How's everyone doing with the SNOW

[jix]

I am glad you had the presence of mind to recover. Nice tractoring.

ThanksTom, but you are too kind. It was quite poor tractoring, actually; In good tractoring, I would have switched my brain on sooner and stayed to heck away from that sloping ditch edge. Snow, even packed snow will not support a tractor wheel for long. I will know better next time. This lesson will cost me at least 400.00 dollars.
Getting out of that cab in a rollover is possible, but it would be darn difficult because I can barely walk. I carry my cell phone in case I need rescue in a last resort situation.:yell:
It is quite surprising how unstable a tractor can be. Once a long time ago I almost tipped a Tractor backhoe over trying to cross a steep ditch at an angle. Only the outriggers saved me, that tractor had no ROPS. I could see myself getting crushed, but had enough last minute presence of mind to activate the low side down rigger to stop her.That one rally raised my heart rate. that tractor weighed round 7,000 lbs. Squash me like a bug!

Tractors are not safe on their lateral axis on steep slopes! I must write that down, again.
Yes, my tractor has ROPS now. When you need it, you need it bad!:yell:

 

[Ken45101]

Don,

thanks for sharing, it may help someone else to avoid a disaster. I don't know how they compare but my B21 seems narrow and tippy to me. Fortunately, I have never found out just how tippy it may be. I assume the ROPS and the boom on the backhoe both add to the unstability of an already narrow tractor.

I have about 4" sitting on my 1100' drive right now. I will get some breakfast and have at it. I also have to drag my sons out of bed to shovel the walks. That is the hardest part.

Came the closest to rolling the B26 as I ever have earlier this week. I was pushing the snow with a blade into the ditch when I slipped into the ditch. One front wheel and one back wheel. Maybe a foot deep. Which is no big deal I just use the hoe to lift myself out, I have slipped into that ditch before. This time as I lifted the back end up the machine tipped the wrong way. I did have the outriggers out. Thing is the out rigger went in the ditch and the machine kept going. Serious pucker factor with that one. It did stop but was leaning way over. At least 45 degrees. Climbed off, collected my thoughts and calmed down. I was able to lift it out using way more care.

Two morals:
Don't ever lift a backhoe with the hoe unless you have your outriggers out. Not on the ground but just above the ground. That is all that saved me and it barely saved me.
Get a block of wood or log if you are in a ditch. Put that in the ditch under where the outrigger will land as you get the wheel out.

I have operated a lot of equipment and done a lot of industrial rigging. I have a lot of respect for how easy my B26 can roll. You can take a lot of load and the machine is narrow. This one however caught me way off guard. No load and I almost rolled it.

Feeling lucky.

 

[TomSeller]

It is quite surprising how unstable a tractor can be.

Very true. Personally Like the lower squatty tractors except for the one pulling the hay baler. That one I like tall to help keep grass seeds out of the radiator.

 

[vtsnowedin]

I have operated a lot of equipment and done a lot of industrial rigging. I have a lot of respect for how easy my B26 can roll. You can take a lot of load and the machine is narrow. This one however caught me way off guard. No load and I almost rolled it.

Feeling lucky.

Why buy or set up a tractor to be narrow? Do you have tight places you need to fit into? If not then why do you tolerate the daily risk of turnover that could be substantially reduced by just setting up the tractor wider or buying a model that is wider or has more width options to begin with?

 

[mike69440]

Dogs Love it,, Plowing Snow wears out tractor.

Photo shots of farm on first nice day in a month.

 

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[jix]

It was 34* F here today. just luvly.
First time over freezing in 6 weeks. Blew snow again anways.
Need a seventh gear shift lever on my lil KUBOTA..The One that puts my brain into gear before the tractor will even move..............:shocked:

 

[vtsnowedin]

It was 34* F here today. just luvly.
First time over freezing in 6 weeks. Blew snow again anways.
Need a seventh gear shift lever on my lil KUBOTA..The One that puts my brain into gear before the tractor will even move..............:shocked:

It sounds like there is a story there. Care to fess up?

 

[Garandman]

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