Whoooaaaaa!!!

[tower59]

Yup, I did it. While making a barn pad for my little girl's first pony, I managed to roll my tractor. Was driving across the front slope of the pad to compact it, turned uphill a little, and then, well, you can imagine the rest. Good things: (1) I was wearing my seat belt, (2) the front end loader arms/bucket were up and caught the front end, (3) ROPS was up and locked in place and did its job perfectly. I was rushing to get the job done to impress my dad and just wasn't thinking about rolling. Should have known better...

Ok, so after 5 hours of work, we managed to use a chain and pull the tractor upright again. It leaked some diesel and oil for sure while it was sideways, but doesn't have any other obvious injuries. BUT, now it won't start. (Not that I blame it, frankly.) It's a Mahindra 5525 about 7 years old or so that was running just fine this morning. The instrument cluster illuminates but the engine does not crank- like it's in gear or something and the kill switch is active. Tried to jump it with out any changes. Any ideas??? Help!

PS: Wear your seatbelt and keep your ROPS up!

Living LUCKY-not smart- in Texas!

 

[Wagtail]

Glad you're still with us and safe/uninjured.

 

[tower59]

Good news- PTO lever somehow got slid back a bit. Now, with PTO lever off, I get juice to try to crank, but the engine just tries to turn over once and that's it. Will not take a jump start. You think the battery leaked out? Should I try to replace the battery? Options???

(Did I mention, keep your ROPS up? )

 

[RandyT]

I would be concerned about being hydrolocked. Oil could of gotten on top of the pistons, and if it does fire, may destroy itself, because oil doesn't compress.

 

[Deerherd]

Thank god you are ok. I would pull the injectors to see if oil got past the rings. Can you turn the engine by hand?

Plus I would add keep the FEL low to ROPS up and seatbelt on.

 

[s219]

***DO NOT*** turn over the engine until you can be sure the cylinders are clear. If they are full of oil and you crank it over, you will trash the engine for sure.

Not so sure it was good that you had the front loader up in the air, as that could have been a key contributing factor in the roll. Always keep the loader down low as much as possible when working on a steep hill. Having all that weight up in the air really increases your rollover risk.

 

[George2615]

Glad you're OK.
I agree with the hydrolock theory. Pull the injectors and / or glow plugs then try cranking it over to get the oil out from on top of the pistons.

 

[Mace Canute]

I wonder how many threads and posts there have been about tractor roll overs and how to prevent them over the past seven years plus?

 

[GPintheMitten]

Well that won't help this guy. He needs to check cylinders for oil like mentioned. I think he's learned his lesson on roll over.

 

[Thomas]

Heck of lesson learn...glad our still w/us.