walker450
Platinum Member
My neighbor was cutting hay at night, on his first round he came up to the fence line and didn't see it until he was in it and started turning and slid into the ditch, was lucky it slid to the bottom and didn't rollover. The Johnson grass was so tall it was higher than the fence. If he would have done this during the day he could have seen other reference points, such as the ROAD on the other side of the ditch, but at night couldn't see far. We've had highs up around 100 so he was trying to stay cool hence the late night....
He is fine no injury. Tractor wouldn't start at that angle. I dug out underneath one side and filled the steep drop-off up with dirt to make a ramp up and out of the ditch, my neighbor pulled it out with his 4020.
Also, I've always been told to open up a field with the cutter sticking out into the field, then turn around and drive where you cut and get next to fences etc, which makes sense to me. He was going around the opposite way of what I was taught.
He is fine no injury. Tractor wouldn't start at that angle. I dug out underneath one side and filled the steep drop-off up with dirt to make a ramp up and out of the ditch, my neighbor pulled it out with his 4020.
Also, I've always been told to open up a field with the cutter sticking out into the field, then turn around and drive where you cut and get next to fences etc, which makes sense to me. He was going around the opposite way of what I was taught.