Tractor pulling safety

[bones1]

Do NOT hook your tractor up like these folks did.I was un aware it was so easy to flip if hooked up wrong.Newbies please read.
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/tractor1.html

 

[Soundguy]

Pulling at any point above the rear axle is asking for trouble..

Also.. and ice safety tip. If starting your tractor on frozen ground.. put in reverse and back out in case tires are froze to the ground..

Soundguy

 

[RonMar]

You can also do similar backwards with a 4X4 tractor and the tow chain attached to a raised FEL. IF the pull angle gets off to one side or the other you can roll the tractor on it's side.

 

[wilkesland]

You can also do similar backwards with a 4X4 tractor and the tow chain attached to a raised FEL. IF the pull angle gets off to one side or the other you can roll the tractor on it's side.

I understand why what you describe might be dangerous -seems very easy to roll a tractor with a loaded raised bucket.

My technique for pulling logs out of the weeds where I can get to them has been to fasten a chain to a hook mounted on the top of my FEL bucket, bucket lowered to just clear the ground, and slowly backup. Seems safe to me, but that is why I am making this post - I might be missing something.

Is this a safe way to skid a log for a short distance i.e. 20-30 feet?

 

[ovrszd]

Pulling at any point above the rear axle is asking for trouble..

Also.. and ice safety tip. If starting your tractor on frozen ground.. put in reverse and back out in case tires are froze to the ground..

Soundguy

Are you saying your 7610 has enough power to turn over backwards the moment you let the clutch out if the tires are frozen down???

Sorry Soundguy, I just had to say that!!! Unless you have left it buried to the axle for a week in sub-freezing temps, I can't imagine that the tires would be stuck to the ground solid enough to tip the tractor over backwards.

I agree that hooking above the axle can be dangerous. But there are many times that I have had to use that leverage to accomplish the task. Just takes caution and constant awareness!!!

 

[Soundguy]

7610s have enough power? Without a doubt. I can take off in 8th gear toting a 15' mower down the road, and not slip the clutch hasrdly at all... governor keeps that big diesel spun up pretty nicely.. Blows a second of black smoke and then we are off.. I have no doubt that if the tires were somehow fixed down.. or i had chained the toplink to a tree that that diesel would spin over until the rops caught.. and it might not take more than a second... with the chassie rotating around an axle..

Actually.. i was thinking more like my 8n.. and I've seen a N stand straight up trying to pull a stump.. happened in less than a blink of an eye.

My 7610s couldn't freeze and backflip. completely over for 3 reasons.. 1, I have a rops.. 2 & 3 are the 10' or 15' mower I keep on back. All these would stall the backflip... Not to mention that I don't pull from above the rear axle.. and can't think of a good reason to.

Soundguy

 

[ovrszd]

7610s have enough power? Without a doubt. I can take off in 8th gear toting a 15' mower down the road, and not slip the clutch hasrdly at all... governor keeps that big diesel spun up pretty nicely.. Blows a second of black smoke and then we are off.. I have no doubt that if the tires were somehow fixed down.. or i had chained the toplink to a tree that that diesel would spin over until the rops caught.. and it might not take more than a second... with the chassie rotating around an axle..

Actually.. i was thinking more like my 8n.. and I've seen a N stand straight up trying to pull a stump.. happened in less than a blink of an eye.

My 7610s couldn't freeze and backflip. completely over for 3 reasons.. 1, I have a rops.. 2 & 3 are the 10' or 15' mower I keep on back. All these would stall the backflip... Not to mention that I don't pull from above the rear axle.. and can't think of a good reason to.

Soundguy

Yep, I think the 7610 has a great power curve!!! Just giving you crap about that!!!

But, as far as a tractor accidently tipping over backwards because the tires were frozen down,,, not happening. Even the 7610 doesn't have enough power to tip over backwards if the tires are solidly fastened to the ground without winding it up and dumping the clutch. Not exactly the normal behavior found when moving a tractor for the first time that day.

As for a reason to pull above the axle, the percent of increase of dead pull your 7610 will accomplish with all four tires on the ground compared to having the front tires a foot off the ground is gigantic!!! Maybe the engineers can figure out exactly how much, but I'm gonna guess a 300% increase. Might not be the ideal situation, but if done properly is safe. Have you ever been to a tractor pulling contest??

 

[RoyJackson]

"But, as far as a tractor accidently tipping over backwards because the tires were frozen down,,, not happening."

Actually, it did happen in Nebraska if I recall the article correctly. The farmer had left his tractor out in a field. After starting, he selected a lower gear and the tractor pivoted around the rear axle.
The article was similar to the CDC link in the first post of this thread. I read it in 2002 or 2003.

 

[ovrszd]

"But, as far as a tractor accidently tipping over backwards because the tires were frozen down,,, not happening."

Actually, it did happen in Nebraska if I recall the article correctly. The farmer had left his tractor out in a field. After starting, he selected a lower gear and the tractor pivoted around the rear axle.
The article was similar to the CDC link in the first post of this thread. I read it in 2002 or 2003.

That's not accidental!!! that's repeatedly yanking the front wheels off the ground in an attempt to get unstuck and not realizing how close to going over he actually was. I'll bet it didn't happen on the first try. Would have been insane to watch I'm sure!!!

 

[shane]

Soundguy, I would think you would have a #4 and it would be that you live in central Florida where you don't get enough freeze to stick a tricycle much less a tractor . Am I wrong?