So how long did it take after you got your tractor

[jasonwdaniell]

Second day with my "new" used L3600 I hit the roof of my metal carport with the ROPS. Nothing a few quick "taps" with the ball peen couldn't take care of. /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

 

[jimainiac]

First couple of weeks. Was enjoying having a tractor with a bucket, decided to load the horse stalls with sawdust. Drove in low, dumped, and backed out, catching the little bucket-level indicater rod on the carrying beam. The manual says you can cut it shorter if you want. I took 'em up on that after I got it straightened out! See picture...

 

[roermo]

Well I might just take the cake:
1 4110 with rops up 1 garge door & opener.

three close call with bumping the open door
1 direct hit and now I have a manul door after puting up a new tract and header board. waiting to make sure I learned before buying an new opener.

I could of been hurt when the panels (all wood cam crashing down.

I have a big bull eyes on the door now to remind me.
MIke.
Do I win.

 

[daTeacha]

I've been tractoring long enough to not remember the first time, but I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one to run over a chainsaw. Mine is an McCulloch 10-10 Automatic. It fell out of the bucket when I decided to dress the driveway on the way to clearing some cut treetops. I ran over it with the front and rear tires before I realized what had happened. Here's the nice part -- No Damage! The saw lost a little paint, but who's to notice a couple of scratches on a 30 year old chainsaw that's been used as it's designers intended?

 

[_M_]

Second time out with my backhoe mounted. I have to lower the boom on the hoe about 6" to get the tractor in the garage. Once inside I can raise it again. I was concentrating on that so hard, I forgot to lower the ROPS. I didn't do much damage, just bent the flashing in two place where the ROPS touched, but then after lowering the ROPS, getting the tractor inside, and raising the boom back into the stow position, I forgot to lower the transport hook/lock for the hoe. Must have been distracted from ROPS mishap. Anyway, next morning I walk into the garage and the boom on the hoe has settled causing the stick and SMV sign to rest against the water heater in the garage. I jumped on the tractor, started it up and retracted the boom to find that the SMV sign broke off as well (just a pipe clamp), from pushing on the water heater. Outside of heater had a nice dent, but otherwise nothing was really hurt. Have been planning on replacing the electric water heater with a gas tankless version anyway. After I build a new shed for the tractor that is. The lady got to see the ROPS incident happen, and when she heard me start the tractor in the garage next morning she knew more was up. Caught on both counts.