What Attachment Scares You The Most?

[Rockbadchild]

See above. Also my bush hog and tiller. They each will kick rocks where and when you least expect it.

As long as they don’t put their snout in there i am fine with the outcome, if they get hit they learn to keep their distance … Hopefully they see it flying by a few time to give them a chance to get the message but the way I see it what dosent kill them makes them stronger… I see my dogs so little I want them to be free when I am around... but obviously I choose my battle.

 

[SmallChange]

Auger scares me the most, because of PTO shaft entanglement and auger bit entanglement possibilities. I realize there are other hazards on an auger, but these are the hazards that actually strike fear in me.

BTW, the car differential mowing machine is an amusing notion, but how fast does the blade go? At tractor speeds, I'm imagining it doesn't go much faster than I could turn a crank by hand. Does it actually cut grass?

 

[Too many Kubotas]

BTW, the car differential mowing machine is an amusing notion, but how fast does the blade go? At tractor speeds, I'm imagining it doesn't go much faster than I could turn a crank by hand.

Depends on the gear ratio and tire size.

With tall tires and gearing in the mid 2s it wouldn't turn particularly fast, but with short tires and something like 4.88s it would.

 

[JasperFrank]

The old style hay balers that had shoots to propel the bails on to the stacking wagon.

 

[oosik]

There is another implement that looks very dangerous. I've only seen them used.

It's a rather large spiral auger - driven off the PTO. Used to split firewood. I try not to envision clothing getting caught in this auger and what could happen.

 

[sd455dan]

The operator (me).

I was going to say my Head.
Close calls almost taking an eye out in the woods with multiple branches. If I break an implement I will fix it. Fixing the operators head is more painful and expensive.

2nd, a post hole digger getting out of whack learn to dance pretty quick. Lifting and carrying heavy objects on rough ground anytime a rear tire gets light is bad news So plenty of 3 point weight and wheel weights and /or fluid is a Great Help there.

 

[etpm]

I love and respect my post hole auger. It drills holes really fast. It scares me. So I shut off the tractor when installing the thing. I also am scared of other people getting stuck in the auger so instead of using a long bar that someone holds to steady the auger so that it starts straight I use a counterweight that hangs off of a bar and it counterbalances the auger so that it hangs vertical. When people get too close to the auger I castigate them. I know it's severe but the damn thing scares me and I don't want anyone to get hurt. It doesn't look as dangerous as it is.
Eric

 

[WranglerX]

My Wife... Been married to her for 50 years and every day is a adventure....

 

[rScotty]

There is another implement that looks very dangerous. I've only seen them used.

It's a rather large spiral auger - driven off the PTO. Used to split firewood. I try not to envision clothing getting caught in this auger and what could happen.

That spiral splitter terrifies me just thinking about it.
And the PTO powered Post Hole Drill is a close second.

However , for fatalities, the 3pt mounted back hoe led the list of farm accidents for so many years that tractor dealers used to have signs on the wall warning about them.

Regardless of the danger, our family had one and used that 3pt PTO-driven BH for years without incident...and then one day it almost got me. Missed by an inch... I had done the classic mistake which was forgetting to disengage the tractor draft control. Climbed aboard, started the hoe, which then promptly tried to fold the operating levers back into the seat.... trapping the operator. Yes, the forgetful person was myself. It only pinned the tail of my shirt as I bailed off sideways. Too many were less lucky..

But I can learn, and what I learned was to sell that BH for scrap that very day.
rScotty

 

[airbiscuit]

We used one of these when I was a kid

 

[Bad Boy Biker]

My old man would be the scariest thing in the operators position on anything with a motor. He could not back up without hitting something. He took the guards off everything. You really needed to be paying attention if he was the operator.
ROPS? My MF and 2 of my 3 Cubs do not have them. My Grandfather rolled one of the Cubs over mowing a hillside.

 

[bdhsfz6]

By far, the scariest implement I own is an offset articulating flail:

It will destroy pretty much anything it touches. Gives me the willies just looking at it.

The first year I owned it, I was clearing brush alongside the road and accidentally hit a mailbox on a 4X4 post. It was hidden in the brush and difficult to see from the cab. The biggest piece it left was the size of a hockey puck.

I've since learned to walk the route I'm cutting first.

 

[Runner]

That spiral splitter terrifies me just thinking about it.
And the PTO powered Post Hole Drill is a close second.

However , for fatalities, the 3pt mounted back hoe led the list of farm accidents for so many years that tractor dealers used to have signs on the wall warning about them.

Regardless of the danger, our family had one and used that 3pt PTO-driven BH for years without incident...and then one day it almost got me. Missed by an inch... I had done the classic mistake which was forgetting to disengage the tractor draft control. Climbed aboard, started the hoe, which then promptly tried to fold the operating levers back into the seat.... trapping the operator. Yes, the forgetful person was myself. It only pinned the tail of my shirt as I bailed off sideways. Too many were less lucky..

But I can learn, and what I learned was to sell that BH for scrap that very day.
rScotty

Holy crap

 

[airbiscuit]

Tangled up in PTO. Our neighbor was trying to clear out a baler when his shirtsleeve got caught in the PTO and sucked him in. He was lucky because it stripped him naked. He was black and blue on every inch of his body.

Never work around a rotating PTO.

 

[Engineer42]

Needn't be pto powered to get ya. A few years back a local farmer was pushing over a tree. The top of the tree broke off falling on him. Pinned his upper body against the fender, and his head against the tire tread. When his son found him engine was running and the tires were still spinning. Gruesome sight.

Be careful out there.

 

[masseyrider]

Needn't be pto powered to get ya. A few years back a local farmer was pushing over a tree. The top of the tree broke off falling on him. Pinned his upper body against the fender, and his head against the tire tread. When his son found him engine was running and the tires were still spinning. Gruesome sight.

Be careful out there.

We're going back 60 years.
Neighbor behind the parents farm was having about 40 acres of forest pulled.
At that time there still were the remains of large Elm trees. They were huge.
The large bulldozer had a steal cage and a sheet of metal across the top.
Pushing one of the Elms a large branch broke off (At least 2.5 feet across) and came down like a falling arrow right onto the driver's seat..
There wasn't much of the operator left that wasn't mush.
As a little fella it freaked me out for a long time.

 

[RobertEH]

That buzz saw video is somewhat terrifying. gotta be situationally aware the whole time with that one.

 

[Torvy]

Ditto on the flail mower. You get all of the risks of a brush hog, plus the added benefit? of the imbalance caused by the side shift and rotation.

That said, it is much more useful for me than a brush hog and cost about the same.

 

[oosik]

Just a random thought. The way a whole lot of these inbred imbeciles drive around here on the county roads - glad my two nearest neighbors are dedicated ranchers.

It's come close a couple times. All I said - "don't even ask". City folk wanting to drive my tractor or ATV. Now - that would be scary.

 

[LHF2019]

The one that scares me the worst is the one I buy and hope to get my investment back out of it