loader incident

mlmartin · Jun 21, 2001

No harm done, but I thought I would share my experience.

I was using my FEL (JD 440 on a JD 870) to enlarge a half swale that I had cut a few feet too short. I was digging into the exposed embankment with the corner of the FEL bucket. Things were going pretty well and I got into a rhythm (that was my mistake). I dug in and lifted, but the embankment didn't come up, the rear wheels did/w3tcompact/icons/shocked.gif

I was wearing the seatbelt (I nearly always do when using the FEL) and I let go of the control fast enough to stop all motion before it got out of hand, but it was a scary moment. I don't really know if the FEL is capable of flipping the tractor over, but I don't want to find out the hard way.

Matthew

Bird · Jun 21, 2001

Matthew, I've scared myself several times that way, and have no doubt at all that the FEL could flip the tractor over.

Bird

skent · Jun 21, 2001

I had something similar when trying to pick up a bucket load of stone. I went to back out of the pile (in 2WD) and the tractor wouldn't move. I didn't have enough weight on the rear to move, just kept spinnin'. I dumped the load and got some Ballast Ballast Ballast!

Steve