Log pulling tractor backflip

[dave1949]

Driver trapped for 2 hours after tractor flips in logging accident

"The chain being used to haul the logs was attached too high to the tractor痴 rear, causing it to flip end-over-end ..."

 

[buickanddeere]

They never learn.

 

[Thomas]

Whew..thats one lucky man,glad he okay.

 

[deerefan]

Driver trapped for 2 hours after tractor flips in logging accident

"The chain being used to haul the logs was attached too high to the tractorç—´ rear, causing it to flip end-over-end ..."

We used to retrieve logs using a tractor, but now, mainly for this reason, we use a dozer, especially in tricky terrain.

 

[CobyRupert]

Good reminder to make sure the pull point is below the axle height.
On my logging winch I often uncouple the cable from the pulley at the bottom of the skid plate so that the cable pulls from the top pulley which can help lift a log over roots, stumps, etc, when you're winching it to the tractor. Sunday I was pulling a little tree (a big bush really) out of the ground that the snow had been bending into the electric fence line. For such a little bush, it gave me a very quick reminder not to pull from the top pulley when I found the front tires coming off the ground a foot or two.