12 from (165.121.147.231):

In Reply to: Tractor death. posted by Rick Kr on February 14, 2005 at 13:26:26:

Those old 8N's sure roll over backwards really easy. I think you'll find it's because they are a real lightweight tractor combined with a high geared transmission, even first is quite fast. It takes less than a second to flip a tractor over, and it takes the operator a 1/2 to 1 second to realize the front end is lifting, then theres the reaction time for the operator to get their foot on the clutch, that sure doesn't leave much time to react.
I've seen some really interesting take offs done by new operators before. Revving out the engine, dumping the clutch and jerking the chain on takeoff, thats very dangerous, especially on those little N series. Then of course theres that mistake of using that handy dandy toplink pin to use as a hitchpoint. Of course it would wrong to say that it's just new guys that have accidents because it happens to the best of us and it's always sad.

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