Well, spent most of the day Monday running the little dozer working on our pond that we're rebuilding. All went well until I went to park the dozer back under the shed. The shed is pretty much an extension of our barn roof. It's bolted to the barn at one end and has five 6-inch posts holding up the other end. The cattle trailer is parked under the shed next to the barn so the dozer is a bit of a tight fit. The cutting edge of the dozer blade has "wings" that stick out about 6 inches on both sides of the blade. I was going as slow as possible keeping a close eye on the right side to make sure I didn't snag the trailer when all of a sudden I hear *SNAP* *BANG*. I immediately yanked the gear shift into neutral and hit the brake, but the damage was done. The tip of the left blade wing snagged the second 6" post and snapped it like a toothpick.
Fortunately the shed is fairly well built so it didn't come crashing down on top of me. Was also glad there was only one bolt through the top beam into the post, otherwise the breaking post would have twisted the outer support beam and caused major problems, possibly including bringing a section of the roof down on my head.
Guess the moral of the story is be very careful when you're working in tight quarters. Bad things can happen a lot faster than you can react.
Fortunately the shed is fairly well built so it didn't come crashing down on top of me. Was also glad there was only one bolt through the top beam into the post, otherwise the breaking post would have twisted the outer support beam and caused major problems, possibly including bringing a section of the roof down on my head.
Guess the moral of the story is be very careful when you're working in tight quarters. Bad things can happen a lot faster than you can react.
