Tractor Rollover Demo Pictures and Videos

[MACDABS]

Moss Road ,
Thanks for posting this, I was fortune enough to see this years ago live at PSU Ag days and it is amazing how fast a tractor can flip or roll . If any one can attend PSU Ag days it is well worth the trip for the safety demostrations.
Plus looking at the new tractors and good food is a plus.


Macdabs

[MossRoad]

You are welcome!

[Foozle]

My tractor manual says to always drive "backwards" up steep slopes rather than driving up them in "forward." Do people do this in practice?

[KansasJim]

So I'm new and reading this...finally convinced the wife to wear the seatbelt...I come into work, and in through the gate comes two non-professionals on Kubotas (~45hp, so not real small) towing rotary mowers. First one hangs a 'U' and starts mowing across a slope on the other side of the fence. I make it through the gate just in time to see: rotary mower almost all the way over.

Sure enough, he rolled it downhill against a tree. I stopped - he's OK. Seatbelt and ROPS. He's standing there holding onto it like it's a fish he landed. If you've ever seen that, you know what I'm talking about.

Just reinforces: it happens just like that.

[patrick_g]

WOW!! After watching these videos (again) I can see just how smart jumping free is. Yeah, forget the seatbelt so you will be thrown free of the problem or can quickly and adroitly jump clear of the problem.

N O T !!!


Pat

[txkevin]

Originally Posted by Foozle

My tractor manual says to always drive "backwards" up steep slopes rather than driving up them in "forward." Do people do this in practice?

I have ... well, no experience with tractors and just got a Kubota BX 24 last week. My lot has a pretty good hill up by the road. I was taking the tractor to put it in the garage for the first time which involves going up hill. It felt weird and did not feel right as I started going straight up. I flipped around and backed up and it went fine once in 4wd. Not sure if it was overly cautious but wrecking a new tractor the first week is just the sort of thing that would happen to me. So yes, some people, do back up a steep hill.