Ya, that's not good...

[repete]

 

[tacticalturnip]

Oh my Lord, I hope the operator was alright- that was scary!

 

[HawkinsHollow]

Very scary!!! I think the only thing that could have saved him is if he dropped the tiller to the ground right as he gained speed.

 

[Jstpssng]

^^^^
My thought also.
At least he was able to bail safely.
The dogs TRIED to help!

 

[kenlip]

Assuming it's not AI....

This video raises an interesting question. We are told to always wear the seatbelt if the tractor has a ROPS. Assuming it had a ROPS and not just a canopy, do we think he would have been better off belted in as per the common advice or being able to bail like he did?

 

[Jstpssng]

Assuming it's not AI....

This video raises an interesting question. We are told to always wear the seatbelt if the tractor has a ROPS. Assuming it had a ROPS and not just a canopy, do we think he would have been better off belted in as per the common advice or being able to bail like he did?

It isn't that difficult to reach down and unsnap it. In most cases you are better off staying with the tractor, but somebody always comes up with that one exception and treats it as gospel..

 

[lman]

I doubt he'll do that again. I heard that he wants to borrow the neighbors tractor.

 

[workinonit]

Darwin at work.

 

[CliffordK]

Very scary!!! I think the only thing that could have saved him is if he dropped the tiller to the ground right as he gained speed.

What an idiot, drop the tiller and get off the brakes

I thought it had a front bucket at first... anyway, the tiller appears to have been running, and was probably set to push the tractor forward. Disconnecting the PTO, and it may freewheel. Still, dropping it would be better than nothing, and might have kept the tractor straight (but still not saving it).

That did look like a ROPS with the canopy attached to it. However, I think the concept of the ROPS is to keep the tractor from doing a full rollover. I'd be curious what the tractor looked like at the bottom of that drop off. I don't think I'd want to be on the tractor when it went turtle. However, there are also so many things that could go wrong when bailing.

 

[Thomas]

Glad he okay....indeed hard lesson.

 

[CliffordK]

I think the trick should have been to get out of the skid, and then direct the tractor some place safe, for example up and out of the ravine to the right. Unfortunately it can be hard to do that split second thinking.

 

[Hoobie]

Thought at first it wasn't in 4wd. But looking closely it looks like it was. Things happen fast. We all have made mistakes. Don't be too hard on the guy.

 

[dkmc]

Kinda amazing someone just happened to be there recording with a camera, held steady and able to even zoom in as it went over the cliff. As far as what he could have done, his brain was overloaded with the immediate situation of getting off the thing if needed as it slid to the cliff. Pilots often just stop flying airplanes and ride to the crash site when in panic situations. The brain can only process so much data and is more easily overloaded than people realize.

 

[ismilelots]

I wonder if insurance covers that?

 

[Hoobie]

Kinda amazing someone just happened to be there recording with a camera, held steady and able to even zoom in as it went over the cliff. As far as what he could have done, his brain was overloaded with the immediate situation of getting off the thing if needed as it slid to the cliff. Pilots often just stop flying airplanes and ride to the crash site when in panic situations. The brain can only process so much data and is more easily overloaded than people realize.

Bingo!

 

[LilTractrThatCould]

When in doubt, POWER OUT!

 

[CliffordK]

Kinda amazing someone just happened to be there recording with a camera, held steady and able to even zoom in as it went over the cliff. As far as what he could have done, his brain was overloaded with the immediate situation of getting off the thing if needed as it slid to the cliff. Pilots often just stop flying airplanes and ride to the crash site when in panic situations. The brain can only process so much data and is more easily overloaded than people realize.

I've watched the clip a few times. There is no indication of how or why he got to the start place. He begins the clip with the right hand on the fender, and appears to be relaxed and casually steering with his left hand. Then he bales out at the last possible moment as the tractor tumbles over the dropoff.

I'm beginning to lean towards this entire thing being a setup fake. He probably already knew that he could induce a catastrophic slide if he just drove (a perhaps stolen tractor) over the ridge into the ravine at that point, as well as knowing the tractor would tumble over a dropoff.

YouTube GOLD.

 

[fustsgt]

I doubt he'll do that again. I heard that he wants to borrow the neighbors tractor.

Not mine!

 

[Zetorboy]

We are asthoned to realise that even farm machinery can " slip" on wet ground or clay. My forest farm rest on clay and I have big hills. I've been surprised many time by this stuff, when wet! Now! I simply do not get the machinery out, in those situations. Period