So how long did it take after you got your tractor

[Marlowe]

Almost two weeks. My truck was the victim.

I decided we needed a box blade and a bush hog. "WE", being the wife and me. We had both of them loaded in the bed of my trusty old pickup.

I unloaded the little tractor and pulled up alongside the truck with the FEL to pull the goodies out of the truck. All went well with the box blade. Then came the bush hog. Keep in mind my little tractor is feeling a bit front heavy with nothing on its' rear end, and picking up heavy stuff to boot.

To keep the rear wheels from just spinning, I pressed that little lever with my right heel which locks up the differential. Now I could back away with the load. For some reason the whole shooting match drifted back towards my truck, instead of going the way I wanted it to. Now, under these conditions, my right heel imagines that it is applying the brake, for some reason. No matter how hard I pressed on that little lock up lever, the brakes would not apply. I ran into the truck.

Oh well. Two hundred and eleven thousand miles, it was due.

Tom, the Ford basher.

 

[frank_f15]

ABOUT 4 MOTHS , bear in mid tho that i got mine tractor in the winter so all i was doing was plow snow, but when spring rolled around,i was adding so dirt to low spots right up next to the house, as i got close to the house and dumping the dirt i was off the hydo pedal and tractor was not moving, till it started to roll due to the incline, so i decided to hit the brake post haste, cet the brake was the hydro pedal and low and behold, i ended up replacing some siding but thank the lord did not get the picture window. scared the heck out of the wife and her friend that was sitting in the living room. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

 

[flusher]

Did the same thing with my B7510HST about 2 months after I got it. Was box blading an exercise path along a fence line and tore out about 15 feet of ancient farm fence by snagging a buried portion fence.

 

[Richard]

Took me a little while but I ran over my Stihl 044 with my industrial, full sized backhoes rear tire /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif. Folded the bar into a 90 degree bend and crushed the pull starter assembly.

Lucky for me it happened in the relatively soft field so I spent about $200 on parts and saw is singing again.

 

[michiglenn]

About two weeks and I forgot to fold the ROPS before backing into the barn. Took out the sliding door track real easy... /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

 

[Michigan_Mike]

About 2 months.
That's when I learned that a brushhog doesn't follow behind you, but pivots around the rear wheels. Put a dent in the pole barn, but nothing serious.

 

[MossRoad]

This topic has come up in the past. As I said before, just call the holes in the garage "air hose pass-through ports!" /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Jarrett]

Within 2 hours of delivery I managed to put a big gash in the tin wall of my Dad's shop. I was grading the driveway/parking area and tried to get as close as possible to the shop and ended up getting a little too close.

 

[ptfarmermd]

About four months. I got the new tractor in November, so I did not do much over the winter with it except a little snow plowing. My previous tractor was a 1949 which has a manure fork, but never had a FEL. The new tractor has an FEL with a 6 foot bucket.
I backed into the barn to hook up to an implement. I was watching the back of the tractor and forgot that I had the FEL on the front. CRUNCH! as the FEL bucket went into the wooden barn door.
It removed about a foot wide by 4 foot long section of door. Got a new board, sawed it to correct length, nailed it on.
I am now more cautious and remember that the FEL is there. I had a couple small incidents after, hit a concrete foundation when plowing snow but it did little damage, but nothing like that.

 

[RalphVa]

Somewhere around 3 weeks, I tried to take out one of my double shop doors with the FEL. Another time not too long after, I forgot to raise the brush hog and drug it over the door threshold plate. Finally, figured out not to do an maneuvering near the doorway and to ALWAYS raise the 3ph right after starting. Run my ear plug lines over the steering wheel and around the 3ph control to remind me when shutting down.

Ralph