What NOT to do with your tractor

Warbird · January 31, 2014, 07:54:53 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WfdeaYlZkQ

Poor guy.

thecfarm · January 31, 2014, 08:02:13 PM

Now I know too.

Peter Drouin · January 31, 2014, 08:43:25 PM

I saw that coming. :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

Den Socling · January 31, 2014, 08:47:42 PM

That's just sad.

redprospector · January 31, 2014, 09:06:04 PM

Hahaha. I had a similar experience when I blew the engine in my Fecon FTX-90.
I was on about a 25% slope when the engine quit, got it turned down hill before it quit completely.
The final drive on the Fecon can be unlocked and put in neutral, so I was going to let it off the hill with a Cat 277 tracked skid steer. Everything was going as planned until the pin came out of the grab hook on my chain.

100 yards to the bottom, and that Fecon was doing 25 mph before the dust engulfed it and I couldn't see it anymore.
All I can say is that God can drive a Fecon really good. :D
That thing went all the way to the bottom and never hit a tree or anything else. It came to a stop in the middle of the ranch road right behind the trailer I was going to load it on.
Had it hit that 20" DBH Douglas Fir, I'm pretty sure I would have been loading scrap iron, and my insurance co. would have been unhappy.

POSTON WIDEHEAD · January 31, 2014, 09:15:10 PM

Its under warranty. :D :D :D :D :D :D

sawguy21 · January 31, 2014, 11:28:28 PM

That is definitely an AAAAWWW moment. Might have been a good idea to secure those slings and block the wheels. ;D

Hilltop366 · January 31, 2014, 11:51:23 PM

It appears gravity is still quite reliable.

Not sure why that guy wanted to stand in-between the two machines?

Ljohnsaw · January 31, 2014, 11:59:14 PM

Ouch. If the operator just didn't extend the bucket when it moved on him...

hardtailjohn · February 01, 2014, 01:33:38 AM

With that many "safety vests" and hardhats, you knew something bad was bound to happen!!

Magicman · February 01, 2014, 08:31:20 AM

Quote from: Peter Drouin on January 31, 2014, 08:43:25 PMI saw that coming.

I saw it going. :D I wish that the camera had been on their faces.

drobertson · February 01, 2014, 08:42:57 AM

I laughed :D, not sure why, that was funny to watch this morning, david

WmFritz · February 01, 2014, 09:57:08 AM

I'm wondering why the backhoe operator didn't set the park brake before he climbed out. :D :D :D

sandhills · February 01, 2014, 10:11:39 AM

Now the only different thing that would have happened in my little world is the next most expensive piece of equiptment I own would have been parked directly down hill from the tractor, and no it wouldn't have hit any trees on the way down either :D.

Chuck White · February 01, 2014, 10:30:32 AM

Wow, that got me going and I didn't have a nickle in it!

Hilltop366 · February 01, 2014, 10:43:33 AM

It reminded me of a clip I had seen on TV years ago, it was the same idea except they were using a wrecker to upright the backhoe and when the backhoe went down the hill it took the wrecker with it rolling sideways.

Who knows they might have been lucky that it unhooked!

I did lay one over once when it slid sideways off a sloped lawn, the other side of the ditch stopped it from laying down flat, so I put the leg down and flipped it back up.

Qweaver · February 01, 2014, 10:58:10 AM

DUMB!

sprucebunny · February 01, 2014, 12:30:48 PM

Ya, dumb.
They didn't think too far ahead, position the excavator well, or attach the slings well...

pigman · February 01, 2014, 12:35:11 PM

Quote from: WmFritz on February 01, 2014, 09:57:08 AM
I'm wondering why the backhoe operator didn't set the park brake before he climbed out. :D :D :D

If the backhoe operator was smart enough to set the brake they would have been smart enough to not turn the backhoe over. ;)

Warbird · February 01, 2014, 02:03:41 PM

Quote from: Hilltop366 on January 31, 2014, 11:51:23 PM
It appears gravity is still quite reliable.

Not sure why that guy wanted to stand in-between the two machines?

Yup! I liked the one guy who walked away, toward the camera, with a funny look on his face. I imagine it was probably the case of a 'low level worker' who tried to speak up and got overrode by a white-hat (supervisor). If so, this is a good example to leaders everywhere. LISTEN to your people!

r.man · February 01, 2014, 03:55:46 PM

I expect he wanted to disassociate himself with what was about to happen, and be far enough away that he could laugh without getting fired. Did you hear the tree breaking noises as the machine rolled away?

clww · February 01, 2014, 04:57:17 PM

Quote from: hardtailjohn on February 01, 2014, 01:33:38 AM
With that many "safety vests" and hardhats, you knew something bad was bound to happen!!

:D :D :D
I was thinking, "At least they had their vests on". ;D

clww · February 01, 2014, 04:58:58 PM

Quote from: r.man on February 01, 2014, 03:55:46 PM
Did you hear the tree breaking noises as the machine rolled away?

That was the sound of their jaws dropping to the ground. smiley_eek_dropjaw smiley_eek_dropjaw smiley_eek_dropjaw

Coon · February 01, 2014, 05:59:06 PM

Wonder if it ended up in the drink at the bottom or if the trees stopped it. :D :D Can just about picture the next scene in "The Battle of the Brainless Wonders" :D :D

Warbird · February 01, 2014, 11:43:32 PM

Yeah, heard the trees snapping like twigs. If you watch close, you can see the treetops quivering as they get hit. Sure hope no one was at the bottom where it landed!