Has any else ever heard of this ?

[Boone]

Out at an auction last weekend, and saw some dozers sell for $2700 to $3000, nice running stuff. I'd rather pay for a second piece of equipment than try that beam method. Bad stuff we shouldn't do happens fast but the leadup time is where we can prevent it from occuring. Afterwards three grand may seem like a bargain.

 

[gone]

I'd have to agree another machine would be nice but the farmers that thought this up could barly put food on the table or gas in the tractor they had. so you hade to do what you had to do. even now fermers are going out of busness on a daily baisas, been 26 yrs. for me and my fiend sold out 2 yrs. ago. somtimes you can't aford to be totaly safe. The cows ate before we ate. not many farmers eat ahead of the animals they raise. Even today i can't eat till around 7or8.

 

[Boone]

Gone,
I understand what you are saying about using whatever just to get through, but this discussion had turned from history towards something that is being used today.
There are many that read this board that are new to tractors, let's teach them safe ways to get along with the tractor.

Come Along winches, Bailey's sells a heavy cast iron winch. Hi Lift jacks can lift or pull like a winch. Asking a nieghbor for a pull and if they tell you no (never ever happened to me,) then ask another. Using the front end loader to lift the front end and the curl function to push yourself if possible.

The rescue squad stopped on the county road by my place a few years ago to make a last ditch effort to save a man that had a tractor flip over on him a couple miles up the road. It's a grim sight. I'm sure as a farmer you know at least a handful of fellows that have lost a part of an arm or a leg do to a farm equipment accident. If you see someone doing something unsafe, I think it's ok to say something.


Take care,
Boone

 

[gone]

the farm is gone i work constuction now, i didn''t see where any one suggest that one do this it was has anyone heard of this. and many have. I dont think any one here is writing a book on how to, just a discucion. If you ask me there are pepole that shouldn't even own a tractor, ive seen some pretty scary pepole that don't have a clue on these things. but if you can't have a discution on this stuff you might as well close the site,stay in bed and hope the roof don't fall.