Posted by Eric SEI on March 06, 2008 at 19:58:57 from (72.49.9.179):
In Reply to: Turning tractor over posted by Raleigh on March 05, 2008 at 07:27:06:
I have never rolled a tractor and I hope I never do.
Last year at the Indiana State Fair (I believe in the Farm Bureau Building) there was a poster showing roll-over fatalities by county. Our county (Dearborn) was one of the worst in the state. Most of the county is hilly, and we have very few full time farmers. Mostly we have semi-retired and part-time farmers using smaller and older tractors.
Having said that, I think lack of experience is the number one cause, with old age being number two. One of my Dad's friends moved out here after retiring. He was pulling a log with an old Ford, he had chained the log to the seat support. The log hit a stump, the tractor went over backwards and killed him .
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