Embarrissing Tractor moments?

[Radio Mark]

Hate to even admitt that I have turned my tractor over on its side, had to have the wife come help and pull it bacak on its wheels with the truck.
Quite a shock as I sat straped in lying on my side.

 

[wedge40]

Not embarrissing because I've been the only witness (untill now).
But I need a small step ladder to access some things on the tractor. I have a 43 year old tractor so it needs some TLC every now and then to get it running. Well I'll have the ladder next to the tractor, in front of the back tire. I'll get the thing started and forget the ladder is there. Since it's pretty short I dont notice it and have completly run over a wooden one and started to run over a small metal one. I now have a 4' with the hopes that I'll notice it before I take off.

Wedge

 

[tjc1989]

Nobody knew it but me, but it was still very embarrassing to me. I was running my 3PH PTO tiller and my neighbor walked over and wanted to talk. So I shut the tractor off, and chatted a few minutes, and after he left, I went to start my tractor and it would not start. Nothing, lights came on, but starter would not engage. Tried several things, and still nothing. So I walked back to the house, got my remote starter switch, came back, removed the engine side panel and hooked up the remote switch to the starter, and it cranked right up. But the tiller was spinning...... Then it hit me . I had agonized for minutes fretting over what could have happened, when I realized that the PTO was still engaged ( My tractor has an independent electrically operated PTO ) and I had forgot to turn off the PTO while I was talking to him and had not thought to check it when it would not start.... DUH ! Nothing wrong with my tractor but the operator.

 

[Gizmo2]

Has anyone ever take off thinking you were mowing only to find out you never engaged the PTO until some time later. I never have

 

[Soundguy]

no.. but I have looked back, and driven forward thinking I was in reverse!

soundguy

 

[buck12]

Has anyone ever take off thinking you were mowing only to find out you never engaged the PTO until some time later. I never have

Yep, done it with the tractor. With the lawn mower I have a few obstacles that I lift the deck to cross and often forget to lower the deck until I have made a round and realize the last pass is a couple of inches high.

 

[Gizmo2]

Yep, done it with the tractor. With the lawn mower I have a few obstacles that I lift the deck to cross and often forget to lower the deck until I have made a round and realize the last pass is a couple of inches high.

That doesn't count, I've done that so many times it isn't embarrassing any more.

 

[TripleR]

Has anyone ever take off thinking you were mowing only to find out you never engaged the PTO until some time later. I never have

No, and I have never "mowed" with the deck raised either:confused3:

 

[rd_macgregor]

Has anyone ever take off thinking you were mowing only to find out you never engaged the PTO until some time later. I never have

My PTO is activated by setting a manual switch AND hitting an electronic one. On occasion, I have accidentally hit the electronic switch and shut off the PTO while mowing my rather rough pastures. I guess the Mohawk look is "IN" for pastures in my neighbourhood.

I've also done the ride-on raised deck trick lots of times.

BOB

 

[Tig]

Has anyone ever take off thinking you were mowing only to find out you never engaged the PTO until some time later. I never have

Hmmm, that does sound familiar. On my riding mower I have found that if I get too aggressive around bushes the branches will disengage the mower blades. I wear ear protection and don't always pick up on this, what with all the commotion from the branches raking me too. On the next lap around the yard the transition point is obscured by the bush so even then you are not guaranteed to notice right away. Some days it just takes a bit longer to mow the lawn.

 

[lakngulf]

I did about the same thing with the lower arms on a 3 pt hitch. I disconnected from the boxblade at one area, everything went fine. I got on tractor and went to the area where bush hog was sitting. I backed up very slowly, and something did not feel right. I had forgotten to RAISE the arms and they were digging in the ground a bit.

I hope I will remember to raise them from now on.

 

[Chuck K.]

No, and I have never "mowed" with the deck raised either:confused3:

LOL ditto, times 5,000 it seems like:mur:

 

[beppington]

Geez, this is like confessional or something....

I was loading my backhoe onto my 16'+3 equipment trailer, which was connected to my Dodge dually. The whole rig was on a hill.

I stalled the backhoe just as I got the front tires on the trailer. The rear tires were still on the ground. The stalling motion rocked the trailer, which caused the trailer ramps to fold up.

The weight of the backhoe lifted the rear of my dually off the ground. With me still sitting on my BH, the truck, trailer, the backhoe and I went for a nice ride down the driveway, across a state road, and into a farmer's field across the street. Fortunately, the rig didn't jack knife. Moreoever, I wasn't killed. Lesson learned!

Yee-haw! And thank you Jesus!

HOLE CR@P!!!!!

 

[beppington]

OK, here's mine: On my new Kubota L3940 I was using my FEL to lift something up & over the sides of & into my utility trailer, & when I was done went to shift from L to M range to back away faster ... but hit the cruise bar instead, still in forward (cruise lever is right next to range selector lever). Caught it real quick, but not quick enough as it put a little crunch bend in my trailer's fender. That fender was no match for the tractor. :laughing:

 

[rockotman]

Confession time...

About the third time I was hooking up my 200CX loader to my JD2320, I couldn't get the lower brackets on the loader arms onto the pins on the tractor. The arms were too low! After futzing around with the tractor for a while, and trying everything within my power to get the lift arms up high enough, the wife walked over and pointed out... "don't those arms go on these pins down here?" Doh! I was trying to get the lower arms on the upper set of pins. Won't make that mistake again!

 

[BTDT2]

A long time ago in a place far far away I purchased an IH 444 with a very heavy FEL at a NC auction. Backed up the Ford dually and trailer on a slope and started to load on to the trailer. As tractor climbed the ramps the rear of the trailer dropped and the dually rear tires came two feet off the ground, the whole load started to roll back down the slope. Panic set in and I ..........to be continued

 

[beppington]

Geez, this is like confessional or something....

I was loading my backhoe onto my 16'+3 equipment trailer, which was connected to my Dodge dually. The whole rig was on a hill.

I stalled the backhoe just as I got the front tires on the trailer. The rear tires were still on the ground. The stalling motion rocked the trailer, which caused the trailer ramps to fold up.

The weight of the backhoe lifted the rear of my dually off the ground. With me still sitting on my BH, the truck, trailer, the backhoe and I went for a nice ride down the driveway, across a state road, and into a farmer's field across the street. Fortunately, the rig didn't jack knife. Moreoever, I wasn't killed. Lesson learned!

Yee-haw! And thank you Jesus!

That story had my knees knockin'!

Couldn't you have used your tractor's brakes?

 

[brin]

A long time ago in a place far far away I purchased an IH 444 with a very heavy FEL at a NC auction. Backed up the Ford dually and trailer on a slope and started to load on to the trailer. As tractor climbed the ramps the rear of the trailer dropped and the dually rear tires came two feet off the ground, the whole load started to roll back down the slope. Panic set in and I ..........to be continued

so where did you discard your soiled pants and clean up ?

 

[Soundguy]

makes me glad my new trailer has legs on the ramps, as for my old trailer, I used cribbing under the center to keep it from squatting. A lil bit of hassle.. but worth it.

soudnguy

 

[k0ua]

Ok, everyone has a story. But I like the young lady's story the best. The mental picture it paints is a lot prettier than some of these.
By the way, last weekend I was lifting about a 1100 pound rock chained in to the FEL up a very steep stepped hill backward in 4WD when the wife said the back tires came off the ground in my brand new L3400 with a 750 pound counterweight on the back. Seems the last step was a little steeper than the others.
She says it lifted them about 2 foot. All I know is I dropped that bucket/rock like a hot potato. I turned around and hooked the rock/log-chain to the draw bar and skidded the rock up the hill. no problem. Once on flat ground I chained it back in the bucket, and took off with it (very slowly). Cleaned up after positioning the rock.:laughing: