Got all the snow off the tin, and some of the tin off too. The roof went from stiff to bouncy, so everything is stable with 1/2 the weight on it as it had this morning. I'll put a tarp over it tomorrow.
I plowed my neighbors driveways yesterday for them, one is a firefighter. They came over and helped. Funny how those sorts of things work out.
There is one main beam on the right rops holding up half of the mess, and the PHD on the tractor is holding up the other side. I'll let the insurance guy make the call, but it does look like great rescue training for the department. Roy is right- this is a very tricky technical rescue (of a tractor). If what is left fell on someone, they probably wouldn't survive.
Damage seems to be the front AC radiators, hood, two glass sides of the cab, the top molding on the cab. Oddly enough, the metal top is good. 3 pt hitch lever is bent a bit and the molding for that side is gone. But the underlying metal work seems good. I'm assuming the tilt is the weight of the structure.
I wish I could accurately describe or photograph the way the shed post split so it was resting on the ROPS bar, with a big piece of beam balancing out one side, the PDH and sickle bar holding up the other half of it all. You could spend days trying to get this to balance out that way. That is also why it will be a tricky recovery.
I'll post on this thread how it all goes with the insurance, the Deere dealer, and what it takes to repair it. It's stable for now. Only got about 3 hours sleep last night after plowing all day, so a little rest is in order. It gets down to 10 here tonight so I just hope everyone stays off the icy roads (which as the call I was on last night when all this collapsed).
Nothing squishes like a Deere.
Pete
