Re: Re: Whats your close call on a tractor?

Posted by MrGadget (aka The Dummy) on December 06, 1999 at 07:34:41 from (216.170.12.242):

In Reply to: Re: Whats your close call on a tractor? posted by Mongo on December 05, 1999 at 17:25:23:

Some of you may remember a post I made a couple months ago now titled "The Dummy broke it".

I was bush hoggin the eadges of my CRP and came to area I knew had a dep ravine. I was giving the ravine a 2' breadth when the right front (my 560 has a wide front) dropped in a NEW ditch that was 2' deep and 2' wide, just wide and deep enough to make the tire dissappear. Before I could say "Oh $#!+", I snapped the tie rod, the wheel turned 90 degrees to the direction of travel, and I snapped the spindle (to the tune of $150 repair bill).

Point is, given a narrow front tractor, I would have missed the new ditch with the front tires, and dropped the right REAR in that ditch, and probably rolled it into the ravine. Instead of breaking a spindle, I could have broke my neck!

So...to reinforce Mongo, if you don't know the the ground, or can't see it for the grasses, GET OFF AND WALK IT FIRST!

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