I came very close to rolling my tractor the other day. I've been working on a retaining wall in back of my house (our property falls off 28 degrees on three sides) to provided a larger back yard. The first thing I did was cut a road of sorts into the hill to work from. Worked fine for a week or so. One of those nasty rainy days a week or so ago the hill gave way way and the back left tire of my DK45 dropped three feet in a heart beat.
The tractor starts to go and I figure I'm going to roll all the way down the hill, a hundred feet or so to the road. I was belted in so I just folded my arms in ducked my head and resigned myself to a hospital visit. Next thing I know I'm hung up in a tree laying over on my left side at a 45 degree angle. A tree had wedged in-between the deck and the left fender and halted the tumble. Phew! Enough to make a man say a few prayers.
All I had was a couple of scratches and a days work for me and my Forman to get the tractor out. Lucky or blessed I don't care. I am grateful for all those posts prompting me to buckle up and not count on my ability to jump. Jump my ***! Between trying to save it and speed of the collapse Spiderman wouldn't have had time, never mind this lard ***, wannabe farmer.
In this case the tractor would have stopped and I'd likely have been thrown down the hill. Mostly I would have survived that too, but can you imagine if that one tree big enough to stop me hadn't been there. There is a point where the hill drops at least ten feet straight down to the road, I would have been airborne.
Lesson learned, always, always wear the belt! Beware the rain's effect on a newly cut platform on a hill.
Wife took pictures( after the fact) I'll post them when she gives them to me.
Now getting the tractor fixed...does Kioti always take this long for parts?
The tractor starts to go and I figure I'm going to roll all the way down the hill, a hundred feet or so to the road. I was belted in so I just folded my arms in ducked my head and resigned myself to a hospital visit. Next thing I know I'm hung up in a tree laying over on my left side at a 45 degree angle. A tree had wedged in-between the deck and the left fender and halted the tumble. Phew! Enough to make a man say a few prayers.
All I had was a couple of scratches and a days work for me and my Forman to get the tractor out. Lucky or blessed I don't care. I am grateful for all those posts prompting me to buckle up and not count on my ability to jump. Jump my ***! Between trying to save it and speed of the collapse Spiderman wouldn't have had time, never mind this lard ***, wannabe farmer.
In this case the tractor would have stopped and I'd likely have been thrown down the hill. Mostly I would have survived that too, but can you imagine if that one tree big enough to stop me hadn't been there. There is a point where the hill drops at least ten feet straight down to the road, I would have been airborne.
Lesson learned, always, always wear the belt! Beware the rain's effect on a newly cut platform on a hill.
Wife took pictures( after the fact) I'll post them when she gives them to me.
Now getting the tractor fixed...does Kioti always take this long for parts?
After that, I just went the long way around his yard and have not attempted to climb that hill again. The pictures were taken right after the incident occurred.
