Now I'm downright paranoid.

[Trev]

Re: Now I\'m downright paranoid.

I would say that the most dangerous situation I face is plowing snow when you can tell where the 4-5 foot deep ditch is. I usually just push to the end of the driveway and leave large heaps of snow, then go out into the road and push these heaps at an angle into the ditch. But on occassion I have cut myself a relief path where the big DOT snowplows can unload before hitting our driveway and plowing us in. This means plowing out a long area before our driveway, right beside the road. This is where the danger comes in. You can't tell where the ditch is, and it would be easy to slip into it. You can bet the ROPS and seatbelt are always in use during these operations!

I always start my JD4300 standing beside it.. but I do make sure my feet aren't in the way of the wheels in case something goes wrong. Probably dumb and lazy.

 

[Gfranklin]

Re: Now I\'m downright paranoid.

With neutral interlock switches and treating them like they might fail, I would expect the odds swing back in our favor.

You have another example of the value of this board and others like it. We don't get hardly any snow here and if we did maybe I would intuitively realize the hazard you pointed out but I certainly never thought of it before now.

Greg