Equipment blooper thread

[MHarryE]

Can you write them in Hubbard County? I got my $5.00. :thumbsup:

Nope. Only North St Louis county. We don't charge a fee in our district. Would you believe that first permit i wrote this season - running grass fire - person accidentally burned his garage - steel sided one to boot. Grass growing right up to the building, flames under the siding at the base got to something flammable stored alongside the wall and poof.

 

[MinnesotaEric]

Nope. Only North St Louis county. We don't charge a fee in our district. Would you believe that first permit i wrote this season - running grass fire - person accidentally burned his garage - steel sided one to boot. Grass growing right up to the building, flames under the siding at the base got to something flammable stored alongside the wall and poof.

Yikes.

I hope nobody was hurt. Years ago my next door neighbor's brother somehow was killed when a fire broke out in his garage.

Back when I worked as a tech, I came to back to work from lunch, parked my car, got out only to see every mechanic except one running out of the shop toward me because a torch had set a fuel line on fire on a car. An extinguisher put it out before things got real bad.

 

[Raincoast]

Knee deep???!!! That looks a lot deeper than my knees!
I have officially stopped complaining about the muddy areas on our land!
I hope you got her out OK & didn't suffer any damage.
Also... I hope you have a really good pressure washer!

 

[POC]

I'll add a pic later.
Driving up the driveway in 4th gear, High range, turned at the end of the driveway to run down next to the ditch to a field. FEL is longer than I thought. Hit a telephone pole with the bucket. Stopped the tractor RIGHT NOW! lol
Bucket is still bent.

 

[Parkanzky]

When my tractor was delivered, I was showing it to my wife and explaining how important it was to put the ROPS down.

The very next time I took it out to play with it I was pulling into my garage and came to a very sudden stop!

 

[TSO]

Bent the "top link cross member brackets" (my term, not sure what it's actually called) on my box blade yesterday, while rough grading a site. Was snagging hidden stumps in both directions, and eventually snagged one in reverse hard enough to bend the brackets. Did the same thing last year too. They are made of soft metal so they are the "fail safe" piece that bends before something else (more expensive) breaks... So can't complain too much. Seems like I'm good for a new set each year, which is fine considering I put a couple hundred hours per year on the box blade.

Down side is I have to weld up a new top link "slot" each time I replace them since they don't come with one.

Anyhow ... They're about $20/EA at my local dealership.

Also bent my top link... Add $25 for that as well!

 

[MinnesotaEric]

This time with more feeling, TSO!

 

[Gordon Gould]

There is some neat stuff in this thread Wish I had something worth while to add but I've been real lucky quite a few times. All my dumb damage is hidden in the woods. Worst thing I've done equipment wise was ruin the belt and clutch in my wife washing machine. I am responsible for my own work clothes laundry. When using the wood splitter I carry a hoof pick in my pocket to clean bark and big slivers out of the wedge guide channel. The rest is history.

 

[TSO]

This time with more feeling, TSO!

? I'm just not getting it..... Sorry, it's early

 

[RDrancher]

Bent the "top link cross member brackets" (my term, not sure what it's actually called) on my box blade yesterday, while rough grading a site. Was snagging hidden stumps in both directions, and eventually snagged one in reverse hard enough to bend the brackets. Did the same thing last year too. They are made of soft metal so they are the "fail safe" piece that bends before something else (more expensive) breaks... So can't complain too much. Seems like I'm good for a new set each year, which is fine considering I put a couple hundred hours per year on the box blade.

Nice job on the BB taco and the yard. :thumbsup: I sure do like your Massey...looks like a fine machine.