Dumbest tractor uses?
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slowzuki
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To twitch is to drag a load of logs out on the end of a cable or chain or rope. A twitch is the load of loads. From the days of horse logging I believe.
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A twitch can also be used to controll an unruly horse.
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Hagar
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I had a 8N with a loader (rather a manure bucket). I also had this tall rotted Apple stump. It was very punky. When I pushed it with the bucket it would lean pretty well. So I backed up and then rammed into it. The bucket was about 30" off the ground. I sheared the top of the stump and proceeded to push my radiator into the fan. My wife and mother-in-law just happened to be there wondering what **** I was doing while all the steam was coming out of the front of the tractor.
turnkey4099
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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( I had a 8N with a loader (rather a manure bucket). I also had this tall rotted Apple stump. It was very punky. When I pushed it with the bucket it would lean pretty well. So I backed up and then rammed into it. The bucket was about 30" off the ground. I sheared the top of the stump and proceeded to push my radiator into the fan. My wife and mother-in-law just happened to be there wondering what **** I was doing while all the steam was coming out of the front of the tractor. )</font>
Years ago I helped my brother remove a Black Walnut. Had it topped with about a 6ft tall stump. He wanted it cut below ground level. Got it mostly cut before all the dirt finished the chain. Seemed logical to push on the top with the bucket that was on the -borrowed- 9N. Could rock it but wouln't go. He backed off and gave it a good shot. Bucket rides up the stump and back down. Stump is now standing neatly between the bucket and the bashed in tinwork in front of the radiator. One shocked looking tractor driver. More whittling with a rocked out chain finall got the tractor freed up. No damage to the radiator fortunately.
Harry K
Years ago I helped my brother remove a Black Walnut. Had it topped with about a 6ft tall stump. He wanted it cut below ground level. Got it mostly cut before all the dirt finished the chain. Seemed logical to push on the top with the bucket that was on the -borrowed- 9N. Could rock it but wouln't go. He backed off and gave it a good shot. Bucket rides up the stump and back down. Stump is now standing neatly between the bucket and the bashed in tinwork in front of the radiator. One shocked looking tractor driver. More whittling with a rocked out chain finall got the tractor freed up. No damage to the radiator fortunately.
Harry K
OK, reading these old posts and I have one to add...
I was bush hogging with an old ford loader that had a leak in the hydraulics so the loader would slowly drop, meaning you had to mow with it up.... Stupid act in it's own...
I was coming around a turn and looking back to make sure the bush hog was cleaning a tree when I hear a loud CRACK CRACK CRACK in front of me, I turned to look just in time to catch a tree branch in the face that had been bowed back by the loader and finally cleared it...
I woke up 2 hours later. I had cleared the bush hog by being swatted out of my seat by the branch. The tractor had continued on about 20 feet and stalled out on a tree, and my cap was still sitting in the seat!
How I didn't break my face I'll never know, but I was black and blue for some time.
I was bush hogging with an old ford loader that had a leak in the hydraulics so the loader would slowly drop, meaning you had to mow with it up.... Stupid act in it's own...
I was coming around a turn and looking back to make sure the bush hog was cleaning a tree when I hear a loud CRACK CRACK CRACK in front of me, I turned to look just in time to catch a tree branch in the face that had been bowed back by the loader and finally cleared it...
I woke up 2 hours later. I had cleared the bush hog by being swatted out of my seat by the branch. The tractor had continued on about 20 feet and stalled out on a tree, and my cap was still sitting in the seat!
How I didn't break my face I'll never know, but I was black and blue for some time.
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Well I remember way back in the day when my father was using a rented bobcat to move some boulders that were substantially larger than what the machine was intended to move (it was substantially larger than the machine itself if I remember correctly). Well he finally got the rock to the edge of the yard and decided to give it one last heave into the woods and the next thing i see is the greasy side of thebobcat standing completely perpendicular to the ground. Fortuneately, his bucket was still under the rock so he just lowered it back down which set the rear end back on all 4s.
I didnt know this but when working on hilly terrain with a skid-steer you should always run with your back end towards the top of the hill when you arent loaded. ie If you are moving dirt down a hill you must back back up the hill when returning.
I didnt know this but when working on hilly terrain with a skid-steer you should always run with your back end towards the top of the hill when you arent loaded. ie If you are moving dirt down a hill you must back back up the hill when returning.
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I know it's not funny, but ****, that was good.
I have been hit in the face by smaller diameter branches, no injuries though.
DanielVT
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I've had my tractor for a month or so, so I haven't had a chance to do anything really dumb yet. But I'll tell you the smartest thing I've done - started reading the forums on this website.
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