remember.. don't pull from the toplink

[Soundguy]

YouTube - Man Trapped Under Tractor

ignore the 10 seconds of comercials in front of the video.

lookslike the chain hanging down in the vid was attached to the toplink... a huge no-no


soundguy

 

[Big Bri]

Wow lucky man. No ROP and at his age. . . i'm impressed. I don't see how it didn't crush him.

 

[Soundguy]

good strong heavy gauge metal tall clamshell fenders ( not plastic like today ), and a spring seat with about 3" of give.. plus he's not a huge guy, and steering wheel sets forward and kinda in a flat plane, not in your lap like some of todays models with tilt steering.

soundguy

 

[Bedlam]

Very Lucky guy,Here in the 70's a local farmer died the same way.For me a then teenager, with a tractor, It really sat in my mind to this day i drive by the spot every day and many times think of him. The farm has since gone to foreclosure. but Ill never forget.If any good came from it is the knowledge that as been with me all this time.
Very sobering..

 

[ragkar]

I don't have audio on my computer, but I'm guessing that he had a chain on his top link and was dragging something. Is that right?

 

[Soundguy]

don't really need the audio to see the video... from the few shots you can see.. I see a chain that looks like it's linked to his toplink.. etc.

soundguy

 

[Renze]

I told this before, but in Finland, trailer drawbars arent allowed above the centerline of the rear axle. I have a friend who converted his baler, to give it some clearance above heavy straw swaths.

In Holland, the high drawbar (3 feet) was pretty much standard for years, especially in the time that there was no rollbar and there were only 2wd tractors with a light front end.
It was the only way to transfer enough weight to the rear axle to get a manure tanker through a soft spot with a light 2wd.

Now when all tractors have cabs and 4wd, lower drawbars are standard, because they transfer more weight to the driven front axle when pulling hard on the drawbar.

 

[Thomas]

Yikes..someone from above had to be looking down.

 

[JB4310]

I like how he says he thought about those coons digging under the traps trying to escape, and that's what gave him the idea to slowly undermine the ground around him.
You can learn valuable lessons by just observing nature around you.

 

[Diamondpilot]

A guy got killed the same way on almost the same tractor, a Ford 961, in the field behind my house. He was working on a busted drain tile.

Chris