I thought I'd seen it all.....

[CAgnoli]

I'm not sure if I got the picture attached, but this is a friend of a friend who was apparently transporting a load too heavy for his 2305 without a ballast box.....

 

[LC Brewing]

Good one.

 

[bud_oscar]

Ah the physics of load balancing… by the bye was your friend wearing his seat belt?

 

[Iowachild]

Ah the physics of load balancing… by the bye was your friend wearing his seat belt?

If he wasn't, he is probably laying out of the picture to the right!

 

[JWaterstreet]

Hahaha.... the friend isn't in the picture as he went in to clean out his shorts!!

The 2000 series are barely larger than lawnmowers; I'm surprised we don't see more of these pictures given the types of stuff their owners put them through on this board. (I'm used to full size tractors & backhoes, so my 970 seems pretty dinky to me.) Then again, it is a testament to the quality of the units if they hold up to this abuse.

 

[RWEST]

Yikes!! I don't know about that series of J-D's, but my 955's front brakes don't work if the 4wd isn't engaged, so, if you're hauling a bit more weight than you should in 2 wd and the rear wheels come off the ground, the brakes don't work. Now THAT gets your attention.

 

[dbdartman]

Caption: "Gee, everything was going so well until I hit the brakes..."

 

[3RRL]

Another great reason to keep a loaded bucket low during transport. From the looks of it, his bucket had to be 5' or 6' off the ground?

 

[johndeere_2320]

3RRL,

That was my thought immediately when I saw the post, traveling with a load well off the ground, hit a dip and it flipped towards the front. If this is the case, be sure to tell your friend, if transporting weight to keep it very low/almost against the ground. Alternatively, if he had tried to turn with a load transporting it well above the ground, then the picture would have been of that new 2305 on it's side.

I sure hope he has learned a valuable lesson about the need for BALLAST

 

[Egon]

Ahh -- It's a posed photo.

I can do that with my Kubota B7100 anytime I want.

 

[JDFANATIC]

I think someone was lucky. Perhaps from here on in he will practice safe work rules and pay attention to ballasting . . . I would also play the lottery, who knows, we might have a winner here.

 

[mikim]

Ahh -- It's a posed photo.

my impression as well..... if were gonna do that - I think it woulda have done it when first scooping the load --- still ... pretty funny...

 

[johndeere_2320]

At 50-hours, that position would make it handy for tranny service.

 

[rcmike]

I agree it looks staged. It does go to show just how front heavy smaller tractors are with the loader. My 4010 would probably do the same thing easily, though I don't want to try it!