Man dies after being trapped under rear tires of his tractor

[jyoutz]

I have a ballast box i use when I think the item I am going to pick up exceeds 150 pounds. One will be surprised how quickly weight on the forks on a tractor will raise the rear wheels off the ground. Take pulling T-Post up for example. Hook a chain to one and start trying to lift and the rear wheels start trying to lift up and the post does not move.

Use your 3ph to pull posts, not your loader. Chain the post to a 3ph implement such as a blade and lift the hitch. No stability issues doing it this way.

 

[WinterDeere]

Use your 3ph to pull posts, not your loader. Chain the post to a 3ph implement such as a blade and lift the hitch. No stability issues doing it this way.

* as long as you're not sideways to a hill.

 

[etpm]

I was at a buddy's barn one day, he was showing me a horse he just bought. as I approached the stall he said, careful he bites.
Just then the horse pinned back his ears and poked his head over the wall.
I quickly grabbed his nose and gave it a hard twist, and screamed.
That horse jumped back and went to the far side of the stall.
My buddy said, why'd you do that?
I said, the horse now thinks I bit his nose, he'll think it over before biting again.
A few months later my buddy told me he thinks I cured the horse of biting people.

We gotta think like a horse to train one.

Back to the topic. Today I tried to lift a log with my FEL forks. I was on a gentle hillside and the LR wheel began to lift off the ground. I lowered the FEL, backed out, and reminded myself to never do that again.
Things happen in a heartbeat.

Years ago we were living on the beach and a cat that had been abandoned adopted my wife and I. He was fixed but was nevertheless on his own for quite some time and was sorta feral. So one day I was petting him as he lay on the couch and apparently I was petting him the wrong way. To show his displeasure he bit me. Not hard enough to break the skin but hard enough to hurt. So I grabbed one of his front paws, stuck it in my mouth (EWWW), and bore down with my teeth. I didn't bite hard, just hard enough to show my displeasure with him biting me. The cat never bit me again and we had a great relationship after that. It's funny what animals understand. He was the best cat we have ever had.
Eric