SPYDERLK
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- Joined
- Feb 28, 2006
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- Tractor
- JD2010, Kubota3450,2550, Mahindra 7520 w FEL w Skid Steer QC w/Tilt Tatch, & BH, BX1500
You were probably on level ground for this and would have been ok regardless ... assuming you were alert and also didnt make a major mistake. A common enuf major mistake is to have a truck drive out from under a load that you cant quite lift. That load suddenly is all borne by the tractor and can take the front to the ground with the rears high in the air. Big time bad. ... A lesser situation is to have the load lifted clear, but the rear start to raise as you back. This can be handled gracefully because it is usually the backward takeoff that completes the overbalance. -- Use idle speed and lowest gear. Back straight and very slowly. Stop and lower the load as soon as you clear. With the load at ground level the back up issue will ease.Well as a newbie on day two unloading that BS I realized I might be in trouble when through the seat I felt pressure in my right bun and less pressure on the left and kind of oscillation through the steering wheel as the BS swayed slightly. When the adrenaline started flowing and the flight or fight instinct started I fortunately made the right decision although I did ding up the BS. No time to think about #1#2or#3.
Sitting in my family room I'm making some drawings, following this forum, showing vector forces etc. The scary thing that the drawing can't show is how fast the reports say a roll over can happen. I do believe the idea that once you go past the point of no return the loaded wheels would contribute to the event.
Thanks again for the great discussion.
larry