New TC40DA,,,2 mistakes so far!!

[jinman]

Very next day, farmer neighbor borrowed loader to spread a bit of gravel, hose blew, bucket dropped onto the road. No one hurt, of course.

Of course there is the remote possibility, but I'd bet that neighbor wasn't sitting still with a raised empty bucket. I'd bet the hose failed under load and while he was moving. Statistics would probably tell us it's more dangerous to drive your kids to the Dairy Queen than to stand under the unloaded bucket of a 1-year old tractor.

I guess my point is that danger is relative to risk. In my opinion there is more danger and risk taken by driving on a city street than what was done with the tractor. You have to do what you are comfortable with in any situation. If you want to take zero risk, then I can only applaud you.

 

[PineRidge]

I agree there is some risk, but in doing so, I have to say that there are thousands of people each day taking similar risks going up and down in manlift buckets. Our tractors even have a lock you can rotate on the joystick to ensure it is not pushed forward to drop the bucket. With a new tractor with new hoses and hydraulics, I think the chances of a catastrophic hydraulic failure in a static condition is very slim. After all, the loader stand requires you to go under the loader to fold it out. A failure while you are doing that would also result in getting crunched.

I've always thought about a hose popping while the bucket was raised. Maybe I'm overly sensitive, don't know, but I stand on one side of the loader or the other to remove or re-install parking stand pins & clips. I never get under the raised bucket. Everyone is always welcome to do what feels right in their own mind though.

 

[Breakhart_Farm]

Jim, I have the NH grille guard. I've never actually tried moving it with the bucket in the raised position. Mine has the lever that you pull and it releases two pins on either side of the unit. I unlocked it with the bucket in the down position. Then I raised the bucket and drove the tractor around a bit. I actually might have bent the line when I raised the bucket,,, now that I think of it, the the bottom line (there are two that run together) was bent down towards the ground, so it happened when I was raising the bucket. Some pretty good detective work here. We should get jobs working for the insurance companies. Now that I remember, I noticed the bent line when I had the FEL raised up high and was off the tractor.

 

[sandman2234]

Heck, I probably made two mistakes TODAY.
Yep, probably at least two.
David from jax

 

[whitetiger]

You must be living right, at our dealership we replace a few failed loader hoses under warranty every year. Luckly no one that I know of has been seriusly hurt yet.

Of course there is the remote possibility, but I'd bet that neighbor wasn't sitting still with a raised empty bucket. I'd bet the hose failed under load and while he was moving. Statistics would probably tell us it's more dangerous to drive your kids to the Dairy Queen than to stand under the unloaded bucket of a 1-year old tractor.

I guess my point is that danger is relative to risk. In my opinion there is more danger and risk taken by driving on a city street than what was done with the tractor. You have to do what you are comfortable with in any situation. If you want to take zero risk, then I can only applaud you.