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Don't wish to get into an argument but will recount what happened on the weekend.
Was working on my block, pushing a rock when the right hand front of the bx23 fell into a Wombat hole.
Wombats dig like rabbits but leave two foot dia holes.
This hole had a thin crust over it but not enough to hold the tractor.
It was also an a side slope left to right.
Sitting there one instant, going over in the next.
I had the rops up and belt on and I also used to ride motor bikes so my right leg went out and reached the ground and I caught the bx just past the balance point.
I reached round and pulled the right hand stabilizer control and got the stabilizer leg down. That made it stable.
That left me hanging by the seat belt. With out it I would have slipped off the seat into the path of the falling tractor.
The right front wheel was hanging in the hole.
The Right rear wheel had slipped off the edge of the road I am making.
The left rear wheel was airborne.
I was a little shook up.
It took me half an hour to get out of the hole and back to level, using the backhoe to lift and pull with.
Did not do any more that day.
Was working on my block, pushing a rock when the right hand front of the bx23 fell into a Wombat hole.
Wombats dig like rabbits but leave two foot dia holes.
This hole had a thin crust over it but not enough to hold the tractor.
It was also an a side slope left to right.
Sitting there one instant, going over in the next.
I had the rops up and belt on and I also used to ride motor bikes so my right leg went out and reached the ground and I caught the bx just past the balance point.
I reached round and pulled the right hand stabilizer control and got the stabilizer leg down. That made it stable.
That left me hanging by the seat belt. With out it I would have slipped off the seat into the path of the falling tractor.
The right front wheel was hanging in the hole.
The Right rear wheel had slipped off the edge of the road I am making.
The left rear wheel was airborne.
I was a little shook up.
It took me half an hour to get out of the hole and back to level, using the backhoe to lift and pull with.
Did not do any more that day.
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Grammar check no work, either...
This thread has started to roll over. Fortunately, we have a TROPS... Thread Roll Over Protection System.
The original topic was... <font color="blue">My tractor doesn't have a ROPS i was wondering if anyone knows where i can get one. I have a b6100E. I've come close to rolling it before and it really scared the cr*p out of me. So close i nearly fell off. Anyways better safe then sorry. All info will be greatly appreciated </font>
Hopefully Andrew's questions were answered and we can skip the debate about using or disabling safety equipment.
This thread has started to roll over. Fortunately, we have a TROPS... Thread Roll Over Protection System.
The original topic was... <font color="blue">My tractor doesn't have a ROPS i was wondering if anyone knows where i can get one. I have a b6100E. I've come close to rolling it before and it really scared the cr*p out of me. So close i nearly fell off. Anyways better safe then sorry. All info will be greatly appreciated </font>
Hopefully Andrew's questions were answered and we can skip the debate about using or disabling safety equipment.
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