Idiot award for the week

[bunyip]

I have hits fences while turning with the landscape rake and harrows, just forget how far it sits out, my latest effort was an expensive one though, had some firewood in the carport, logs cut into rounds that needed to be moved, I went up to the first one with the 4in1 and tried to grab it but it was a bit too big so I decided to roll it onto its side, put the bucket on the log and applied a bit of down pressure then started to reverse, the log cooperated and started to turn over then the tractor fell off the log sideways and put the bucket into the side of my new car.
Not happy would be an understatement, I could have moved the car but this was never going to happen and I have done it many times before.
We have an old Fergusson TEA 20 (horrible thing it is) and it has ROPS, I was taking a shortcut under some trees when the ROPS found a low branch and got the front wheels up in the air and showered me with debris, I forgot how high the ROPS was.

 

[3930dave]

Somewhere on here is a great post where the guy starts off ranting about being lied to by a salesman, about the cost of a tractor.

Follows that with a looonnnnggggg list of things he's managed to damage with the tractor, and their $ value.....

There often is real value to being able to laugh at oneself !

Rgds, D.

 

[sdef]

Ha, ha. Who has not done something like this? Sounds like work at my place.

 

[oldballs]

Some of my idiot performances are not nearly as embarrassing, when in the field with no one watching.

 

[tractorshopper]

The first day I got my first tractor delivered, I drove it into the carport to park it for a little while that I was doing some other stuff. No problem because it has very high ceilings and didn't even come close with the ROPS. Of course, I'm so smart that even I knew better than that....

I got back on the tractor to move it out later and reversed it and backed out of the carport just like I would with the car where you back out and turn at the same time. Guess what? My car doesn't have an FEL. I never considered the geometry of how far the loader sticks out the front and stupid me, I knocked one of the posts completely out. Hahaha. Shows you how smart I am after all.

Learned a good lesson with that one. Hurriedly put the post back in place before the wife would get home. I had to cut about a 1/4" off the post to get it back in place and take the crown mould off and redo it at the top because the header had already sagged before I could get it back up. Can't tell now, but wife asked why there was blue tape on the top of it. I had to tell her that I had to re-caulk and re-paint because I had to cut it down slightly after knocking it out. Didn't even get away with it after all. Needed about 20 more minutes. At least all the stacked rock on the base of the column stayed in place on the column.

That day, I went to my garage and measured the ROPS and fixed the garage door to where it would reach it's absolute highest setting when opened and it was literally just enough with an eighth of an inch to spare to fit the tractor in with the ROPS up. Otherwise, no telling how many times I'd have hit it.

 

[3930dave]

Fore and aft length/swing of implements has caught all of us, at least once....

Esp. on the front...... no highway plated vehicle (that I've driven) has the almost 90deg capable front wheel deflection that you can quickly attain with some tractors. Great in tight spots but, (cue Yoda voice....) With Great Power, Great Responsibility must have You !

Big fun, so long as nobody got hurt.......

Rgds, D.

 

[3930dave]

Some of my idiot performances are not nearly as embarrassing, when in the field with no one watching.

We have drones, to address that deficiency now....

Rgds, D.

 

[Rock Crawler]

I have driven with the parking brake locked many times. I'll be doing something with the loader and keep looking at the range selector thinking that I am still in mid range... usually after a couple looks and a couple near engine stalls while trying to dig... I will realize that my idiocy has won the day again. Turn the brake lock off and suddenly I have plenty of power to push the loader into dirt! I fear what kind of damage this does to the brake material and the transmission fluid....

 

[zoltanthegypsy]

Stupidity (mine) both classic and obscure.

Classic: New to the BX - or any tractor. Pick up a log with the loader. Lift or curl enough that the log starts rolling down the loader arms. Fortunately it was small - and did't end up in my lap. You only do that once! (If you survive...)

Obscure: Mowing 4 acres with the hog. BX just slows down. Slower and slower. No loss of power, just no go pedal. Put it up on the trailer, dropped the Bro-Tek plate for access, and started poking around at linkages. No joy. Very tired and frustrated when I noticed a little-bitty pebble sitting on top of the pedal pivot. That was it So - back it off the trailer and go back to mowing. WTF! Front of BX is rising as I back off!!! Hydraulics going insane? Ramp slipped? No - the belly plate was still dropped, but was attached at its front edge. BX was using it like a pogo stick. Bent it badly but ran over it with the truck a few times and straightened. Left the tractor on the trailer.

TLDR: Too soon old, too late smart. Don't mess with these things when tired, frustrated, or stupid.

 

[PhysAssist]

Snap up would be a stretch. It does raise up as soon as you start it. That was the idea.

I guess it all depends how much tonnage you keep on your 3-pt...??