A boneheaded close call!

[fruitcakesa]

I decided to straighten my logging road which required moving a large boulder.
I grabbed it with the grapple and due to its weight kept it low, so low in fact that it was out of my view.
I proceeded to drive ahead until I felt and heard a crunch from underneath the tractor. I stopped and reversed to find the boulder had slipped from the grapple and I had run into it damaging the oil pan and drive shaft. It doesn’t appear to have holed the pan as I haven’t seen or felt any leaking from it but I noticed a slight drip from where the drive shaft exits the transmission.
I will be monitoring it for now and will consider my future options

 

[Shawn T. W.]

I can always be worse!

I hope it's an easy fix for you.

 

[JWR]

I had the same experience with a bale fork being gripped in the teeth of a 4-in-1 bucket. When it came loose I ran over it and the spike stabbed the grease seal on the bottom of the left front bevel gear which dumped front axle lubricant all over the field. No serious damage but it was not your best day was it?

 

[Topzide]

Ouch!

 

[dodge man]

No one died, that’s a plus. No one got hurt, another plus. The tractor still runs, another plus. That’s all I got other than it looks bad.

 

[fruitcakesa]

Yes, not a great day but the M is still functioning and I still have a lot of logging left to do till the weather shuts me down. Then it’ll be time for snow plowing.

 

[Henro]

Glad the damage wasn’t more serious!

What damage happened to the driveshaft? Were you referring to the small leak? Perhaps the leak’s been there for a while and you only noticed it because you looked for damage that the boulder might have caused…

I guess the only solution if you’re carrying something that might fall out without you seeing it, is it might be better to run in reverse!

 

[lilranch2001]

We all make boneheaded mistakes now and again…..
It’s called “living life”!

 

[Suburban Plowboy]

The bad: mashing your oil pan.

The good: a new one bolts right on.

 

[Shawn T. W.]

This was my forgetful old fart boneheaded thing for today!

 

[lilranch2001]

This was my forgetful old fart boneheaded thing for today!

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Crushing the creeper or buying a dodge??

 

[Shawn T. W.]

30 year old creeper has done its last creeping! On the lookout for a new one with bigger wheels, any suggestions?

It's a RAM, not a Dodge ... ... had it for 4 years now ...

 

[lilranch2001]

30 year old creeper has done its last creeping! On the lookout for a new one with bigger wheels, any suggestions?

It's a RAM, not a Dodge ... ... had it for 4 years now ...

I know, I said it intentionally to pee off the MOPAR fanatics!

 

[Topzide]

Shawn, what about this one, www.harborfreight.com/automotive/automotive-accessories/creepers-seats/400-lb-capacity-43-in-professional-creeper-58470.html

 

[Shawn T. W.]

That looks interesting, I like the 6" wheels, I've got a few cracks in my concrete driveway, garage is too small for truck or either tractor ... Barn is gravel ... Use cardboard or plywood out there ...

 

[dicktill]

This was my forgetful old fart boneheaded thing for today!

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Yikes @Shawn T. W.! Between that and the chainsaw you dumped in the fire (or ran over?) and the come-along that pinched your hand and ???, you are quite dangerous. If you were any worse, you'd be me. : )

 

[CalG]

I'm always impressed at how slowly I go with any load on any of the tractors. Even at less than a walking pace, the machine is doing all the lifting! Saving my back, or a trip to the ER.

 

[Shawn T. W.]

Yikes @Shawn T. W.! Between that and the chainsaw you dumped in the fire (or ran over?) and the come-along that pinched your hand and ???, you are quite dangerous. If you were any worse, you'd be me. : )

My former wife use to say my middle initial stood for "TROUBLE" ... As it always seems to find me ...

Yeah, I dropped my lithium powered chainsaw off the floorboard of my tractor, and ran over it with the brush hog!

But I got another one now!

Stuff happens ... I was able to barely avoid this "TROUBLE"!

Wrong way

Trucker cuts me off!

rumble.com

He not only ran a red light, but made an illegal left turn into a construction zone, blocked off to traffic, going the wrong way up a interstate exit ramp!

This is looking at the intersection from the opposite direction ... I was where the orange truck is circled in blue, he was coming from where I am, and turned left like the red arrow, notice the three signs circled in yellow? He went where the white circle is!!!

 

[Gordon Gould]

I decided to straighten my logging road which required moving a large boulder.
I grabbed it with the grapple and due to its weight kept it low, so low in fact that it was out of my view.
I proceeded to drive ahead until I felt and heard a crunch from underneath the tractor. I stopped and reversed to find the boulder had slipped from the grapple and I had run into it damaging the oil pan and drive shaft. It doesn’t appear to have holed the pan as I haven’t seen or felt any leaking from it but I noticed a slight drip from where the drive shaft exits the transmission.
I will be monitoring it for now and will consider my future options

Oh no - That will give you something to worry about as you keep working through logging and plow seasons. At least it would me.

gg

 

[dodge man]

My former wife use to say my middle initial stood for "TROUBLE" ... As it always seems to find me ...

Yeah, I dropped my lithium powered chainsaw off the floorboard of my tractor, and ran over it with the brush hog!

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But I got another one now!

Stuff happens ... I was able to barely avoid this "TROUBLE"!

Wrong way

Trucker cuts me off!

rumble.com

He not only ran a red light, but made an illegal left turn into a construction zone, blocked off to traffic, going the wrong way up a interstate exit ramp!

This is looking at the intersection from the opposite direction ... I was where the orange truck is circled in blue, he was coming from where I am, and turned left like the red arrow, notice the three signs circled in yellow? He went where the white circle is!!!

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Apparently just hitting that saw once wasn’t enough, you backed over it again then set it on fire.