hydrostat vs gear hp loss

Soundguy · Aug 16, 2006

Did it have axle/rim/tire damage?

Soundguy

qstott · Aug 16, 2006

I talked to the rollover guy yesteday. He said he was trying to push a tree over with the fel raised. As he was pushing, the left front wheel slid down the edge of a ditch bank, and the bucket slipped off the tree. With the bucket raised the center of gravity was high, and it flopped over on the left side. As it was falling over, he jumped off and landed on the opposite ditch bank. After landing on its left side, it continued to roll another 180 degrees over its top, and came to rest on the right side. It was the right side wheel that trapped him. He said he just couldn't get out of the was fast enough to avoid being trapped. To put it mildly, he was full off recommendations about the proper use of seat belts for the future. He often works alone. He now has a cell phone with him at all times, and his wife calls every hour when he is working to check on him. I don't think there is enough space here to tell the lessons he learned from his experiance. He was mowing near my house with another tractor yesterday, ROPS equipped, and (guess what?) he was wearing his seat bel this time