F350Lawman
Gold Member
"Maybe I've misunderstood you, but pulling from a high point on the tractor, such as the ROPS, is the surest way to flip the tractor. A local man was killed in my area just last year doing that. Any time you pull with the tractor (or are pulled) you must attach at the center line of rear axle or lower to avoid flipping. "
Yes you could pull it from the rear axle but depending on how it slides it still can flip. Look at the 2nd picture again and see if you don't agree??? If I tie right to the ROPS at fenderheight there is no way it flips. The worst that might happen is the tractor starts to lean towards the direction it is being pulled and you have to back off a little and go for a second attachment point.
Sure if you pull the top of the tractor when it's on level ground it could flip real easy but this is a little different. Also I am not really referring to the top, but more correctly the upper half of the tractor(botttom of the ROPS)
When it's leaning way over like it is in the picture pulling from a little higher might make sense. Think about it, if you wanted to pull this \ on angle up a slope you'd pull from the bottom???? Maybe I am just picturing the tractor being tugged uphill more on a "sideways" angle than in reverse as it sounds like you are picturing it being pulled. As long as the front swings downhill and doesn't catch and flip, pulling it up from the rear axle in reverse will work as you suggest. Not so sure on a hill like that how it will go, and what the angle of attack for the "tow" vehicle would have to be. Doesn't look like you can pull it in a straight line from the back in picture 2 does it??? If I could I still think I would just wrap the strap through the big FEl mount and bottom of the ROPS and pul it up sideways, but my tracor only weighs >3000lbs and my trucks almost 3 times that so it would be easy. There was another poster not too long ago who tried pulling from the lowest point while stuck on a steep sidehill almost exactly like this one and it flipped. The tractor is leaning way over... north of the center of the tractor, near the bottom of the ROPS would seem like a safer pull than down near the bottom. I also suggested he pull it with something around 8000lbs like a one ton truck. With a the truck connected to the lower part of the ROPS there's no way it's going to flip. In order for it to "flip" down the hill as you suggest the top would have to go down hill first, not likely when the middle of the ROPS is tied to an 8000lb. object anchored on good level ground.
Maybe we're both right, lets split the difference and attach straps to the bottom of the ROPS and the axle so we've got both angles covered /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif
Yes you could pull it from the rear axle but depending on how it slides it still can flip. Look at the 2nd picture again and see if you don't agree??? If I tie right to the ROPS at fenderheight there is no way it flips. The worst that might happen is the tractor starts to lean towards the direction it is being pulled and you have to back off a little and go for a second attachment point.
Sure if you pull the top of the tractor when it's on level ground it could flip real easy but this is a little different. Also I am not really referring to the top, but more correctly the upper half of the tractor(botttom of the ROPS)
When it's leaning way over like it is in the picture pulling from a little higher might make sense. Think about it, if you wanted to pull this \ on angle up a slope you'd pull from the bottom???? Maybe I am just picturing the tractor being tugged uphill more on a "sideways" angle than in reverse as it sounds like you are picturing it being pulled. As long as the front swings downhill and doesn't catch and flip, pulling it up from the rear axle in reverse will work as you suggest. Not so sure on a hill like that how it will go, and what the angle of attack for the "tow" vehicle would have to be. Doesn't look like you can pull it in a straight line from the back in picture 2 does it??? If I could I still think I would just wrap the strap through the big FEl mount and bottom of the ROPS and pul it up sideways, but my tracor only weighs >3000lbs and my trucks almost 3 times that so it would be easy. There was another poster not too long ago who tried pulling from the lowest point while stuck on a steep sidehill almost exactly like this one and it flipped. The tractor is leaning way over... north of the center of the tractor, near the bottom of the ROPS would seem like a safer pull than down near the bottom. I also suggested he pull it with something around 8000lbs like a one ton truck. With a the truck connected to the lower part of the ROPS there's no way it's going to flip. In order for it to "flip" down the hill as you suggest the top would have to go down hill first, not likely when the middle of the ROPS is tied to an 8000lb. object anchored on good level ground.
Maybe we're both right, lets split the difference and attach straps to the bottom of the ROPS and the axle so we've got both angles covered /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif
