NASHVILLE SINGER DIES IN TRACTOR ACCIDENT. YOU DON'T HAVE TO.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 มิ.ย. 2023
- We've covered tractor safety on our channel before, and we're covering it again today! And we'll cover it again in the future, because people keep dying from preventable tractor accidents and it doesn't need to be you.
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Excellent point 👍
The statement is not wrong, but the "enough" part may be a bit misleading. Ballast has two independent purposes, one is simple weight on the tires to increase traction(pulling AND steering) which has nothing to do with balance and is just a more is more deal (but using real R-1 ad tires will also help this).
The other purpose of ballast is to change the center of mass [balance] which is a placement issue and NOT a more is more deal.
Very informative video. Would love to see some content regarding the summit tractor. Specifically regarding the belly pan mower and the backhoe that somebody supposed to be releasing in 2023 would love to see you more content regarding these two items as well as the other summit
Summit implements
You can plan on purchasing this tracker at some point in the next two years would love to see more informative content on this machine regarding the backhoe and the belly pan mower as well as the summit tiller I'm needing more information on these items and the information simply is not out there.
Accidents don't care if it's the 'first time you forgot' something. They are waiting for you 100% of the time.
Like that old Caterpillar safety film: "Shake Hands with Danger"
Riding mower hit me in the face with a rock thru passenger window driving by.
In Oklahoma in ~1982 I got a restricted "farm permit" driver license at 14. Had to pass a course offered by the County Extension which was 98% all about farm safety. It covered almost nothing about driving a car on roads, but tried to cover all the common injury and death hazards in a agriculture working environment. Looking back I see that course was a lot more valuable than I gave it credit for at the time.
It's too bad it was required by the county, but the idea is a good one.
@@matthewmosier8439 Farm safety courses are a federal requirement for youth ages 14-15 to be employed as a farm worker on a farm owned by anyone other than their parents. The County Extension Office provides the training and certification.
My dad was a Budweiser truck driver. I remember him telling me, fifty or sixty years ago that people died on tractors, and I looked at him inexplicably, not understanding how that could happen since they had such big rear wheels and could not tip very easily, laterally. He then told me that they flipped over to the backside with all that torque. He was a simple man and not a farmer; but understood the physics of tractors.
Tipping was a good selling point for the Ford 8N tractor. When you purchased the implements, the implements(2 bottom plow, harrows, mowing machine etc) connected to the 3 pt hitch and would prevent back flips. The 8N came with Calcium in the tires and has spin outs to move the tires wider. They also created a great alternative to horses, but that is another story.
@@gibblespascack1418 Also the Fords had a low center of gravity & wide front, compared to other models of that time.
@@davidkottman3440 Yes, and we can expand the front and back tires to fit more rows or larger row spacing. It is older than I am, but all of the implement's work well for its size. For now we are going to replace the brakes and get new tires for it.
He was probably referring to the old Fordsons. The hitch location was lethal on those and they were notorious for flipping over backwards.
It's because of the big rear wheels that they tip so easy, higher center of gravity
Another good tip,(not sure if someone already mentioned this) is to keep the front bucket low as possible to the ground when loaded and driving around. Thanks for the video.
EVEN when you think it is empty. I was pushing snow with a pusher a couple years ago and had pushed a large volume of snow up the mountain. I thought it was empty as I had pulled away from that mountain, and didn't put it down all the way. When I turned to line up the next pass I KNOW that tractor was on 2 wheels. It didn't tip, but I could definitely sense an underwear changing moment.
Yep, good tip.
I’ve only had my tractor for about 6 months now, I watched a bunch of your videos before I got it and you got me nice and scared about tip overs and rolls…to the point I thought maybe I didn’t need to get one. Well I got one, and every time I drive around I’m always thinking about safety, so thank you for your diligence..:)
Nova Scotia Canada here. You are the reason I ordered a ballast box and filled tires with my Kubota lx2610. Your channel has taught me soooo much. Thank you for what you do.
Just yesterday afternoon I'm going down a four-lane highway with a median in the middle,this guy is in the right-hand shoulder with a rake on the back of his tractor.He never even looks and turns directly left across in front of me - I'm 250 feet from him and going 60 miles an hour, he gives me a casual wave and acts as if he didn't do anything wrong. Meanwhile my heart is pounding out of my chest, what a thoughtless knucklehead he was!!!😮
When I was 17, I was pulling a full wagon load of square bales using a JD4440. It was mid morning and I was heading down field approaching a slight hill. As I came over the top I could see dew over the hill and a small culvert pathway 60 yards ahead that I had to cross to avoid a ditch and fence row of trees. As I started down the hill I felt the wagon start pushing the tractor sideways and thank God that tractor was hydrostatic (and a beast), because luckily I had the frame of mind at that age to quickly throw it to full throttle, while slapping it into high gear and aim for that culvert. The tractor quickly pulled the wagon back straight and I crossed that culvert like a bat out hell. God, that JD, and a small bit of experience saved my young life that day.
Important subject. I'm a recent tractor owner and when I got into this I had no understanding of how easy tractors can tip over and the need for ballast. Tractors are big and slow so most people just assume they are safe.
Great video
I think alot of people need to remember to keep their loader bucket as low as possible to the ground when it's full of dirt or material.
I watch a lot of your videos. This one is particularly good because you are looking out for people’s safety! Thank you!!
We do slopes every day of 20-30 degrees, knowing this beforehand we bought a Ventrac. That machine will do slopes that will scare you, but its made for it.
I'll sit and listen to an honest salesman for hours as long as he's providing real information and knowledge. He's not afraid to explain, in detail, why he's selling a solution, and you should buy it from him. Thank you.
Great video! To many of us get in a hurry and forget how easy and quick something bad can happen. God bless
GWT always looking out for us. Thanks, this has many great points.
Always good to refresh in these things , slowing down and allow the proper amount of time to complete a job . Also keeping up with maintenance etc on your tractor . Great video Courtney
Sing it Mr. Savage!
Yup. I have a hillside slope on my hayfield I call my ‘nope slope’. Took me 2 years to get used to how to navigate it safely, and still have regular sphincter excercizes on it… slow is fast on this one…
I have some "nope slopes" where I mow. Those get the weedeater.
I grew up on a farm. I have been around tractors for years. I currently own a compact tractor with liquid filled tires. Every time I use this tractor, I do not feel safe. It is too narrow with high center of gravity.
On the loader tip over and pulling flip examples, it's important to be mentally prepared for those things to happen every time you lift with a loader or pull from the rear. I remember lifting up a car to load it once with my father's backhoe and almost flipped the machine. Luckily the load was distributed well enough, and I had it low, and the car hit the ground first and stabilized me again. I slowly lowered the loader and proceeded to clean up my pants as my father, who watched it go down, explained to me to always be prepared to dump the loader if it feels like it's gonna go over. Same goes for pulling. Always be ready with your foot on the clutch. If that front end comes up, you need to be on the clutch in an instant, or you're going over. I have an uncle who found that out the hard way. Pinned himself between the steering wheel and foot pedals on his 90hp Massey while skidding logs. The log caught a stump and he was over in an instant. Lucky for him he got away with only a broken arm, some mangled up sheet metal and a bruised ego. Always be ready with your foot on the clutch. You cannot relax while skidding logs with a tractor, ever.
Thanks for the refresher Mr. Courtney seems I learn something new every time I watch yours. Though to be honest, I never find the ballast weight needed for different implements. I think JD hides them in the implement manual - they definitely aren’t in the tractor manual. It would be so easy if JD would put a section in the tractor manual listing implement and ballast needed…I think I’ll have to get all my implement manuals out and write the ballast for each in the tractor manual as I usually refer to it most often.
My sister in law recently died, moving a large round bale with a narrow front end 4020. She was on a slight side hill, and turned sharply and the tractor flipped upside down.
Complacency is the biggest issue, to the ones that THINK, they are safe.
Great video Courtney. One can never tell people enough, to BE SMART, and BE SAFE, and not dead! Take precautions, it CAN, save your life.
Courtney, Thank you for pushing safety so often. My tractor dealer never talked about it. Closest he came was saying "of course we will fill the rear wheels with fluid, and ...", but never explained why you would do that. Since watching your videos my Land Plane has become permanently mounted to my BX. Probably still not enough if I were really working the machine, but my front loader spends most of its time carrying heavy stuff like generators, propane tanks, etc... Other than that its snow removal with my 5' pusher.
Thank you!! Keep preaching tractor safety. Many of us are newbies and have no idea of what tractor safety is.
I have rim guard and very thankful that it’s there many times. Thank you for sharing.
This video is 1000% spot-on. Bought a new tractor last year, a series 3. Deere seems to have a policy of selling a ballast box with every tractor now. Beyond that, nobody knew anything about ballast - not even what material to fill the ballast box with!
A friend of mine rolled a JD 950 w/ 72" belly mower in 1984 while mowing a hill...closed casket funeral. I've scared myself several times . Wheel stands with a 3 wheel International Harvester 704 was my 1st big scare at 10 years old. Tractors can tip over very quickly. I have made it to 70 years old unscathed
I saw your video on tractor turn overs and one of the events you mentioned reminded me of something I saw in a demonstration when I was a young man just beginning to farm. When you mentioned attaching your pulling point at a low point to keep a tractor from flipping backwards when pulling a stump the demonstration showed that the pivot point when pulling is the bottom of the tire where it meets the ground not the axle of the tractor. In other words any point above the ground level can cause the tractor to flip. That’s why we should be especially cautious when putting a stationary object.
The safest point to pull from would be in front of the rear tires, makes it impossible to flip, but you would need a special mount to attach to the frame to do that since most tractors don't have a strong point there.
My experience has been part time with a variety of smaller tractors. A scary one from 40 plus years ago was with the family's ford 8n. All manuals tell you to shut tractor off when dismounting. This time I did not. I was wearing my carhart overalls, the double knee caught in the shift lever, I had one foot on the ground in front of the rear tire, first gear started to grind, I managed to stop before it went into gear ! To this day I am a lot more careful about securing the tractor. Great video, everyone should take a second and appraise the situation !
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This was huge, honestly I didn’t even realize some of these points. Thank you
Good information. Thanks for all you do for safety emphasis.
yup, a guy from our church died last year when he tipped his tractor. Very sad loss - he was a great guy.
Awesome. Taking time and a step back leads to more productivity and safety. Good video.
You are right tractors are slow and people know speed kills.
Having the bucket above the axles is another killer.
I'm a tractor owner/operator since I was a kid, and I'm in my 70's now.Back in the 1950's there was a show on early saturday morning called "Modern Farmer", and I watched it religiously. It primarily talked about safety in regards to the new modern equipment. I learned a lot from that show kept me safe in the saddle for decades. But when the manufacturers came out with these small diesel 4x4 tractors with loaders, the accident rate went through the roof. Trying to teach proper loader operation to newbies is the number one thing they need to learn nowadays, in my opinion. The second thing is getting your rear tires loaded. Back in my day that involved tubes, and lots of liquid calcium,but that still isn't the end all.And third would be external ballasting. There is of course much more to equipment operating to learn, but newbies really do need to start with the basic premise that the cute little 1025R will try to kill you when you least expect it.Enjoy life and be safe.
We used to mix and install our own Ballesteros in rear tires.and boy would CPS have a field day when on the farm at 6 years old we raked hay and pulled hay wagons the Ford tractors we perfect for young drivers as all the control pedals u pushed down on them while driving standing up I don't remember any training just giddy up go.i remember power take off as killing a lot of farmers or there offspring
Great refresher / reminder Courtney. Complacency breeds bad habits and bad decision making. I operate in heavier Industrial equipment but much of this is applicable, lack of weight causing an imbalance regardless of the size of machine is a deadly situation. Most of what I operate is also articulating which adds another element that can change a situation that is on the edge of okay, in to past the point of no return at the turn of a steering wheel. 👍
To many people pick up something with a loader then drive with the loader high as it will lift. When carrying something with a loader keep it as low to the ground as possible
I live by that rule! We also use JCB material lifts and is hard to keep loads low but use the corner jacks when lifting loads high to building roofs.
Great video. Life saving. Had a childhood neighbor, 14-16, who was crushed and died for lack of ballast combined with not widening wheelbase on hilly property in the mid 1970’s. Older heavy tractors still need ballast. God bless.
This is probably the most important post you've ever done!👍👍👍👍👍
Appreciated the reminder about triggering faster playback speed. Gave me the incentive to hear out the whole video instead of tuning out mid way through.
DOUG out
A friend of mine got his truck stuck in a field. He connected a chain to his truck to pull it out of the mud with his tractor. The chain was too short to let the tractor set on a solid surface, so he added a stretchable towing strap. He began to pull with the cabless tractor. Suddenly the chain came loose from the truck. The strap being under tension had stretched. When the chain ripped loose from the truck it came fling through the air and hit my friend in the side of his head. Hurt him bad. He survived but suffered a great deal!
I have a tractor and skid steer, they are dangerous machines as much as I love them. Great video.
Thank you for the reminder to take NO shortcuts on my tractor. Sometimes I feel like all the precautions are overkill, but this reminder keeps me from BEING killed.
This subject unfortunately hits close to home for me. One of my best friends growing up lost his Grandfather back in the early 80's from a Tractor rollover, and around 20 years ago another close friend lost his life in a loader rollover. And a Month ago a good Family friend passed away when his Tractor rolled over on him in a ditch, he had just bought it a Month or so before the accident. So that's 3 people who I knew that this happened to, so watch what your doing all it takes is a second for something to go wrong.
One thing a lot of people don't realize about ballast is that it helps take load off the front axle. You might think you're fine and not in danger of tipping even though you know you don't have enough rear ballast, but that means the front axle is carrying more load than it should. Maxing out rear ballast makes the rear axle the fulcrum instead of the front axle, and saves that tiny front axle and its seals....it's not just about keeping the rear tires on the ground.
Great video. Lots of good pointers and safety tips. 👍
Very helpful for a new driver.
That rollover bar and seat belt on the new tractors could save your life if you're on a slope and a groundhog den caves in. That has flipped many a tractor. I used to have a 9N but now I bought a Kubota L4701. Wow the difference is unbelievable. I use every safety feature I can. Thanks for sharing the safety tips.
This topic and discussion needs spread to the zero turn mowing community as well. Far too many injured or killed using them improperly, with roll bars folded or even removed. This is a very sobering video - good job in your presentation.
Slope mower flip over victim here. Shit is for real man
You mention backing down a hill when carrying a load on the front and this is very, very good advice. We have regulations for forklifts requiring those carrying loads to move in reverse not only up and down hills because it is more stable, but also because you have better visibility behind you than you do over or through most loads.
My uncle slid a zero turn (big one) down his own front yard because he didn’t wait until the dew burned off. always wear your belt and stay tucked in, it’s a reflex to jump or stick a leg out, don’t do it. And status wise, my uncle had big $, it doesn’t matter, when you become complacent bad things can happen. RIP uncle Jerry and be safe out there people 🐾✌️🇺🇸
Good refresher. Thanks.
I don't have a tractor but I didn't realize the danger in flipping backwards good point thanks!!
Thanks for all of your our safety information! I called our local farm tire repair company and have added 15 gallons to each rear tire! Not a ton, but 300 lbs is 300 lbs! And should make it safer. Next will be your wheel spacers! Thank you! Keep
It up!
After my first summer of tractor ownership I bought front and rear weight brackets from Heavy Hitch (as the situation demanded) and got a good deal on 40lb. suitcase weights from my local tractor dealer in December. I’d still like to get beet juice in my tires but it’s a good trip to the closest dealer for it. Bora wheel spacers also seem like a terrific idea.
Take your time.
Great video, thanks! It might seem obvious but I think we should remember that most tractors are "Off Road" vehicles. We're using them on farms, or big private properties where the terrain is not necessarily flat and even. Just driving across a stream or putting one side into a rut can cause problems with a machine that has a high center of gravity. The video focuses on ballast, and that will certainly prevent some kinds of accidents, but it's also possible to roll a tractor over sideways. That's mentioned in the video but the main focus is end-over end accidents. On my wife's farm there are drainage ditches and ponds. How solid is the bank of the pond as you drive along it? What happens if part of it collapses? There are lots of ways to hurt yourself on a tractor. You can even drown!
Very important info Courtney thanks as always.
Excellent reminder for everyone. I always use a weight box 550lbs (along with RimGuard in tires) when doing FL work. Makes a huge difference in stability and work capability. Why not use a tractor in a safe and most efficient way?
A scenario that i have personally had happen but quickly realized what was happening. While backing up, one of my rear wheels squarely contacted a stump about 12" tall. The tractor had 4 wheel engaged. i also happened to have a bucket full of dirt. the tractor began to climb the stump and the combination of the full bucket severely tilted the tractor to the point where i realized and quickly reversed direction and lowered the bucket. I always have large amounts of ballast on my tractor but in this case it was doing no good.
I had a friend who's grandad got killed as he was doing some work along a fence row. He was impaled by a low hanging dead limb on a tree as he was backing the Bush hog to clear the undergrowth. Apparently happened without warning and the tractor remained in gear and backed into the tree. His wife was watching him work about a 1/4 mile across the field from her kitchen window. After seeing her husband in the same position for a unusual period, she went to check on him, but he had passed on-to the other side.
this was a great informational video ,,tractor tip overs are a scary thing ,, i grew up on a farm and still live there , i've been around tractors of all sizes my whole life and safety is a huge deal ,, i learned my lesson at a very young age , i'm nearly 50 now but when i was 21 i was injured by a tractor and my own carelessness ,,was not a tip over but a PTO accident caused by loose clothing and moving machinery ,,1 second of inattention nearly cost me my hand ,i was severely injured but recovered fortunately ,, that happened in 1996 ,, just 2 years later i had a childhood friend who was killed by the exact same scenario ,, we were working with a harvesting crew and were unloading corn wagons into a grain auger system and rather than walk around the tractor he stepped over the spinning PTO shaft ,,it happened in a blink of an eye , a foot slipped and he fell and went flying ,, it was 25 years ago but i can still hear that scream cut short and see it in slow motion ,,tractor TIP OVERS aren't the only hazard when working with or around a tractor ,, the machinery attached to the tractor can be even more deadly
Some info I've hear, some was a reminder. For both, thank you sir.
Great video , I'm in the tree industry , i see guys all the time with small tractors or mini stand on skid steers moving or trying to to move logs and guys standing on the 3 point attachment hanging on were they can as ballast ! And yes i have seen them roll . Keep up the good work
I worked for an agricultural engineering firm in 70s and we kept hearing about people being killed by their tractor flipping over on them. It was during this time that our government passed a law where all new tractors had to have rollover bars added. Older ones from I think 1965 had to have aftermarket ones added too. We weren't able to have ones on that could hinge the top down after some time in the later 70s. We still heard about accidents happening even then.
I'm talking about Britain not the US. We too were a tractor and machine sales company that is still working since 1853.
When I do anything with my loader in the air, I built a support to hold it up while I work on it.
My sister was riding on a tractor with her husband. They were traveling up a steep gravel road. The tractor hit a large wheel rut, and the tractor turned over the hill side. They tried to jump off the tractor, but she jumped the way the tractor started rolling. She rolled down the hill and the tractor rolled over on her, killing her. What made it so painful for the families, she was 7 months pregnant. Miss her everyday.
Damn. I couldn’t imagine. RIP
I lost my sister in law in a tractor rollover.
Been a subscriber to your channel for at least 3 or 4 years now. Your numerous Tractor reviews and model comparisons played a big part in my knowing what I was looking for, and what I ended up buying. I must confess I generally stop the video when you are in your wrap up sentences, but today I happened to see then end where you inserted a bible verse into your video. Thank You for using your platform to share Gods word to hundreds of thousands of people. It is truly refreshing to see. God Bless you, and have a blessed fathers day.
Use guards around power takeoff shafts, do not wear loose or dangling clothing near them.
Always have a rollover protective structure and wear a seatbelt. I was using a Bush Hog behind a Massey Ferguson four-wheel-drive tractor and I stoppped on an incline to back up, but a front wheel, (possibly both of them, I don't recall exactly) happened to be on a flat rock.
The tractor suddenly and unexpectedly started sliding to the side down the hill. It rolled over and ended up upside down. I am thankful that I had the seat belt fastened. I was safely hanging from the seat with the tractor resting on the stout rollover protective structure.
I, also had a riding lawnmower flip over backward when dring it up ramps onto a trailer.
I have a 1450 lb Bush hog that i keep attached to my tractor anytime I’m using my front end loader or my pallet fork attachment and thank you for keeping it fresh in people minds about how dangerous tractors can be. I have a Mahindra 4550 that weighs in a little over 6000 pounds with the front end loader.
I have a B2601 with a grapple. I have been clearing the underbrush, briars and just junk vegetation in my woods. I found hidden dangers that I didn't really think too much about at first, in falling tree limbs. You can be pulling on a grape vine on a tree that is 20+ feet in front of you and that thing is connected to a tree behind or beside you. Next thing you know you got limbs falling around you.
I had less than two hours on my tractor and did exactly this. Clearing out under a bush with the bucket and did not see the grape vine snaking up into the nearby large walnut tree and around a 6in dia x 20ft long dead branch. Missed my head by inches and just bruised my arm and landed across the loader frame and steering wheel. One second you are scraping off weeds and like instantly reality changes and you have a huge branch materialize on top of you. Two inches different and I would not be telling the story.
By the way all of this also applies to a basic lawn tractor. I have two cousins that were killed in lawn tractor rollovers and I had my own loose control and start sliding down a hill and I had to jump off. I now have ag tires, liquid ballast and hub extensions on my Craftsman lawn tractor as well as on my 35hp mahindra.
@@MacBailey Glas you're still here to tell your story. I messed up my fender a little backing up while clearing, I was backing up on a grape vine I couldn't see because of the rops was lined up perfect and I couldn't see the vine, I back up and hear a crunch and little branches start falling on me. I had less than 20 hours on it when that happened. I never fixed it to keep it as a reminder to be careful...
I’ve had that happen. The vine was snagged on a the top of the cab somewhere and didn’t see it. I’m driving along and all the side view mirror exploded the cab door when it was slammed against it from the vine being pulled tight.
Good morning. Crushing accidents. Support anything lifted, just in case of a hydraulic failure. Not a matter of if but time and when.
Be safe everybody.
Great video sir, keep up the .....wait for it,,,,,,,Good Works.
New tractor owner ( 2 years ) and thankfully my uncle hammered in to me just how easy tractors can tip. Ensure I have ballast weight. Keep bucket loads incredibly low to the ground, move heavy items slowly, etc. I also don't allow anyone on the tractor with me, ever(kids). Was a story fairly recently of a person letting their teenager on the tractor with the driver, fell off was ran over by the tire and killed.
I operated equipment up to 200 tons and trust me it doesn’t matter how big or small your equipment is their are basics that are very very important such wear your seat belt “ALWAYS”.
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Thank you for this. The old Guys I know make this look easy. I’m new and realizing there is a lot I don’t know.
You Sir, are the best!
In regards to your comment on using caution when passing roadside mowing crews, I had a close call with that. I was driving in southern Kalamazoo County near Vicksburg and while passing a mowing crew I heard a loud noise. Their mower had thrown something up and it shattered the sunroof in my car. Fortunately I had the inside headliner closed and it kept me from getting covered in glass and possibly getting hit with whatever the object was. I never did find it but it sure scared the heck out of me.
My first tractor accident happened while digging with a post hole digger next to a small 30' driveway fence for a neighbor. We were trying to put in new gate posts. The auger hit a root and jumped over, snagging the fence wire...then proceeded to wrap and coil it up around the auger in less than 5 seconds, snapping all the old wooden fence posts in the process. My neighbor was standing right next to it, and I thank the Lord he didn't get hit by the fencing!
All dealers should teach people like you just did. I grew up running older tractors. I first started when I was 8 years old. It's true most older tractors had a lower center of gravity, and the compact tractors are light and narrow, a recipe for roll over .There are a lot of videos on TH-cam, and you can see that the people operating these tractors don't know what they are doing. They need some kind of training for their own safety. They see a seasoned operator, and they try what they see they don't take into account the many years and hours of seat time a seasoned operator has, which can lead to disaster.
I was raised on farms as a kid, had it DRILLED into me how dangerous tools CAN be.
Still, at the tender age of 69, I recently had my first ever "tippiness event", when I was using my 1025r to push some wood debris to the edge of my hedgerow.
I usually carry between 700-1000 pound of ballast, but that day I think I was closer to 500lbs.
The ground was level, EXCEPT for a sinkhole that one of my front tires found!
One back wheel came up, but the FEL was able to rescue me.
Still, went back to the barn and max-ed up the ballast, then calmed down before going back to work.
Thanks for the reminder. Sir
Going up or down hills with a load; front bucket, pallet forks or a fork lift ALWAYS have the load "up hill". Foward up hill, or backing down hill.
Thank you so much for this.
nice refresher on safety.
A good friend of mines oldest boy got killed in a roll over while mowing a steep bank. He was only 21 years old. It was heart wrenching. It devastated my friend & he's never been the same.
Good stuff. Thanks for taking the time to share. All good points. I am guilty of not using enough ballast recently. I had taken my ballast box off and was lifting a good size part of a tree of our wagon with my forks. I knew it was going to happen and was expecting it and sure enough one of the back wheels started coming off the ground. I immediately stopped and we readjusted to lift less and got the wagon out, but still not a smart move on my part.
10 years as a firefighter in VT, you are spot on! 1. Guy riding “passenger” on the tractor fender fell off got ran over and died. 2. Tractor Rolled over on an embankment from uneven loading in the bucket, died. 3. Hydraulic lines injuries. 4. Arm amputation from pro entanglement.
Side note; your tractor barely moved an inch when you climbed up! My 98’ 955 Deere couldn’t do it
First time using bucket on my Kubota with no ballast I nose planted it with a load of stone. Now have Rim Guard (after seeing it on your videos), and either use box blade or have 8 suitcase weights on back.
My dad was finishing the final phase of a plumbing job on a new house, the day before the home owner was to move in was down in a dry creek bed next to the house, over turned his tractor on him. He never got to stay one night in his new home. That story my dad told me has always stuck with me as I became older and operated many back hoes and other excavators since.
I grew up around tractors and heavy equipment and operated in the oilfield what kills so many people is lack of common sense older tractors dozers scrapers etc had No ROPS or seat belts but operators paid attention and learned really fast what you do or do not do on the machine too many with money and no brains good you touched on a few things
There is always something hooked to my tractors and the one that doesn’t have a loader on it has a custom built bumper that weighs in around 500 pounds to offset my equipment. I live on a hill and you have to be able to read the terrain and often times you have to take the long way around to keep the tractor stable. Growing up around a farm I’m probably a little more aware than some folks because of it. There were several people killed and maimed when I was younger getting caught in equipment. Never rush a job.
Great video. I will pass the link on to my customers
I was transporting big round bales across the field and I had to go down a hill that was fairly steep, something that I've done many times before, but I remember that I had the wrong point on or Bale spear! We have two Bale Spears, one where we have to take the bucket off and hook it directly to the arms and Rams, the other straps on in front of the bucket! I had the one that straps onto the front of the bucket, which lift s significantly less and is much more Tippy for the tractor! It was a 90 horse tractor, wheel weights and tires full of fluid, but because that spear was so much further forward than it had to be, the loader was actually up to its capacity with a 1500 lb bale. I scooted down the hill with the back tires barely scratching the ground! I just rode it out, didn't even try to put the brakes on because it wouldn't help anyway! Sometimes even when you have the extra weight on the back it's just as important to have the right attachment on the front too!!😮😮😊
Just purchased a new tractor and although I'm a first time owner I've had some experience with tractors most of my life but I didn't consider or even know about keeping the rigging low at the rear axle height for pulling, but it makes all the sense in the world.
Maybe some dealers offer a "Crash-Course" on safety but mine did not. Being new to the workings of a tractor I would've signed up. Maybe dealers assume you'll read your literature, I don't know but they were really helpful with adding attachments into the 0% financing! 😁
Thanks for the safety reminders!
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Thank you for this awareness video 👍🏻🤠🤩🙏🏻
Having over 60 years experience with all types of farm and construction equipment, most accidents can be avoided by slowing down and not assuming anything.
Never had an accident, but many “came close” incidents, which it could be said good experience comes from bad judgment. 🤔🤷♂️👍🏻🙏🏻
There have been several fatal tractor accidents near me (central VA). A farm hand was killed in a rollover in the field across from my office. It's essentially flat, so I'm not sure how. Two have died by getting off to open gates and getting run over. The same happened to another when his dog knocked a truck into gear. My uncle had the inertia of a bushhog roll an old Ford. Luckily, it just messed up his shoulder.
I work for a Gas & Electric utility. We had a bunch of Kubota B21 & B26 tractors. Within a year we had 2 rollovers. One operator is stuck in a wheel chair the other got away w minor injuries. Corporate has removed all mini backhoes from service.
Thank you for the video