There should be a section entitled "Hope nobody saw me do that!"

[riprap]

A challenge - Is there ANYONE who has a foldable ROPs and stores their tractor in a shed with a door height less than the ROPs that has NOT hit the door frame ?

* - if you never raise the ROPs, you don't count

** - all others - at best the answer is "not yet!"


- un-intentional use of ground engaging equipment - check
- FEL to the truck - check

 

[cdaigle430]

A challenge - Is there ANYONE who has a foldable ROPs and stores their tractor in a shed with a door height less than the ROPs that has NOT hit the door frame ?

* - if you never raise the ROPs, you don't count

** - all others - at best the answer is "not yet!"


- un-intentional use of ground engaging equipment - check
- FEL to the truck - check

Not yet but.....Have you ever raised a 3 point implament to the top with the ROPs lowered? I have-not once but three times.

 

[retiredmgn]

I was out dragging an area that I had some trees knocked down from a tornado a few years ago. I dug up the root bases and filled in the holes from where they were at. In the spring after the thaw.... Sinkhole!!! Good times!!!

Boy, I'm not sure where a tractor's kiester is but by the picture I'd say you burried it.

 

[Singlemalt]

I'm on my fourth tractor and the wife says it is the last.

My first thought for this post was no camera, no pictures, Deny, Deny , Deny.

In 1977 I was using a 446 Case garden tractor to back fill and move old cement blocks around a new basement under my house. Lifting one of the blocks I pinched my finger between the block and my wedding band. I removed the wedding band, setting it on the front blade of the tractor. My intention was to retrieve it after moving the blocks. Some days later (or weeks) my wife said "Where is your wedding band" and my mind went blank. She would ask me periodically about the wedding band and after searching every where I had given it up. In 1997 I was building a shelter for my Kubota B 7100 and was using deck blocks for a base. Leveling the last block I spotted what looked like a copper cap for half inch pipe. My first thought was to ignore it but then something said "pick it up you are going to need one someday". I was holding my wedding band. I called my wife and said "gollum" (from Lord of the Rings) and hung up. She immediately called back and said "You found your wedding band didn't you?". The details of this were remembered after I found the ring but it is a true story. What makes it even more amazing is that the yard had been dug up for a deck, field bed and a garage extension after I lost the ring. I often joked that if I dug up the yard one more time my wife was going to bury me in it.

I was using a Norse 180 winch with the B7100 Kubota. A tree I cut hung up and the safest way to pull it down was with the winch. After moving the tractor over and connecting the chain I tried to winch the tree down. It wouldn't come. After about a half hour of pulling and winching from all angles I was getting very frustrated. Taking a closer look at the tree to see what was holding it I discovered that I had the wrong tree. (My wife just read this and laughed, guess there are some things I haven't told her)

Trading up to an L 3710 life should have gotten easier. I left the tractor in the bush one night with my saw under the bucket for protection. When I returned the next morning the saw was visible under the bucket. Starting the tractor to warm it up I moved to the rear to check the log load, mounted the tractor and drove over my saw. No real damage (it's a husky and I still use it today) except to my pride.

A month ago I took delivery of a Kioti DS 4110 HS. With my first trip to the bush, less than 20 hours, it seemed logical to widen the trail by pushing over a dead balsam. For some reason after the initial push and the tree started over, I didn't back up but continued forward. A root came up, threaded the needle between the grill guard, the belly plate, the main frame and the axle pushing my rad back. The bottom nipples broke on both sides, anti-freeze all gone and me stranded. Removed the rad to the shop for an epoxy repair and away we go. I returned to the bush after the repairs and had a blown down tree slide up over the bucket pushing in my front end. Glue guns are fantastic. I now have 75 hours on the tractor with no further mishaps.

 

[zoltanthegypsy]

Nothing as romantic as found wedding rings here.

My BX24 has caused me a fair bit of pain in its short life. Mostly self-inflicted if truth be told. Because of that pain, I tend to get frustrated with it too quickly. Did someone around here say "slow down..."?

I had been bush-hogging tall grass for about 5 hours when I noticed that I was losing forward motion. Just got progressively slower. Reverse was OK. It was the same field where tall grass wiped out the wiring harness, the rad fan, and the front drive shaft seal, so I was primed to be irritated.

I was able to creep it up the ramps onto the trailer so I could haul it to the mechanic. Decided to poke around a little and ended up discovering a pebble on top of the pedal pivot. I had to remove the middle Bro-tek plate to get a good look at things. Actually not remove it - just un-bolt the rear and let it pivot down on the forward mountings.

By the time I found the pebble, evening was falling and I was pretty pooped and frustrated. I decided to go finish the job. A little voice was saying "wait til tomorrow, you idiot" but who listens?

Started backing down the ramps. That's always a little weird since they are pretty steep. This time they got _really_ steep. Right about the "oh bleep!" stage. that Bro-tek plate buckled and set my front tires back down on the trailer. Oh bleep indeed. The plate had dropped down and snagged on the trailer deck. Did a great job of lifting the front of the tractor off the deck when the rear was half way down the ramps. The loader was pretty well pointed at the sky when my pea-brain finally got the message. The little voice should have said "you forgot to re-attach the back of the Bro-tek plate, you idiot".

I was able to remove the plate and drive over it a few times to flatten it out. It's back in service. No harm, no foul, I guess. Just a change of shorts and we're back in business.

Z. (going slow ... until the next brain fart)

 

[k0ua]

A challenge - Is there ANYONE who has a foldable ROPs and stores their tractor in a shed with a door height less than the ROPs that has NOT hit the door frame ?

* - if you never raise the ROPs, you don't count

** - all others - at best the answer is "not yet!"


- un-intentional use of ground engaging equipment - check
- FEL to the truck - check

Not yet, but pretty darn close a couple of times. Remembered at the last second.

 

[Gizmo2]

Not yet, but pretty darn close a couple of times. Remembered at the last second.

If you are not above 45 years of age it does not count either

 

[k0ua]

If you are not above 45 years of age it does not count either

45.. ha ha.. I wish. I am on the wrong side of that number for sure.

James K0UA

 

[MossflowerWoods]

Not yet, but pretty darn close a couple of times. Remembered at the last second.

I have not even tried yet. My door is only 78" and my ROPS was 95" before the canopy.

I'm planning to remove the roller door, and take a sawzall to remove the next section so I can easily lear the opening. Then I just won't have a door at all!

I'm sure I will do some other stupid thing though! I just hope there are no witnesses, nor a big bill!

David

 

[tonio]

First time bush-hogging and enjoyed the hot afternoon riding there in my shorts. The next week I had the worst case of poison ivy oozing down both legs.

Took the FEL off, backed up and dragged it with the hydraulic lines. They didn't leak till five years later; I replaced them this year.