LD1
Epic Contributor
What is wrong with using the 3ph to skid logs, I've done it before and did'nt know I was doing anything wrong:confused3:
The probability of flipping the tractor backwards increases exponentially when pulling from the 3PH when raised.
It is NEAR impossible to flip a tractor using the actual drawbar. Even if you hook to an imovable object. You can raise the front tires into the air though. But because the actual drawbar is located behind and below the axle line and mounted rigid, once a certain point is reached, if the object doesn't begin to move, the chain and drawbar are on an angle that is actually applying force resisting the front end from raising beyond that point.
Hooking to a 3PH is more dangerous. The 3PH isnt limited on upward travel. So if you start to flip, the 3PH just raises up unrestricted. and once the 3PH reaches its highest point of travel, your hitch point is now above the centerline of the axle. In which physics will allow to tractor to flip back ont you if the conditions are right.
I feel fairly safe doing it on my tractor for several reasons. I have done it enough to know that I will run out of traction before I am in danger. And mainly because I have the extra 1000lbs or so of loader hanging off the front.
The few times we do pull from the 3PH with the 8n, It is with extreme caution. The left foot hovers over the clutch, no dumping of the clutch or jerking, and it is never with the hitch raised all the way. Only just enough to take a little weight off the log and add some to the rears.