Safe, thanks to TBN

[Wal]

After ten hours on my new B7500, I had my first scary /w3tcompact/icons/tongue.gif moment yesterday. Luckily, I previously read several posts concerning the situation I found myself in. Last year we had several "soil test pits" dug in preparation for our future septic field. Anyway, the backhoe operator didn't fill in the pits real good when they were done. It looked like a great job to try out my new toothbars digging capabilities! /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif So everything is going just fine until I'm smoothing off the filled in hole by dragging the FEL backwards over the top. By pure ignorance /w3tcompact/icons/blush.gif on my part, I allow the right front tire to go over the filled in hole, and it sunk in real quick /w3tcompact/icons/shocked.gif At the same time the left back tire is slightly in the air. /w3tcompact/icons/tongue.gif I am in a precarious situation, because the tractor is leaning to the right, the same direction that the ground is sloping by a few degrees. I can't go forward, I can't go backward. Any movement makes the tractor feel VERY unstable. Then, Ah Ha!!! I remember reading on TBN about the method of using the FEL to push the front of the tractor up and out of the hole, which I did. I was then able to back out of the situation with the rear tires doing the work and the front tires momentarily "in the air" and the FEL just sliding backwards on the dirt. Yup, sure learned something yesterday /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif. By the way, the toothbar works great.

 

[Mike_Dumond]

And now you know what pucker factor is./w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif Glad everything turned out OK for you.

 

[njrqs]

Yes TBN is a great source for this such as this.

Let's hope we remember the tips. It wouldn't look good leaving one's tractor stuck in the field and walking back home to look up TBN to work out how to get it unstuck !!!

Now as for PC's built in to tractors, we could read TBN while we mowed the lawn - Now we are talking !

Cheers

 

[Egon]

Neil:

Remote control or preprogrammed lawnmower units so one can sit in deck shade while the work goes on.

Egon

 

[webbmeister]

Hmmm ... actually, I think someone makes such a critter, Ariens - I think. It's electric, and even knows when it's time to go back to "mom" for a recharge before continuing on.

 

[webbmeister]

Man, I hope your wife didn't see that!

 

[keeney]

Toro makes one called the iMow that cuts the grass all by itself using a guide wire similar to an invisible dog fence.

To quote from their web site: "You just sit back in your hammock sipping lemonade as the iMow Robotic Mower makes your tall grass short. "

Sounds like it requires manual navigation help to return to base for charging, though.

http://www.toro.com/home/mowers/imow/index.html

- Rick

 

[looch]

<A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.mcouat.husqvarna.ca/node234.asp>Husqvarna</A> makes two models, a solar-powered unit and a rechargeable.

 

[njrqs]

Yes I have seen these type of units. But I don't reckon they'd get thru anything longer than the grass on a bowls green !!

Now a remote controlled, pre-programmed diesel tractor with slasher - Now that baby could do some damage !!!

 

[Jeff396]

<font color=blue>grass on a bowls green</font color=blue>

Huh?/w3tcompact/icons/hmm.gif

Have you seen the price on some of that gadgetry? Might be cheaper to just have kids./w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

Jeff