pclausen
Veteran Member
Smashed GN trailer into back of my 5085M
So I picked up one of those 3pt hitch trailer movers from tsc today. Hooked it up to the 5085M and pulled the trailer out of the barn and parked it in a semi level area so that I could load equipment into it for hauling a few miles down the road to the other property this weekend.
Well, after loading the 3209 bush hog towards the rear using the pallet forks (making the front of the trailer real light), I picked up the Woods finish mover and realized I had to move the trailer forward just a little to have proper access. Well after picking up the trailer with the 3pt mounted ball and moving it forward about 10 feet, when I dropped the trailer back down and started pulling away, the trailer started chasing me and was picking up speed and it was getting steeper and steeper!
I was trying to decide between just getting out of the way completely or stopping the tractor and let the trailer rear end me. I opted for the latter as I would otherwise have lost the trailer and bush hog in a bad crash as the hill would have gotten very steep within another 20 feet or so, at which point it would have dropped down about 200 feet.
So here are some pics of the aftermath. I will never load a trailer again without chocking the wheels first!
In these 1st pics, the GN is stuck to the tractor. I had to keep lowering the trailer until it eventually snapped free.
Closeup of the impact zone. I think I got very lucking that nothing mechanical/hydraulic was damaged at all. It appears to be all cosmetic.
View of the mess in the cab.
For some strange reason, the tractor won't go into gear. So its stuck where it is until the dealer comes out to look at it. I have the 16x16 PowrReverser transmission, and when I move the forward/reverse lever in either direction, the yellow N light just flashes. The impact wasn't that great, so I'm at a loss as to why I can get it to go into gear.
Fortunately I have the Deere UltraGard insurance which I'm pretty sure will cover this.
This definitely put a damper on my day.
So I picked up one of those 3pt hitch trailer movers from tsc today. Hooked it up to the 5085M and pulled the trailer out of the barn and parked it in a semi level area so that I could load equipment into it for hauling a few miles down the road to the other property this weekend.
Well, after loading the 3209 bush hog towards the rear using the pallet forks (making the front of the trailer real light), I picked up the Woods finish mover and realized I had to move the trailer forward just a little to have proper access. Well after picking up the trailer with the 3pt mounted ball and moving it forward about 10 feet, when I dropped the trailer back down and started pulling away, the trailer started chasing me and was picking up speed and it was getting steeper and steeper!
I was trying to decide between just getting out of the way completely or stopping the tractor and let the trailer rear end me. I opted for the latter as I would otherwise have lost the trailer and bush hog in a bad crash as the hill would have gotten very steep within another 20 feet or so, at which point it would have dropped down about 200 feet.
So here are some pics of the aftermath. I will never load a trailer again without chocking the wheels first!
In these 1st pics, the GN is stuck to the tractor. I had to keep lowering the trailer until it eventually snapped free.
Closeup of the impact zone. I think I got very lucking that nothing mechanical/hydraulic was damaged at all. It appears to be all cosmetic.
View of the mess in the cab.
For some strange reason, the tractor won't go into gear. So its stuck where it is until the dealer comes out to look at it. I have the 16x16 PowrReverser transmission, and when I move the forward/reverse lever in either direction, the yellow N light just flashes. The impact wasn't that great, so I'm at a loss as to why I can get it to go into gear.
Fortunately I have the Deere UltraGard insurance which I'm pretty sure will cover this.
This definitely put a damper on my day.
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