OPERATIONAL TIPS FOR NEWBIES

[tatra805]

although a 136h newbie myself... +100 for tugboat!


you tow a trailer, a caravan or a speedboat
all these being happy things, fun and with the target of moving something to a better place

you pull a root, a house down or a tooth
all these being brutal, dangerous and eventually painfull when using the wrong tools and potentially risking to move something else to a final place.

pliers, tweezers and winches being dedicated tools for pulling dedicated things

with cars, trucks and tractors being dedicated tools for towing equipped with towing points.



In my near area i have a grandfather who drove over his grandchild with his Zetor, a dead farmer with a 20ft thrown off head by a manure spreader while his kid was handing him wrench nr 19, a 1 arm pto-hugger and a farmer family mourning as their youngest fell in the stable septic while father was spraying on the land.

Statistics are best when you are not part of them. Dont take chances, they are in limited supply.

 

[tugboat-2]

Right-On, tatra805! ....and welcome in. Nice to hear from a fellow-tractor-man from way, way, across the sea,... so far off geographically,..yet so very close internetally!
. . tug

 

[BX2230Dude]

Always know the location of underground water pipes before you dig.

 

[ShenandoahJoe]

Avatar/message combination for the win!

 

[tugboat-2]

Hee, Hee, Hee !!! Avatar/comment,...yes a winner!!
DUDE !.....Good One !!! definitely got a giggle outta me!! Hee, Hee!
CHEERS !
. . tug

 

[TUG HILL ADDICT]

Simple rule:
If tractors were meant to have people ride along there would be more than one seat.

 

[LBrown59]

PTO Power, AEX-994.2-04

 

[Colby Forest]

I appreciate the responses to my question. Looking at it again, I think my thought did not quite come through the question I asked. Guess I should've prefaced my post with: "Following all aforementioned great advice like any intelligent tractor operator should, obeying all safety rules and limitations of the equipment in question, said equipment being properly connected, loaded and secured, and tractor operator being fully conscious, sober and alert" and then asked: Any opinion on whether the aforementioned 3-pt. hitch adapter, (steel triangle that connects to all 3 points of the 3-pt hitch and accepts a standard pick-up 2"x 2" hitch-ball mount) with said 3-pt hitch in a properly lowered position, would be any better or worse than towing with the drawbar in which a standard hitch ball does not fit properly without some sort of bushing or adaptation?

I might be a newbie, but I can use lots of words (some big ones too) in one sentence .

'Dude's avatar/advice:
LBrown: Ouch, man. Sad story. Point well taken. Carelessness, impatience, inattention, fatigue all can be stealthy enemies, wreaking havoc or worse when we least expect it.

 

[tugboat-2]

Colby,.....(by the way I'm trying to "read-ONLY" for a while),..so I'd say taking into account "all" your stated facts to wit: load, safety et-al,....you have just answered your own well worded question. . . ...........somebody else?
Good Luck to you,
. . tug

 

[workinallthetime]

With all these great post 1 thing keeps showing up, know when to say when. I had a job that was paying really well and close to home with my b3030, it raind real hard overnight and the guy was pissed i would not work the slope that day. He called me the next day and wanted to know if I could help him pull his truck back p the slope I was grading and filling. He didnt realize how slick and dangerous fresh dirt mixed with claw was when it was wet.

and a side note:
dont use a FEL or BH to apply extra pressure to a rock bar, you will bend the bar not move the object. lol