Murphy's Laws of Tractors

[Bullwinkle123]

[I looked at a number of already-existing posts to see if they might be used for this, didn't see any that were quite right for this]

I'm a newbie, I only have one entry to start with. Perhaps others will add their own.

1. No matter how much you drive around, when you pull into the garage the loaded tires will always have the valve stems near the floor (preventing pressure checks).

 

[bcp]

2. If you use the loader bucket to haul tools to the work site and back, you will forget they are there and either dump the bucket or scoop something into it.


Bruce

 

[rgr33]

I don’t care which implement you have hooked up, you need the other one

 

[milkman636]

#4) Sooner or later you will underestimate how far the loader sticks out in front of the tractor while turning.

 

[/pine]

Issues will occur whenever you need to do something right now....

If there was ever a person that deserved to be lynched...it was that Murphy guy...!

 

[milkman636]

#6) Stuck happens!!!

 

[Avenger]

You will forget to fold the ROPS down when entering your shop

 

[Industrial Toys]

If you forget to fold or cover the seat on an open sation tractor, it WILL RAIN. Often just long enough to soak the seat.

The ZERKS on a PTO shaft will never stop in a position that you can grease them.

 

[dannoGT]

If you are mowing with a rear finish mower and you are wearing your favourite hat it is guaranteed that a branch will knock the hat off and the mower will shred it.

 

[Industrial Toys]

You can wash a tractor and the mud off the wheels, move it four times and there will still be a place that has mud on the wheels.

And with smaller tread, the dirt will only come off quickly when backing out of your building.

 

[ptsg]

Even with the tiniest distraction, a linchpin will catch your finger and will probably choose a sore one too.

 

[AWSubie]

You are working in the woods clearing an area. You place your chainsaw in a spot that you can’t possibly forget about. After about five minutes of loader work you get off the tractor to grab your chainsaw and find that you backed over it.

 

[Thomas]

Don't wash or wax tractor seat.

 

[dannoGT]

Even with the tiniest distraction, a linchpin will catch your finger and will probably choose a sore one too.

You will also drop the linchpin in the only pile of horse / cow / goat / llama / sheep manure in the entire yard!

 

[Smokeydog]

Your favorite clean shirt and pants are the best moly grease magnets.

 

[Avenger]

When your tractor breaks down, it will always be in the most inaccessible, rough, nasty terrain there is.

 

[Industrial Toys]

It will always not start with the loader and implements on the ground.

 

[murphy1244]

There are 2 kinds of people that own tractors. Those that are stuck and those that are looking for a place to get stuck. Murphy was a optimist.

 

[DieselBound]

Your AC will fail on the hottest day.

 

[Bullwinkle123]

Despite the fact that the tractor exists to pull things, you will climb into the seat and forget about what you are pulling, damaging the floor/walls/trees or whatever is near by to the thing attached to the rear.