b3200 roll over tip over

[Jay4200]

So I rolled my 3200 over yesterday.

Ouch. I HATE when that happens.

Good to hear everything worked out OK.

JayC

 

[Perplexed]

Dang - that's scary to think of! Novice here, but wouldn't something like that damage the FEL? Did you check to see if it was still lined up properly and working OK?

 

[Kyle241]

That is scary to say the least. It can happen fast and like others have said, keep that FEL as low as possible. Glad you're okay and hope the tractor didn't take too much of a hit.

 

[Deano]

Glad you are all :thumbsup:right!!

 

[boggen]

youch!

as others have said keep the front bucket low to ground as possible. so "center of gravity" COG is kept low within the tractor.

as much as i love the backhoe on the 555c. there been times were i have extended it out and kept it low to the ground. granted it felt like i was a dog with a big heavy tail on the rear end. but it sure helped in those couple times i needed lower center of gravity to get over a couple tight hills. granted it took 3 times longer to do what i needed to do. as i did the 360 degree neck twisting to make sure the backhoe didn't hit anything. but *shrugs*

 

[wdchyd]

youch!

as others have said keep the front bucket low to ground as possible. so "center of gravity" COG is kept low within the tractor.

as much as i love the backhoe on the 555c. there been times were i have extended it out and kept it low to the ground. granted it felt like i was a dog with a big heavy tail on the rear end. but it sure helped in those couple times i needed lower center of gravity to get over a couple tight hills. granted it took 3 times longer to do what i needed to do. as i did the 360 degree neck twisting to make sure the backhoe didn't hit anything. but *shrugs*

I was doing this last summer while negotiating in the woods.....I had the BH stretched out flat, swung to one side.....I jumped in the drivers seat to move forward a couple of feet and the entire tractor steadily listed over to the opposite side......in panic/Oh $h1T mode, I turned the tractor off when it was about 80 degrees over....

A 1" sapling snagged on to a control lever when traveling forward (the one to extend out the boom cyl).....hence the tractor leaned over pretty good.....

After yelps/hollers to the next door neighbor, we righted the bugger back up restarting tractor and using the hydraulics to bring it back......

Spooky to say the least.......mine didn't suffer like the OP'r, but a close one for sure.....

A constant reminder that machines/hydraulics/gravity has a mind of it's own sometimes.....Be Careful......:thumbsup:

 

[boggen]

I was doing this last summer while negotiating in the woods.....I had the BH stretched out flat, swung to one side.....I jumped in the drivers seat to move forward a couple of feet and the entire tractor steadily listed over to the opposite side......in panic/Oh $h1T mode, I turned the tractor off when it was about 80 degrees over....

A 1" sapling snagged on to a control lever when traveling forward (the one to extend out the boom cyl).....hence the tractor leaned over pretty good.....

After yelps/hollers to the next door neighbor, we righted the bugger back up restarting tractor and using the hydraulics to bring it back......

Spooky to say the least.......mine didn't suffer like the OP'r, but a close one for sure.....

A constant reminder that machines/hydraulics/gravity has a mind of it's own sometimes.....Be Careful......:thumbsup:

:shocked::laughing: always when ya least expect it. even when ya think ya got everything taken care of to. needless to say i have learned to go slow via "learning the hard way"

 

[CT Jay]

Now and then, when I'm not sure of stability on a side-slope, I'll reach behind me and pull a stabilizer lever to get the downhill stab out pretty close to the ground, just in case......and then I go real slow to make sure I'm not gonna hit the ground or a tree or anything else with that stick-out stab.....it's just out there as a last resort in case, until I feel that I'm not in possible rollover territory.

.....and the other thing I do is swing the hoe all the way over to the uphill side to keep more weight on the uphill....sometimes lowering the boom and extending the stick and uncurling the bucket....

So far so good.....got some serious slopes and uneven ground by me....and going slow sure takes a lot less time away from your day than the time involved in winching the tractor back upright after a spill.......and safer too.....for machine and me.

 

[bandit67]

Now and then, when I'm not sure of stability on a side-slope, I'll reach behind me and pull a stabilizer lever to get the downhill stab out pretty close to the ground, just in case......and then I go real slow to make sure I'm not gonna hit the ground or a tree or anything else with that stick-out stab.....it's just out there as a last resort in case, until I feel that I'm not in possible rollover territory.

.....and the other thing I do is swing the hoe all the way over to the uphill side to keep more weight on the uphill....sometimes lowering the boom and extending the stick and uncurling the bucket....

I've done all of that myself on some of my slopes.

 

[boggen]

poor stabilizers :laughing: when i look down at them, thinking i am a fool to the neighbors. and then having to work front loader bucket, backhoe and stabilizers including differential lock, gas peddle, and left and right rear peddles, to get unstuck from the mud. now that is embarrassing.

i felt like some sort of octopus, operating a transformer at times. its fun, till ya have to repeat it enough times to drag your rear end 40 feet to get unstuck. and wasted an hour doing so. *rubs chin* i guess i can't help being a kid in the bigger sand box.

but when ya doing it, ya'all thinking. Oh no you don't be tipping over on me into a roll over. as ya stab the dirt with a stabilizer, backhoe, or front bucket.

then ya get them few moments when the front tires and front bucket start to slowly creep up off the ground. and the rear end starts to slide on ya.

it is an adrenalin rush for sure. but trying to avoid them can be harder than it seems at times *doh* learning your limits and tractor limits can be a rough battle. hopefully without a roll over to learn them.