Man killed trying to separate PTO shaft with tractor

[Industrial Toys]

I don't recall that the tire matter was simply an issue of direction you want the most traction, but more application. Maybe better floatation, pulling the material inward rather than digging a rut and pushing it outwards.

 

[Wagtail]

I'm just guessing that if the rear tires are mounted incorrectly, with the tread facing the wrong way, they'd slip a lot easier going forward VS if they were mounted in the correct direction. The tires slipping may have prevented a rear flip over.

A lot of tractors around here have the tyres 'reversed' due to the steep gradients of their fields.

 

[Industrial Toys]

I read, they do that for hard surfaces too, but beats me, why.

 

[Jstpssng]

I seem to recall a similar discussion last winter when a poster said that they are mounted backward on manure spreaders because they wear a lot less. The same most likely is the case on pavement.

 

[Industrial Toys]

With a ground driven implement, it's also backwards.

 

[MossRoad]

Yes, and this is not the kind of story they would go out on. Staff and budgets are limited, so News Directors pick and choose which stories to send field reporters to. Unfortunately, they often only choose to send a camera operator to get footage without interviews. In the 70s and 80s, I can remember being on incident scenes in a big city and seeing multiple TV crews and several print reporters and photographers all scurrying around in different directions.

Sure it is. The reporters at our local TV stations and newspaper go out on these kind of stories all the time. Local news is their meat and potatoes.

 

[Jstpssng]

Sure it is. The reporters at our local TV stations and newspaper go out on these kind of stories all the time. Local news is their meat and potatoes.

You are fortunate. The "local" news stations and paper are 90 miles away in Bangor Me... but to read/watch their news one would think they are based in Portland, 100 miles farther south. I'm still trying to find out why the main artery through one town I drive through was shut down last Thursday. We can't even get a hard copy paper up here anymore, and their online version is so invasive that I refuse to use it. Besides, a subscription requires "autopayment", and that's a deal breaker for me.

 

[Industrial Toys]

I lament the fact that we have not had local TV coverage for a long time. But I guess some far away news piece that is more interesting (and entertaining) would trump their slow news days and community oriented coverage to the point of being financially unsustainable.

 

[goeduck]

How does the mounting of the rear tires make this application "stupid"?
How would it be safer if reversed?

My comment was a play on the post I was responding to. You would have to look at it in context. It was not intended to be serious.

 

[MossRoad]

You are fortunate. The "local" news stations and paper are 90 miles away in Bangor Me... but to read/watch their news one would think they are based in Portland, 100 miles farther south. I'm still trying to find out why the main artery through one town I drive through was shut down last Thursday. We can't even get a hard copy paper up here anymore, and their online version is so invasive that I refuse to use it. Besides, a subscription requires "autopayment", and that's a deal breaker for me.

You can't get a hard copy paper because, most likely, they'd lose money delivering it that far. Our paper used to cover 7 counties. We had some routes that were 70 miles! Once it gets to a point that there's so few customers on a route that they lose money transporting the paper out to those customers, they have to stop service out there. It sucks for loyal customers of 40, 50, even 60+ years. But that's the nature when you're on the tail end of a dying technology (printed news). Electronic is the only way they can go to reach those far out customers.

On another note, I don't understand people's aversion to autopayment. :confused3: We've been using it for 30+ years. Only problem we ever had was cancelling something (can't remember what). Took a few months, but we never lost a penny.