I Did Not Know It Was Possible To Do This! Or My Latest Tractor Mishap.

[dodge man]

I can’t remember exactly how I did it but I dumped my weight box over backwards hooking it up once. I think I just wanted to raise the three point a little to hook up and raised it way to much.

 

[Henro]

I believe the technical term for _really big hammer_ is BFH...

Glad there was a happy ending.

 

[shooterdon]

It is not uncommon to "fix' a problem by using a bigger hammer.

Glad you worked it out without any damage.

 

[Peter 315]

I believe the technical term for _really big hammer_ is BFH...

Glad there was a happy ending.

:thumbsup:

 

[caver]

I once backed into a power pole guy wire with the box blade. The scarifier came into contact with the tire and I stopped just in time. Thankfully it didn't puncture the tire or break the guy wire.

 

[Maxify55]

I had a nice, really nice, brush pile going and one morning I decided that there was room for one more load of brush atop the mass.
I'd removed the grapple for pallet forks for some reason that escapes me just now but..
Suffice it to say that for whatever reason, when I reattached my grapple I forgot to lock down the attachment appropriately.
Oh, I got the hydro lines attached but was lacking the lockdown pin engagement.
Such that when I had the grapple up higher than the cab & lowered, then opened the bail....
it all came tumbling down with the hydro lines still attached, stretched and less than pleased at their, now aghast, owner!!

Let me see if I can cast a mental picture for you.
I've just lit the pile ablaze with a series of small strategic fires and I'm in the cab of my, maybe, 50hr old tractor in the midst of this smokey environment with a boom of unknown
weight and more flammables within its' grasp.
Hydraulic fluid alone at room temperature isn't flammable BUT add pressure and make it a mist?
You've got something that would make Spielburg proud.:shocked:

I don't think I've told the Mrs. this one.
She might decide to watch what I do more intently in the future.
She says it's for love but I know all too well what Landscape Pros are paid and she can't afford it.
So it's in her best interest to keep her slave healthy or alive anyway:confused3:

To finish: I lowered the FEL and hooked one side of the SSQA enough to drag the attachment back onto terra firma.
Reattached the grapple and continued.
What accident, Dear? I don't know what you mean? There's nothing to see here! You can go back inside now.:ashamed:

 

[JethroB]

Like wedging yourself between three trees with a rotary mower attached. Or up against a building....

 

[RidgeHiker]

There are no doubt infinite possibilities for mishap with these powerful, heavy, awkward, machines designed to have multiple things all happening at once and with numerous detail that must be attended to. Their surfaces are also very hard. Much harder than buildings, plants, bodies, etc.

Combine that with human operators that have limited abilities to multitask (some say none), minds that continually wander and distract themselves, narrow ranges of perception, senses that can get skewed when overlapping, varying levels of experience, often questionable judgement, and you just never know what will happen next. Furthermore, as the rate of motion increases and potential for intended outcomes decreases. The good news is that as the operators age they tend to slow down. Downside is that their functional abilities tend to deteriorate.

Then there is the unknown outcome of having had an argument with wife (or husband) or watching the news just before jumping on the tractor. Forgot to mention above the effects of the volatile emotional natures inherent in our natures which distort and distract mental and sensory functioning.

I am very grateful that it all works out as well as it does.

 

[RidgeHiker]

We also operate these machines in continually changing conditions including light or dark, wet or dry, hard or soft, slippery or grippy, hot or cold, etc. Nothing is ever just the same.

 

[Avenger]

Nothing that the proper application of force from a large hammer wont fix.

However, I accidently got myself in a similar situation, where I had to use the pickup and a chain to pull the back of the box blade. Fortunately, I had space to do that.