Hitting things with the FEL

Frank_Mulligan · May 17, 2002

Haven't hit anything with the FEL yet (other than a few saplings), but I'm surprised the trailing wheel on my brushhog is still intact. Wacked that thing against some trees a couple of times. I'm learning that the tractor needs a wide berth when turning and backing up. (I was about an inch away from backing in to my car once.)

Bob_Trevithick · May 17, 2002

<font color=blue>...Glad to see I'm not the only satellite cable butcher here. My wife was some ticked after I tilled her garden and managed to really rip up the cable. And she stayed upset for 3 whole days ... imagine .... 3 whole days without Home and Garden TV ... gasp! Lot's of fun splicing a satellite cable!</font color=blue>

Look on the bright side, Wingnut. A contractor told me the other day that if you tear up a fiber optic phone line it can run you over $130,000! /w3tcompact/icons/shocked.gif

Ledgemere Farm · May 17, 2002

I work for a telephone company up here in Maine. There was a certain company hired to redo a section of road. We spray-painted the road with "FIBER--DO NOT DIG HERE"... The construction company cut the fiber SO MANY times, we finally had to post a technician to sit on top of where the cable was buried!!!!

By the way, I can run into things with DRAWN implements just as easilly. I was driving down the road with an old Farmall 504 and a hay tedder when a woman tried to pass me just as I was making a left hand turn. THAT made a nice scrape down the side of a Saturn!!! OOPS!!!

treebark · May 17, 2002

Ya, I done me some fence adjusting with the bucket before.Kinda silly ,the loader comes off so easy on the 4200 .Just gatta bend over in front of a mirror and kick yer self in the butt.

Boondox · May 17, 2002

My first tractor was a little B1750 with mmm. Great mowing machine, tight turning radius, very good visibility from the seat.

Then I traded up to Clementine, an L3010 with FEL, 3ph mower, and just lots of size. First time mowing I misjudged the turning radius and was so intent on making sure I didn't mow the Wife's irises that I never saw the three apple trees uprooted by the bucket! Then, a couple of months later the ROPS didn't have enough clearance and took out 8 feet of trim on the breezeway. I saw there holding the trim piece, hoping she didn't notice the impact. No such luck! She came out bellowing that the entire house shook! /w3tcompact/icons/shocked.gif

I'm amazed I still managed to get a backhoe after causing so much damage! /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

Pete