Another rollover death

[Doofy]

Good Morning oosik,

Yes Sir, those big ol' black spruce are killers. They could possibly knock your hat off. Funny thing is, they grow like crazy with just a little bit of fertilizer.

Bears have been the "problem child" this year. Just an absolute pain in the butt. They have figured out "Bear Proof" garbage cans and how to open car doors. Last week we had a large black bear standing on his hind legs looking in all the windows. Had some poor tourist in Anchorage have the roof ripped off his Shelby Cobra because his friend left some Fig Newtons in there.

 

[MossRoad]

Good Morning oosik,

Yes Sir, those big ol' black spruce are killers. They could possibly knock your hat off. Funny thing is, they grow like crazy with just a little bit of fertilizer.

Bears have been the "problem child" this year. Just an absolute pain in the butt. They have figured out "Bear Proof" garbage cans and how to open car doors. Last week we had a large black bear standing on his hind legs looking in all the windows. Had some poor tourist in Anchorage have the roof ripped off his Shelby Cobra because his friend left some Fig Newtons in there.

I heard about that Cobra on the news.... the guy said something like the top survived 50 years but didn't survive a week in Alaska. :laughing:

Then there were just a ton of comments about who'd drive a million dollar car up to Alaska anyway? I know cars are meant to be driven, but man, a vintage Shelby worth a million bucks? No way.

 

[Thomas]

Indeed a shame.

 

[oosik]

In all my twenty two years in AK - the most frequent item in the news- RE: tourist vs wild animals - - "Tourist leaves some type of food item in vehicle and bear breaks in and gets item - while also trashing inside of vehicle". I even remember hearing tourist say - - "Oh, we were very careful on our hike in Denali Nat Park - we took no food with us - we left it all in the vehicle".

Only had one "bear incident" - accidentally got between mother black bear and her two cubs. I think she could see how truly scared I was - she wizzed right down the trail past me and shooed her two cubs up a big spruce tree. I zoomed down the trail - the other direction and never looked back.

 

[Doofy]

I heard about that Cobra on the news.... the guy said something like the top survived 50 years but didn't survive a week in Alaska. :laughing:

Then there were just a ton of comments about who'd drive a million dollar car up to Alaska anyway? I know cars are meant to be driven, but man, a vintage Shelby worth a million bucks? No way.

His wasn't the only Cobra...there were 3 or 4 other ones all traveling together. He wasn't overly excited about it either.

 

[maxamber]

it's a sad story.

 

[D2Cat]

In the link on tractor safety it had this line, "Do not coast downhill (that is, do not go downhill with the clutch engaged). Before starting down a hill, shift to a lower gear that prevents freewheeling and excessive braking. Try to use the same gear to go down a hill that you would use to pull the load uphill."

Is it too early in the morning, but...do not coast downhill is the point being made. Then, do not go downhill with the clutch engaged. Are not those two statements just the opposite of each other?

If you DO NOT coast down hill doesn't that mean your clutch HAS to be engaged? I know I'm missing something!

 

[gladehound]

I find some of the most insidious situations develop when shifting heavy objects where, once the object starts to move, pivot, or lean, the weight increases exponentially while your loader is still engaged. Trying to shift fallen tree limbs is a good example. You might find that you can easily shift a downed limb with a corner of the bucket, but once gravity takes over when you move it you suddenly have two thousand pounds poorly centered on your bucket, and insufficient speed to get out from under it. My closest calls have been situations like this and I am now very, very, careful. A common task here is flipping round hay bales onto their side using my 25hp CUT loader with a tooth bar. It does it easily, but I had better have that tooth bar clear of the roll when it falls over or I am going for a far too exciting ride.

I've experienced this as well and now only use a stump bucket or forks when messing with downed trees. That way the weight is applied well inside the 6 foot width of my back tires. And ballast, ballast, ballast! That 3pt can lift a lot, use it.

 

[buickanddeere]

Driver killed in tractor rollover in Five Corners | The Columbian

A Vancouver man attempting to move a vehicle in the Five Corners area was killed when his tractor rolled on top of him Wednesday evening.

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Witnesses said the man, identified as Russell E. Cousins, 62, was using the tractor to move a vehicle on the property. The tractor flipped over, landing on top of him.


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Probably won't learn any more about the specifics.

I'm surprised that so many of these keep happening.

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Bruce

If a bystander had suggested the setup was unsafe just prior to the pull. Odds are the bystander would have been told to mind his own business and that the driver had been doing this for 50 years and knew what he was doing .

 

[MossRoad]

In the link on tractor safety it had this line, "Do not coast downhill (that is, do not go downhill with the clutch engaged). Before starting down a hill, shift to a lower gear that prevents freewheeling and excessive braking. Try to use the same gear to go down a hill that you would use to pull the load uphill."

Is it too early in the morning, but...do not coast downhill is the point being made. Then, do not go downhill with the clutch engaged. Are not those two statements just the opposite of each other?

If you DO NOT coast down hill doesn't that mean your clutch HAS to be engaged? I know I'm missing something!

Yeah, it looks like they meant don't go downhill with the clutch pedal depressed, which to some might mean engaged. I think you're right that the clutch is always engaged until you disengage it with the pedal.