prejudiced0ne
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I was towing a goose-neck trailer half-full of manure. The CUT was in 2wd as I climbed over a hill and proceeded downhill without dropping the speed. There was a lake at the bottom with a house just 5 meters from water. I needed to drive the tractor in-between the house and trees near it. The opening was something like 3 tractors wide and to the side of my trajectory. So I was going at speed down-hill at an angle. I dropped the accelerator to idle but revs kept creeping up along with speed.
So I lightly tapped the breaks and the whole tractor immediately went sideways pushed by the trailer. I counter-steered. The tractor kept going sideways digging in back wheels but it did not change direction. It somehow cleared the house by inches but now I was barreling towards the lake. I managed to plan a point where I jump off. Considered straightening the wheels forcing the back wheels to come into contact with the trailer goose-neck possibly flipping the CUT. Lamented what would half a trailer of manure do to a standing water lake. All that in less than two seconds.
Then the CUT straightened out as it hit a patch of compacted ground and I made the fastest 90 degree turn I ever attempted. I stopped and dismounted to thing what just happened.
I miss-judged the weight I was pulling. Wet manure sure is weighty. From then on I would always take the long way round if I tow anything just to avoid that hill. You need to know your terrain and be mindful of it.
My father has flipped that CUT twice in 15+ years we have it. The most recently it was when he backed it up into a beaver burrow while mowing the lake embankment. And he even knew it was there but still chanced on going over it. So the CUT is laying on it's side in a big hole. He hooks it up to an SUV and asks my mother to pull him out. Most likely he hooked the CUT by the front axle as there is no front hook. So they pull it and flip it on the other side. Oil leeks out. He unhooks the finishing mover and it ends up rolling into the lake. They manage to put the CUT back on the wheels and drive it to the shed and leave the mower for me to winch out. Later on they could not even recount how everything happened from the shock.
Bad decisions cost a lot of nerves, money and your health.
So I lightly tapped the breaks and the whole tractor immediately went sideways pushed by the trailer. I counter-steered. The tractor kept going sideways digging in back wheels but it did not change direction. It somehow cleared the house by inches but now I was barreling towards the lake. I managed to plan a point where I jump off. Considered straightening the wheels forcing the back wheels to come into contact with the trailer goose-neck possibly flipping the CUT. Lamented what would half a trailer of manure do to a standing water lake. All that in less than two seconds.
Then the CUT straightened out as it hit a patch of compacted ground and I made the fastest 90 degree turn I ever attempted. I stopped and dismounted to thing what just happened.
I miss-judged the weight I was pulling. Wet manure sure is weighty. From then on I would always take the long way round if I tow anything just to avoid that hill. You need to know your terrain and be mindful of it.
My father has flipped that CUT twice in 15+ years we have it. The most recently it was when he backed it up into a beaver burrow while mowing the lake embankment. And he even knew it was there but still chanced on going over it. So the CUT is laying on it's side in a big hole. He hooks it up to an SUV and asks my mother to pull him out. Most likely he hooked the CUT by the front axle as there is no front hook. So they pull it and flip it on the other side. Oil leeks out. He unhooks the finishing mover and it ends up rolling into the lake. They manage to put the CUT back on the wheels and drive it to the shed and leave the mower for me to winch out. Later on they could not even recount how everything happened from the shock.
Bad decisions cost a lot of nerves, money and your health.
