Dumb Thing.........Smart Thing.

[cartod]

Please feel free to post some of your seat times less intelligent moments!



Dumb thing: spending 5 minutes to push that branch into the fire.

smart thing: get off the tractor and throw it in.




Dumb Thing: boy this tree is a lot heavier than it looks.

Smart thing: check your parking break.

 

[RoMad]

Easy for me as I have a lot to choose from.

Smart thing, make rule for self and wife / sons who operate my tractor; always get off and on from only the left side because the FEL lever is soemwhat in the way on the right side and you wouldn't want to get hung up on it.

Dumb thing, stretching fence by myself when tired and past ready to quit, jump off of right side of tractor to get fence off of small tree stump and catch short pants leg on FEL lever. Pull lever completely out of ball and socket on top of valve resulting it trip to dealer for new upgraded ball and socket assembly.

Smart thing; Now I really do only get off and on left side of tractor.

 

[pat32rf]

Get off the right hand side while helper is in the bucket cleaning the leaves out of the gutter...

 

[Thomas]

Handle shovel the snow away from mailbox so I won't hit it w/plow.
In hurry entering driveway w/plow up snapping mailbox post off....dang.

 

[CBW1999]

Smart thing: Raising the FEL bucket to avoid hitting the siding on a close turn near the house.

Dumb thing: After that close turn, While waving to the neighbor- forgetting to lower the FEL bucket and taking the satellite dish off the house.

 

[Mark Page]

Smart Thing:Having foot rests fabricated and welded to the running board.

Dumb Thing: Paying more attention to a ground hog than the tree right in front of me.

 

[Mike476]

Smart thing - realizing it's still too wet to skid logs out of the woods

Dumb thing - going in anyway

Smart thing - realizing I was starting to throw a lot of dirt and wasn't moving and needed to stop and disconnect from the logs

Dumb thing - not doing the smart thing and got it stuck up to the axle housing

 

[Zebrafive]

Smart Thing: Tossing the shovel in the bucket so I wont forget it.

Dumb Thing: Not curling the bucket. Shovel fell out on a down hill run. Ran over it with a front tire.:ashamed:

Smart Thing: Stopped before the rear tire went over it.

Dumb Thing: Still need a new shovel, front tire snapped the handle.

Smart Thing: Buying a new shovel and getting rid of the old one without Wife knowing

 

[foote2floor]

Smart thing- unload the tractor a few hundred feet from the house and use the FEL to carry the heavy chains and binders to the garage.

Dumb thing- forget the chains are in the bucket, load up debris, and then dump the debris over the steep holler I am trying to fill up.

 

[kebo]

Smart thing: While bushhogging I see a bottle lying on the ground and thinking I should stop and pick it up to get it out of the way.

Dumb thing: Not stopping to get off and pick the bottle up, so I run over with a front tire, break the bottle, and end up having to plug the tire.

 

[rekees4300]

Smart thing: Speed to the shed during thunderstorm.

Dumb thing: Forget to fold the foldable ROPS (8 feet) before entering the shed door (7 feet).

 

[Tags]

Smart thing: Getting a skid steer quick tach to switch between bucket and forks.

Dumb thing: Not locking the skid steer quick tach after switching from forks to bucket and dumping the bucket and its contents into the back of my dump truck.

 

[Gordon Gould]

Smart thing: Jig around in the woods to get tractor on nice little level spot with a good angle for the winch cable. Winch two nice heavy logs right up tight to the winch.

Dumb thing: Jump in the tractor to head out for the landing and find a big tree dead center and 2inches in front of bucket.

 

[roger4400]

Smart thing : use your tractor for logging
Dumb thing : You have to back off with your 2 wheel drive tractor and you just back off ON THE LOG and both wheel are off ground .....

 

[Guesseral]

Smart thing. Use loader and tractor to load firewood in dump truck all day to transport home.

Dumb thing. Load the last load at end of day load saws chains and everything used in the logging process, have your son follow you home with truck take truck over yourself and dump the last load........two saws four chains, cooler and what now out of the truck all at once, oh yea the radio also. Yea you got it all of the good stuff was on the bottom of the pile!

 

[knotweed]

Dumb: Pick up too much without ballast and rear tires jump up 2 feet.
Smart: Do nothing but breathe until you figure out which position is "bucket down" before you move the joystick.

 

[Mistyridgefarm]

Lol. Thanks guys I feel better.

Dumb thing: all of the above and then some.

Smart thing: learned from each and every one of the dumb things.

 

[Mistyridgefarm]

Most recent lesson-

Dumb thing: spend three hours fighting the PHD in 100 degree heat drilling holes for fence.

Smart thing: run to TSC for new auger. $140 and holes drill in seconds with no jumping up and down, putting water in hole, or choice words. Amazing what good center point and teeth will do to dig a hole. No wonder neighbor was so willing to loan the implement.