ROPS & Seatbelts WORK!!

[Clay45]

I know I'm not going to jump. I'm disabled and don't get around well on level ground as it is. My big feet catch on the underside of throttle or clutch and other doodads as it is. Atleast my ROPS is rigid. Don't like the seatbelt much but I use it most of the time.

My little Yanmar doesn't have a ROPS so I don't have a seatbelt on it. Hope I can spring enough if the time ever comes!

 

[sdef]

Yep. There are few absolutes in this life and one can only do the best one can do under the circumstances.

 

[gladehound]

Good post. We all neglect safety now and again for convenience and stuff like this is a good reminder. The only time I wear my seat belt is when I'm roading the tractor (Wouldn't want to get flung out if I got clipped by another vehicle) or using the FEL on a hill. I really should wear the seat belt more often than I do. If I did start to roll without the seat belt I would not attempt to jump clear of the tractor. I would just hold on to the handles, steering wheel, inside of cage etc. and try to stay put until it stopped moving. It isn't that I don't think I could jump clear, I think I could. But something can always go wrong. Heck, a piece of cloths can get caught on a lever. Then you're half on, half off and that is definitely not where you want to be.

 

[bcp]

There is another post on TBN about "Tipping Etiquette." I think you did alright.

1. You survived

2. Tractor survived

3. You took photos

4. You posted them here for us to analyze.

You're a good tipper. Please don't try to improve.

Bruce

 

[Luke'sScreenName]

There is another post on TBN about "Tipping Etiquette." I think you did alright.

1. You survived

2. Tractor survived

3. You took photos

4. You posted them here for us to analyze.

You're a good tipper. Please don't try to improve.

Bruce

:drink::thumbsup:
Excellent reply! Keep up the good work.

 

[farmer2009]

Yeah I'm not in the jumping crowd either. Just to many if's.

Wife's uncle. He had a shop fire and had moved his fuel tanks for a rebuild. Two lane state highway cuts thru his property. Tanks are on top of a 6' bank cut by the highway. Backs a newly purchased 165 MF up to fuel tanks. Not his only tractor. Breaks don't hold as he tries to stop. Off the bank he goes backwards. No ROPS. He decides to jump foot gets caught on brake pedals. As tractor goes over backwards at about a 45* angle to bank. He gets clear of tractor lands with his head on the yellow line. Tractor bounces and lands on his hips. Crushed his pelvis. He ended up flown from the scene. They pieced his pelvis and hips back together and he can walk but has trouble getting around.

He's lucky he didn't land in front of somebody or in front of a tractor trailer. He knew brakes were iffy but they had been holding and stopping tractor.

 

[Garycw]

One more heads up tip on the JD1025/1023's. I've had the park brake release twice now on its own after being set and off tractor. Not sure if it wasn't "fully" engaged, but it was set. Could be a JD issue on this model/ type of park brake or not. I just don't trust them now.

 

[Ed of all trades]

Back when I was driving truck I was going through Pa and a truck ran out of the road and into a corn field. Someone on the CB started yelling jump, he did and the truck ran over him. the truck was fine and almost no damage to it. It was just sitting in a corn field. If he had stayed in the cab he could have driven the truck out of the field.

Telling someone to jump off of a rolling tractor is not wise, not if there is a roll bar and seat belt. If you try to jump off the high side it may throw you backwards under the tractor and the low side is the way the tractor is rolling. Someone killed that truck driver that night by welling jump. Don't do the same here. Ed

 

[woodlandfarms]

I read through this pretty quick (maybe asked and answered) but I am looking at your ballast. Is that a big boulder in your back scoop? If it is maybe it didn't help when the weight shifted on the tractor (it shifted as well and helped pull you over).

Also, how did you right the machine? You let it sit a bit before restarting (drain down?)

 

[Garycw]

The Boulder in scoop didn't shift, but the whole 3pt was a little wobbly. Turn buckles needed tightened. A small stabilizer bar would be nice too.
I turned it back over with a chain and ford 841. I didn't let it sit long enough before trying to start. The starter would only start to turn over then stop. Waited about 30 min and it started and burnt off the oil. Finished spreading gravel next day without incident.