How quickly can it happen?

[AnotherBueller]

I remember this type of horse rearing when I was younger like 45 years ago.
I grew up with tractors and I don’t remember them wanting to roll as quick as today’s tractors. (mine included)
I’m taking about side rolling.
I don’t know if it’s just me, having took a good 20 year break from being in tractor seats, or if the stance, wheel base was wider.
I have done everything with my excavator and maybe a few hours on skid steer.,,.BobKitty.
But even with a roll bar that mine has today. I am super cautious or aware, back then the word roll bar or cage almost hadn't been spelled yet.
And the units then were a ford 600 and a ford 4000 with F.E.L and backhoe it was an old state bushing tractor with hydmatic selectospeed I think it had 13 forward and 2 reverse speeds. It was a clumsy dinosaur. But it severed well.
And again this was early and mid 70’s.
Be careful and pay attention guys.

Wheel base was much wider back in the day.

 

[RayIN]

What was told to me and the notorious Yanmar Roll over wasn't actually a roll over. The Prev. reply pic!. The kid was pulling fence posts with a chain wrapping around the rear drive wheel. Using it for leverage! Apparently the tractors Throttle linkage came loose or was loose and stuck wide open and killed the kid. This is true! My mother his bus driver and there that morning when it happened. Tractor on it's side screaming wide open what was told to me. Resue had to cut the fuel line to shut it down. The mother was a bus driver also.

That's another thing about the OP's video. The tractor wheels are not spinning after he bails from the seat, which means he either had a dead man switch or turned off the key as he bailed. Who would think in real time to turn off the key???

 

[RayIN]

Full video....

He said at the beginning he didn't want to lug the battery back to the tractor; yet at the end, there sits his truck, presumably with the battery in the truck. Humm_. liteworks is right IMO.

 

[tjandrews]

Wheel base was much wider back in the day.

Depends on the tractor, and the owner. Both of our older tractors, one from the 50's, the other from the 60's, have adjustable wheelbases. Our IH 424 is adjustable both front and back. Even the old Case SC tricycle tractor could be adjusted in the front by reversing the wheels, but people rarely did that, as it made it considerably more difficult to steer.

 

[tjandrews]

That's another thing about the OP's video. The tractor wheels are not spinning after he bails from the seat, which means he either had a dead man switch or turned off the key as he bailed. Who would think in real time to turn off the key???

The wheels aren't "spinning" but they are still moving a little when they leave the ground. Looks to me like it stalled on the way over, but not quickly enough to overcome the angular momentum of the flip.

 

[WinterDeere]

Wheel base was much wider back in the day.

On CUT's, or farm tractors? If we call the 1960's Kubota L-series the first true CUT's, and look at their wheel track widths, they seem to be about the same (actually narrower) as most today!

 

[careyo63]

Front wheel Displacement on my 63 is Adj.. My Import Yanmar not so much. The Rear was easy the front doesn't give you many options. I had to reline the Org. Bridgestone Old and Dry cracks. Gempler had the full Nylon reline. While I had the tires off out of curiosity I checked them. The Disp. was closer than I thought. They was already swapped by the dealer so I never Knew. The fenders lined up Perf. and what they look like now with the wheel offset Swapped. The Disp. makes a huge difference. That was not the cause of Notorious rollover though.

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[MossRoad]

... which means he either had a dead man switch or turned off the key as he bailed....

Or the engine stalled.

Watch the video again, turn up the volume, and listen.

The tractor engine dies well before the flip is complete.

 

[Cycledude]

One thing many viewers don’t seem to understand is he wasn’t attempting to pull the Case tractor when the Ferguson flipped, all he was attempting to do was get the loader bucket off the ground so he could somehow secure it in a partial up position so he then might be able to actually pull the big Case with his little Ferguson.
Overall He did a lot of very foolish things in the video and is very lucky to have survived but I’m sure posting the video will help save some others from getting injured or killed.