Tricycle tractor with loader-rollover

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bcp

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Kubota BX2360
Accident report at:
Iowa Case Report 05IA022

Summary

Mid-spring 2005, a 29-year-old man died when the tractor he was operating overturned upside down pinning him underneath (Photo 1). The 40-year-old tractor had a narrow (tricycle) front axle. It did not have a rollover protective structure (ROPS). A front-end loader was attached to the tractor’s frame but no counter-weights had been installed for ballast. The loader with its bucket full of rocks was raised to nearly hood height. The tractor leaned to the right as the man steered it forward at a slight upward angle on a slope. The position of the heavy load, the absence of ballast, the tractor’s configuration, the dynamics of the tractor-loader combination and its load in transport on the sloping, uneven terrain contributed to the sudden overturn of this tractor. ROPS and use of the seat belt would likely have prevented this man’s death.

05IA022a.jpg
 
   / Tricycle tractor with loader-rollover #2  
A better understanding of how to operate a tractor with loader on a slope would have saved his life as well.
Carrying a full bucket that high is asking for trouble.
 

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