Who would have thought

[BayouMan]

OK guys,
Thanks for the kind thoughts. I took a couple of pictures from a different angle. The rops would possibly come into play, had I not had the canopy, but it would have been close and I think I would still have been injured.





The first photo is from the side. It may be hard to see, but at the time of impact, the pipe was at about a 45 degree angle or greater.

Looking from about where my head was at the time, it appears the the end of the pipe would have missed or barely nicked the rops.

Mike

 

[MossRoad]

The sad part is, I had my forks on my loader. I could have used them to haul the pipe to the back, but I was concerned that it would have rolled off on the steep grade I had to go down near the wash. In hind sight, the worst case scenario there would have been, the pipe rolls off the front forks, rolls down the hill, reload the pipe and then place it in the wash.

Mike

Back down a slope when the forks are loaded.

 

[Big Bri]

Mike, glad your ok and i hope your tractor heals ok as well. Thanks for the info on what happened, as i would have never thought something like that would have happened. i'll be sure to keep everything i pull on a short leach.
again glad your ok
Brian

 

[BayouMan]

Mossroad,

That is why I like this forum. A simple suggestion that would have made this task a lot safer and more efficient. Thanks for the information.

Mike

 

[MossRoad]

Mossroad,

That is why I like this forum. A simple suggestion that would have made this task a lot safer and more efficient. Thanks for the information.

Mike

I learned that a long time ago when I used to drive fork lift loading airplanes. We had to go up and down a lot of ramps unloading/loading trucks. Then I didn't drive forklift for quite a while. About 10 years ago I wanted to be able to unload trucks at work when the regular fork truck drivers weren't around so I went through their certification program. Lots of good tips in there, including going backwards with a load. If you have to stomp on the brakes, the load hits the mast instead of flying forwards. Pretty simple unless no one ever tells you.

Even with that training, I still occasionally go forward with a log on the forks and off it rolls!