A little mishap

[Rowski]

I got to tell this story. It was pretty serious at first but was a little funny afterward.

Today myself and by brother-in-law Al (alan40) and his little son were out and about stopping in a tractor dealers looking at implements, trailer and getting some ideas for modifications. Kind of like a boys day out. We were outside looking and talking. There was a guy that had a truck new style F-250 light duty pickup with a trailer. On the trailer it had a TC35 with loader loaded in the front. This guy was trying to get a TC21D with loader on to the same trailer. All of a sudden I here the small crash noise followed by a "whoa" and a loud crash. I looked over and saw nothing but tires and under carriage. Al and I went running over. Thankfully the guy was O.K. The first time I had seem (live) a tractor on its side. The second thing out of his mouth (first thing out was yeh I'm o.k.) was "These R-4 as good as they are aren't worth a sh*t on wood".

A few things I noted after the mishap.

1)Two tractors on an 8K trailer. Not good, but didn't cause the mishap.
2)After loading on the TC35 he did not slide the ramps close together to accommodate the smaller track width of the TC21D. So the tire were half on the ramp. Not good.
3)Ready for this one. The loader was up at its full lift hieght. So when it slipped of the ramp it flipped on it's side.
4)This is even better. The guy operating the TC21D was the head sales person! I must say he was pretty embarrassed.

I don't wish harm to anybody, but he had it coming. He was not wearing a set belt and is lucky he didn't get seriously hurt. Goes to show that being on pavement that is flat is not a cause to forget safety.

I did as if he had any deals on any slightly used TC21D /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif.

Derek

 

[Jag]

Derek, good story.. Just goes to show you what happens if you do not put your brain in gear first, even whose who have experience... Twenty year ago in Houston Tx, I worked at an office building across a back street from a mall. While going over to the mall on my lunch hour we cut past the little auto oil change building at the back corner, looked into the last stall there was a new 240Z on its' side.. A new tech let the lift down with the big heavy oil catch pan under it, and the shaft on the pan just levered the car off the ramp on the way down... Then is was sort of wedged between the lift and the wall....

 

[MReeter]

Derek,you're bad to the bone!! Asking the guy if he had any "slightly" used TC21D's laying around.LOL.

 

[Joeinindy]

Got one about trailers also, a few years back my daughter and I were on a country road behind a truck with a dozer on a trailer. It was bouching a fair amount and we were saying wouldn't it be wild if the dozer came off the trailer, no sooner than we said it the trailer hit a bump in the road and the whole thing bounched right off one side and into the ditch. We both couldn't believe it. Everybody was ok, but the that dozer looked like a tonka toy when it came loose.