OK Man Run Over By His Own Tractor

[Soundguy]

The only think I can think of is that he left it in gear, and it had a clutch arangement that you can lock the clutch 'out'.. and then the clutch kicked in and started the tractor going. A hand clutch tractor comes to mind. I can leave my JD-B in gear and push the clutch out.. If I don't push it all the way out, the detent doesn't lock in and the clutch can swing back in due to vibrations.. thus making the tractor start moving... That's why i like to take the sucker out of gear when i stop.. etc..

Still.. I agree.. I think he's running a line of BS to make himself look less stupid, and shift the blame to the machinery, instead of the thick headed operator, whose error it really was...

Soundguy

 

[rockyridgefarm]

You hear about this stuff on old equipment, but I have a buddy that bought a Landtrac new the same time that I bought mine. He had to jump off when he hit a beehive while brushcutting, and it kept going and the cutter just kept cutting. He ran like crazy to catch it before it mowed into the next county. I can't believe that a recently manufactured machine could be set up this way (he hasn't modified it...) No pto or tranny safety switches at all.

 

[RonR]

I wonder if he and others aren't using the starter with the tractor in gear to nudge the tractor forward/backward while attaching implements???????????????

Their logic would be "it will only move it an inch or so, so I can attach the implement". And with it being in gear, it wouldn't roll the other way when the starter released.............

I can see folks trying that. Sure sounds dangerous to me!

Ron