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cartod
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Yea, I remember when I knew everything too.
An Accident Can Happen To Anyone.
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GManBart
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Exactly what I was thinking! I see people doing that all the time and I just don't get it.
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cartod
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I know I have to lower mine to put it in a stall, if you are on flat ground I don't see a problem.....don't wear your seat belt.
GManBart
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Lots of people have been killed/maimed on flat ground. Brush hogging and a front tire hits a rock just right, instant flat, and the tractor rolls....stuff like that. The studies they've done say the typical roll happens in half a second....too fast to jump clear.
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cartod
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I agree, but you don't know the situation that occurred during that clip. He may just have been pulling the eqt out of the barn for the camera shot. I have to lower my rops to pick up skids, or I will take out my roof........again.:banghead:
downsizingnow48
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Got my warning decades ago ripping 2x4 freehand with skilsaw. Short version dont wedge up the blade guard and dont put hand under the saw. Felt a little tick on my finger the saw flipped up a flap of skin but not enough to do real damage. Got in a hurry did two dumb things at same time. From that day to this never made those mistakes again.
brin
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#1. I agree
#2. Me too as far a being told what to do about anything.
#3. But you are a very talented curmudgeon ...everyone should click on your web page....Oppps, there I go again....or they should just Squeeze the Trout...
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#2. Me too as far a being told what to do about anything.
#3. But you are a very talented curmudgeon ...everyone should click on your web page....Oppps, there I go again....or they should just Squeeze the Trout...
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brin
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1. I have this thing about clicking on a link to someplace without any explanation at all about the gist of the link. Won't do it.
2. I have this thing about anyone telling me what I should do or what is important when it comes to safety. I am a person of reasonable intelligence and learned caution before I was a teenager. If you need the reminder, good. Don't tell me I need it.
3. I have this character flaw, I'm a curmudgeon.
#1. I agree
#2. Me too as far a being told what to do about anything.
#3. But you are a very talented curmudgeon ...everyone should click on your web page....Oppps, there I go again....or they should just Squeeze the Trout...
:thumbsup::laughing:
GManBart
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No, I wasn't there, but you would think that with a staged shot, for a piece on safety, they'd go the extra mile and put the ROPS up. I also somehow doubt that on a farm of that size they don't have someplace that the tractor will fit with the ROPS up, but that's certainly possible.
JDgreen227
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Around here I run with the ROPS down while mowing as the ground is perfectly flat in 99% of the area I mow. But when using the FEL for anything bigger than tree debris, the ROPS gets locked up. Know what? Given the size and weight of my tractor, I think if I did end up in a rollover situation and the ROPS was down and I wasn't belted in, I doubt if I could react fast enough to escape being squeezed.