Lucy got stuck......

   / Lucy got stuck...... #11  
Harv -- I think you're supposed to hit those soft patches at a minimum speed of 50mph...

Pete
 
   / Lucy got stuck...... #13  
From the looks of where he was stuck it would have been impossible to unload Iris without putting her on her head. It looks like a hump where the trailer axels are and the rear of the trailer is too high in the air for the ramps to sit down.
 
   / Lucy got stuck...... #14  
Didn't any of you catch that sneaky dog hiding under the rear of the trailer, preventing Harv from lowering it to get Iris off? /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif
 
   / Lucy got stuck...... #15  
wroughtn_harv, I have been waiting for the safety police to jump in here but I guess they aren't going to. I know you are a professional equipment operator but I think those kids are too close to your auger in the sixth attachment you posted. It might just be the camera angle.
 
   / Lucy got stuck...... #16  
I saw him. I think he was just trying to give him a push to help get unstuck/w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif
 
   / Lucy got stuck...... #18  
Hey Harv, I have a used set of 35" supper swapers that you can have to put on Lucy. Then you wouldn't have to worry about her getting stuck./w3tcompact/icons/grin.gif
 
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  • Thread Starter
#19  
Evening Spencer,

At first I assumed your comment was the one with Bob pulling the dirt from around the auger. I don't let anyone near the auger if it's under power.

The kids were quite safe I assure you. First thing is in those soil conditions you cut better with a nice slow turning. It's sorta like cutting steel. Sometimes slower is a lot better.

The auger was thirty inches or so into the ground and the tractor was just above idle. We were discussing the type of rock I was cutting and the kids and the father stepped closer for a look. But I can assure you they were clear when the auger came out of the hole.

My biggest safety concern was that dog. He's older than water, deaf, blind, and everywhere, you saw him under the dovetail in the first picture. I just knew he was going to get behind the tractor and I was going to roll over him.

His owner, the guy in the picture with the boys, kept assuring me that the dog hadn't got that old by being stupid. Of course I couldn't see what being old, blind, and deaf has anything to do with stupid.
 

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