mattcage
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I drove my 3720 into my eave about 5 minutes after getting on it for the first time. Rolled back the diamond plate canopy and a few hundred in damages to the house roof.
Matt
Matt
THIS IS JUST AWFUL...
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rd_macgregor
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Yeah, the FEL bucket really sticks out far and swings wide and can do a lot of damage to the side of a shed or garage (or wife's car). Put a tooth bar on the bucket and it can REALLY do some damage...er, or so I've heard.
BOB
BOB
jimmyj
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Iron has no conscience! I've hit my truck twice (FEL once and box blade once), the top of the barn door with the ROPS FIVE, countem, Five times.
Oh well, it's all good in the end, nothing but my pride hurt really.
Oh well, it's all good in the end, nothing but my pride hurt really.
jenkinsph
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Sorry to hear about the damage and expense, nobody needs this after buying a new machine.
My tractors have never spent a night inside yet. The oldest one is about 36 years old and it may never live inside. While I am building a new shop to house everything next month I had to store the multitude of tools inside instead of the tractors.
This is the second thread that I know of this year where tractors and sheds have duked it out.
My tractors have never spent a night inside yet. The oldest one is about 36 years old and it may never live inside. While I am building a new shop to house everything next month I had to store the multitude of tools inside instead of the tractors.
This is the second thread that I know of this year where tractors and sheds have duked it out.
JDGreenGrass
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We dream about all the good the tractor can do for us yet we rarely think that ANYTHING could possibly go wrong.!!
There are good days and there are bad days.
Hang in there. Maybe next time you'll be lucky and it will only be the wood pile that you knock over.
There are good days and there are bad days.
Hang in there. Maybe next time you'll be lucky and it will only be the wood pile that you knock over.
GGB
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Now I feel a little bit better-when you do a boo boo, it usually feels like you are the only one dumb enough to do (fill in the blank)!
No one has mentioned pallet forks yet. Did you know they stick out in front of your tractor???
(don't ask how I know...)
GGB
No one has mentioned pallet forks yet. Did you know they stick out in front of your tractor???
(don't ask how I know...)
GGB
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I wouldn't worry too much about it. You'll do something even worse later on and this will become no big deal. At least that's my SOP.:laughing:
MBDiagMan
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Well, to make you feel better yet, I'll tell you about MY boo boo.
About 20 years ago I cut raked and square baled my meadow several times a year. Did it all myself with my Ford 3000. Not even any help for raking. I also had to keep my pastures shred and was working a full time job on top of it.
One Labor Day weekend I took a day of vacation and cut my hay on Friday, then shred all day Saturday. My nieces had come to see us so after shredding until dark I went in and played cards or something until late with my kids, wife and nieces. I got up early the next morning to fuel my tractor and I was completely exhausted, but had no choice but to start getting ready to rake and bale as soon as it was dry enough.
My farm truck was up on jack stands in my shop with the rear end out of it. It was on jackstands at all four corners with the rear bumper at the back door of the shop. In front of the truck was my car in the other end of the shop only a foot or two from the truck. My field fuel tank was in the back of the truck and the only way to fuel the tractor was to pull it right up within a few inches of the back of the truck so the hose would reach the tractor tank.
I fueled up the tractor and started it up and in my stupor of exhaustion put the tractor in a forward gear instead of reverse. I eased out the clutch and it went forward just enough to knock the truck off the jackstands. It fell forward into my car. Think about that; I used my tractor to knock my truck into my car...... Luckily it just barely clipped the front license plate on my car. The truck wasn't hurt and the tractor wasn't hurt. The floor of the shop probably took the worst of it, but I have yet to see any cracks in it.
Even though my family members were all asleep, half of them came running out to see what the noise was. I was very lucky that the only thing really hurt was my pride.
Things happen!
About 20 years ago I cut raked and square baled my meadow several times a year. Did it all myself with my Ford 3000. Not even any help for raking. I also had to keep my pastures shred and was working a full time job on top of it.
One Labor Day weekend I took a day of vacation and cut my hay on Friday, then shred all day Saturday. My nieces had come to see us so after shredding until dark I went in and played cards or something until late with my kids, wife and nieces. I got up early the next morning to fuel my tractor and I was completely exhausted, but had no choice but to start getting ready to rake and bale as soon as it was dry enough.
My farm truck was up on jack stands in my shop with the rear end out of it. It was on jackstands at all four corners with the rear bumper at the back door of the shop. In front of the truck was my car in the other end of the shop only a foot or two from the truck. My field fuel tank was in the back of the truck and the only way to fuel the tractor was to pull it right up within a few inches of the back of the truck so the hose would reach the tractor tank.
I fueled up the tractor and started it up and in my stupor of exhaustion put the tractor in a forward gear instead of reverse. I eased out the clutch and it went forward just enough to knock the truck off the jackstands. It fell forward into my car. Think about that; I used my tractor to knock my truck into my car...... Luckily it just barely clipped the front license plate on my car. The truck wasn't hurt and the tractor wasn't hurt. The floor of the shop probably took the worst of it, but I have yet to see any cracks in it.
Even though my family members were all asleep, half of them came running out to see what the noise was. I was very lucky that the only thing really hurt was my pride.
Things happen!
brin
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Maybe your homeowners insurance will cover it unless your decuctible is too high...
Pushing_Tin
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When I got my 2320 I tore off the roll up door on one of those PODS storage units, did over $600 damage to the POD.
And then I did this just a few weeks ago, cost me $1500!
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/...ting/181831-damaged-my-3320-today-advice.html
And then I did this just a few weeks ago, cost me $1500!
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/...ting/181831-damaged-my-3320-today-advice.html
