Tractor flips while pulling boat !!!

[jamestaylor72]

Here is yet another tractor-flip accident guys !! Thankfully though,, this fella survived !! Be careful out there!
JT


Tractor flips on Monroe resident


By MARK TODD - Staff Writer - mtodd@starbeacon.com
Star Beacon


MONROE TOWNSHIP An 82-year-old Monroe Township man was injured when the tractor he was driving early Sunday afternoon flipped at his State Street home, pinning him underneath the machine, firefighters said.


David Best, 5240 State Road, was taken to Ashtabula County Medical Center by a Conneaut Fire Department ambulance crew. He was conscious and talking with medical personnel at the scene, firefighters said.

Best reportedly was pulling a boat with the tractor when the boat became lodged, causing the tractor to flip into the air, said Conneaut Fire Lt. John Chapin. Best was thrown from the seat, and the tractor fell on top of him, firefighters said.

Best痴 son used another tractor to move the toppled vehicle and free his father, firefighters said.

Because of the nature of the call, Conneaut rescue personnel put a medical helicopter on stand-by status, but the flight was not needed, firefighters said.

Monroe Township Fire Department personnel also were sent to the scene, according to reports. A Conneaut rescue crew was dispatched to State Road at 1:53 p.m.

 

[jas67]

Probably had it connected to the three point hitch, and had it too high.

 

[Deerlope]

Whenever I read something like this I have to wonder how it was hitched. If anyone knows could you please post that information?

 

[Soundguy]

Me too... I'd like to see if it was a tractor or lawnmower.

If it was a boat trailer, it must have been on a ball hitch.. makes you wonder how he got it snatched backwards enough to roll.. or did it rear up, and sideroll.

soundguy

 

[CurlyDave]

I have seen far too many hitch balls on the 3 pt instead of on the drawbar.

 

[Jerry/MT]

He was probably pulling with the ball on a towbar mounted to the three point and had the hitch too high.

I know that winter's over for most of us but here's a safety tip for winter tractor use. If you park your tractor outside durring freezing weather after you start the machine ALWAYS BACK UP FIRST! If your tires freeze to the ground(frozen mud or water) and you try to go forward, the torque reaction with the drive wheels locked will flip you on your back. Under these kind of conditions, I' ve heard people say they will park with the tractor's nose against a fence, a tree, or a barn wall to make sure they have to back after starting.

Be safe out there now!

 

[laen64]

Thanks for that info Jerry! I thought it was cool doing the winter Wheelie. When you're young you just don't know DANGER!

 

[wkpoor]

I have seen far too many hitch balls on the 3 pt instead of on the drawbar.

Whats wrong with ball on the 3pt. Thats what make for versatility.

 

[rdbrumfield]

Yes it adds versatility, but if you know anything about physics, if you don't keep the ball as low as possible, level or below the rear axle you are looking for disaster in a hard pull. The other thing is that if the tractor does start to bring the frontend off the ground the 3pt will raise whether you lift it or not.

 

[CurlyDave]

Whats wrong with ball on the 3pt. Thats what make for versatility.

The price of that versatility is a tendency to overturn if whatever you are towing hangs up. Or if you use it for a hard pull.