Safety Tips

[Bird]

Re: Safety Tips-Front End Loader

There was a very short story with no details in the newspaper this past week that a City of Dallas employee killed himself when he drove a forklift down the ramp into the underground parking at the City Hall and turned it over at the bottom of the ramp. No details about whether he had a load, how high he was carrying it, whether he just got to going too fast down the ramp, turned too quick, or what.

Bird

 

[Anonymous Poster]

Re: Safety Tips - Tractor Overturn Hazards

Tractor Overturn Hazards

No other farm machine is so identified with the hazards of production agriculture as the tractor. The rubber-wheeled, row-crop tricycle tractor of the 1930's revolutionized production agriculture. The tractor had the speed, power, flexibility, adaptability, and handling ease that helped move farming from the horse power era into the machine power era. The later additions of hydraulics, the three-point hitch, direct engine-driven power take-off (PTO), and variable shift transmissions firmly established the tractor as the primary machine in modern farming.

Tractor Center of Gravity & Drawbar Leverage & Rear Axle Torque

 

[Harv]

Re: Safety Tips - Tractor Overturn Hazards

Wow! Terrific safety page, John! /w3tcompact/icons/shocked.gif

That link takes you to a page that I have now printed out and keep with my tractor manuals.

Thanks!

 

[GlueGuy]

Re: Safety Tips - Tractor Overturn Hazards

You know, that reminds me that my manual doesn't list a "maximum safe bank angle". Any one know where there might be some guidlines? I'm thinking that when I install my tiltmeter, I still won't know where the green/yellow/red zones are..../w3tcompact/icons/frown.gif

The GlueGuy

 

[skent]

Re: Safety Tips - Tractor Overturn Hazards

I have the same question Glueguy. . . . I am ordering a Tiltmeter ASAP too. But where do you begin to worry?

Steve

 

[Bird]

Re: Safety Tips - Tractor Overturn Hazards

<font color=blue>my manual doesn't list a "maximum safe bank angle".</font color=blue>

GlueGuy & Skent, I read somewhere that tractors are supposed to manage 20 degrees, but I doubt that any manufacturer is going to put that in a manual, and I'm sure not going to tell you it will; too many factors involved. Just a few of them are things like: what implements, attachments, accessories, etc. you have on the tractor and whether they changed the center of gravity, whether you run over a small bump (rock, root, stick, etc. on the high side) or a small depression or soft spot on the low side when you're already at the maximum tilt. Rick at R&B Mfg. http://www.tiltmeter.com can give you even more details, and depending on the model of tiltmeter, they have different colored markings at different angles. I've driven my tractor onto 18 degree slopes; think it would stand 20 degrees, but not with me on it. I don't like 10 degrees, go very slowly and carefully at 15 degrees, and try to simply avoid anything more than that; not very brave I guess.

Bird

 

[RBManufacturing]

Hi skent,
I would be willing to donate a slope indicator to your 4h group
for training, if it would help. Anyone else out there with a
similar group, let me know. ANYTHING we can do to help
train our future generation, please let us know. Rick at R&B.


Rick Hedgecock
R&B Manufacturing
http://www.tiltmeter.com
(816)587-9814

 

[JackIL]

Re: Safety Tips - Tractor Overturn Hazards

Think of using the tiltmeter in the same way as you use the speedometer in your car. It doesn't say what speed is safe--it just tells you the speed. Under some circumstances even a very slow speed might be unsafe. As several others have mentioned you will have to cautiously drive on various slopes and note the tiltmeter reading as well as your feeling about the tractor stability (your pucker factor). Then in the future a quick glance at the tiltmeter will tell you whether or not you need to worry.

 

[skent]

Re: Safety Tips - Tractor Overturn Hazards

Hey Glueguy,

Just got off the phone with Rick. (R&B) Ordered my Tiltmeter. If you haven't ordered yours yet, mention you heard about it at TBN and you get a discount.

Great Company!

Great Web Site!



Steve

 

[Bird]

Re: Safety Tips - Tractor Overturn Hazards

<font color=blue>Great Company!</font color=blue>

Yep, Rick's very knowledgeable, responds to questions promptly, and ships the product promptly.

Bird