Has anyone else "rolled" their GC2610

[Rob2310]

I have owned a GC series Massey since 2005 and a GC 2610 since 2008. On Saturday, while moving a large pile of topsoil for a neighbor, I finally "rolled" my tractor. The large pile had been setting for about a year and was very compacted. I was cutting into the pile with the front bucket taking about a quarter of a bucket each pass. I was tilting the bucket up and down, while "spinning" forward and shoving the dirt down the hill towards my other neighbor on his 1528. While not watching what I was doing, I rolled the bucket back to far and shot forward extremely fast, causing the right hand side of the tractor to run up the dirt pile and before I could let my foot off the pedal, I was rolling over. The force of the roll over caused me to jump off the tractor, as it "softly" rolled up on it's left side. As my buddy came back around the house, he started laughing and was able to hook his front bucket on my rear box blade and "tip" me back on all fours. We worked the rest of the day moving soil, but this time he used his backhoe to bust up the dirt first, instead of me ramming it. Tractor was completely uninjured and operated learned a big lesson

 

[MF RED in MT]

Glad to hear you are ok. You must of jumped off in the right direction at the right time, . B.T.W. did you have to go to the house and change your clothes :laughing: :laughing:. Things can sometimes go south in a real hurry. KC

 

[massey driver]

Glad to hear you didn't get hurt.Could have been really bad if any part of the tractor would have caught you and landed on top of any part of you.Wear your seat belt thats what its there for,you where lucky to not have got hurt bad.Hope thats a lesson to you wear that belt that's what its there for.larry

 

[Wacky]

Glad to hear you didn't get hurt.Could have been really bad if any part of the tractor would have caught you and landed on top of any part of you.Wear your seat belt thats what its there for,you where lucky to not have got hurt bad.Hope thats a lesson to you wear that belt that's what its there for.larry

Well said Larry!:thumbsup:

 

[Johnny_B]

Glad to hear you didn't get hurt.Could have been really bad if any part of the tractor would have caught you and landed on top of any part of you.Wear your seat belt thats what its there for,you where lucky to not have got hurt bad.Hope thats a lesson to you wear that belt that's what its there for.larry

Glad to hear you were ok but Follow Massey Driver's great advice. I make it a habit of always having the ROPS up and the seatbelt on when the tractor is moving, even when it seems like I could get away without it (completely flat areas). If I'm about to take a shortcut that makes a task quicker but less safe, I just think about my 13-month old son and then it makes taking every safety precaution very simple. I'm amazed of how many people I see driving their tractors around (even on hills and steep slopes with the ROPS folded down). It just seems like Ben Franklin's saying "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" really rings true here. Keep yourself safe, your family will appreciate it.

 

[AMCS]

I haven't rolled it yet but while moving bucket loads of gravel this weekend I found out how unstable it can be. An uneven load of gravel can cause a wheel to be light and bounce in the air. I keep a shovel at the gravel pile to even out the load before moving. Go slow, keep the bucket as low as possible and watch out for holes, low or soft spots.

 

[LBrown59]

While not watching what I was doing, I rolled the bucket back to far and shot forward extremely fast, causing the right hand side of the tractor to run up the dirt pile

A couple of other ways this can happen .
Going into the pile to close to the end
Cutting into the pile at an angle instead of straight in .