Idiot award for the week

[Fallon]

The Grands start beeping st you after a few seconds of moving with the parking brake on. Quite handy. My "solution" on my old L3200 was never pin the brakes. So when you put the parking brake on it only does the right brake. I'd usually figure out what was wrong after driving in circles for a little bit. It was a HST, so had minimal needs for braking other th as n staying in place when stopped anyway.

 

[RGAZ]

For the record:

1. Implement down and dragging it or stuck: 10 times at least
2. ROPS hit garage header (or door): 3 times

My favorite: was moving a load and drove under tree, tree limb caught ROPS and tractor proceeded to raise front end "wheelie style", seatbelt and quick reverse saved me from duplicating the tractor cows in the cars movie. Luckily, no one saw and no harm done.

 

[4570Man]

But doesn't that make the 3-pt SNAP up as soon as the motor catches?

My SWMBO has done that a couple of times on start-up, and startled the brown out of herself...

Snap up would be a stretch. It does raise up as soon as you start it. That was the idea.

 

[rekees4300]

My favorite: Drove into the pond, FYI tractors don't float.

 

[lzicc]

I have you all beat. I was driving my B2650 across the yard and it just shuts off. Tried to start it, cranks over, barely starts then shuts off. Look at the fuel gauge, it says almost half full. I was getting ticked. This is a new tractor and already I am having issue's with it. I buy new so I don't have to deal with these types of issue's. I then looked at the fuel gauge again but this time with my reading glasses, still says almost half fuel, but it now says temperature gauge. I thought the temp gauge was the fuel gauge. How stupid is that. The fuel gauge read empty. Duh.

 

[Deere Dude]

I have 7' doors in my barn for the tractor. I had to do some road work so I put the roll bars up. A couple minutes before I parked the tractor I remember saying to myself I need to lower the bars before I park it. Next thing I heard are 2x8s and tin crunching.

 

[Fuddy1952]

Shucks! I thought I won the prize. Maybe so because I've done all that stuff. This part of the garage is where I change oil, etc. First time in with my new JD I was amazed as I was headed up into the rafters! See the nice dents in the fascia above garage door.
Then I'm flying around other part of garage when I take out a corner.
I "fixed" it...but it's not pretty anymore.

 

[Inspector507]

Shucks! I thought I won the prize. Maybe so because I've done all that stuff. This part of the garage is where I change oil, etc. First time in with my new JD I was amazed as I was headed up into the rafters! See the nice dents in the fascia above garage door.
Then I'm flying around other part of garage when I take out a corner.
I "fixed" it...but it's not pretty anymore.

BTDT Fuddy on both items

 

[psvines]

I have you all beat. I was driving my B2650 across the yard and it just shuts off. Tried to start it, cranks over, barely starts then shuts off. Look at the fuel gauge, it says almost half full. I was getting ticked. This is a new tractor and already I am having issue's with it. I buy new so I don't have to deal with these types of issue's. I then looked at the fuel gauge again but this time with my reading glasses, still says almost half fuel, but it now says temperature gauge. I thought the temp gauge was the fuel gauge. How stupid is that. The fuel gauge read empty. Duh.

You might win
I’ve got readers scattered all around the house, to avoid similar goofs, but need more...

 

[3930dave]

And I declare myself the winner, was grading the driveway and moved to a paddock where my wife had a coffee for me, turned the ttractor off, dropped the bucket and 3PL, took out earplugs and had a drink without getting of the tractor.
10 minutes passed and time to start up, earplugs in, fire up, bucket up and try to rverse, just wheel spinning and not going anywhere, drop it into 4WD and the same response, ground is flat and firm with a bit of loose dirt and I am just burrowing down.
Trying to work out what is going on and I realise that I have the grader blade down, feel a complete fool and Mrs is laughing.
Raise 3PL and make it much easier to move.

You were..... Testing the 4wd System, and Tire Traction ! Yeah, that's the story.... stick to it ! :laughing:

I've tweaked a few fences with implements in tight quarters myself..... I look at it this way...... so long as nobody got hurt, it's just something to try and learn from and remember next time....... Besides, we're Making Memories

I remember being about 16 and using my best Parade Ground voice on a guy a good 10 years older than me..... I was working at a friend's brother's farm - we got back to the yard towards dusk. Something hadn't gone so well that day, and the oldest brother was busy beaking off after he arrived and hopped on the tractor we had ready to back into the equipment shed.

I turned around from doing something else to see him fire up the tractor, raise the loader, and hit the throttle in reverse to back into the shed. I yelled "DUCK" just in time - he followed command, dropped low enough that the loader ARMS hit the overhead door that was only partly open.

No ROPS on tractors in those days, and oldest bro had assumed the door was up and continued flapping gums instead of glancing in the direction he was going.

He dropped down low enough that he cleared the door.......Might not have put him in hospital, but he could have had a seriously sore head the next day. Yeah, he looked pretty sheepish......

Rgds, D.