Tractor Rollover Demo Pictures and Videos

[cqaigy2]

Oh geezzzz now i have another utube black hole to go down in.

 

[nebraskasparks]

Here is a link to the tractor rollover demo pictures and videos that we keep talking about in many forums here on TBN. There are five pages of information there, many pictures and videos. Please read them all, look at the pictures and watch the videos. I'll make this a sticky post for now so that it stays at the top of the Safety Forum for a while.

Tractor Overturn, H.J. Sommer III

Hey MossRoad!
I haven’t been in the site for a few years but I’m retired now

I went to the link on this sticky thread about tractor rollovers etc and nothing is coming up???

Let me know if it’s my lack of internet skills

Greg

 

[MossRoad]

Welcome back!

16 year old link.

Here's a fresh one...

Tractor Overturn, H.J. Sommer III

 

[Offroadtek]

Welcome back!

16 year old link.

Here's a fresh one...

Tractor Overturn, H.J. Sommer III

Thanks for the link. Can you update the one on the first page with this link? I had to scroll through the whole thread hoping for an updated link. =)

 

[MossRoad]

Done!

 

[Rockbadchild]

As a kind (14 year old ish) I was driving at full speed on a gravel road with my dad old international tractor and I was going around pot holes with front left wheel because it was throwing water directly on me and I got too close to the ditch and got suck in, I never slowed down ( I had hard time pushing the clutch down) drove in the ditch for a bit until I decided to climb to the other side, I made it but to this day I can't believe I didn't flip it. If I would've flip it I could've die very easily, no ROPs or seat belt.

 

[RayIN]

I would like to know if tricycle tractors are really more prone to rollover or if it depends on the situation. Seems many of the older narrow front end ones where wider stance in the back as compared to their height. I know some people are really afraid of narrow FE tractors but some old farmers say its hogwash about the greater rollover potential.

Yes row crop tractors are more prone to roll-overs on hillsides. If you must turn a row-crop tractor down a hillside you slow and turn as fast as you can.
That's the same reason the Feds eliminated the production of Honda trike ATC's 40 years ago. Today trike ATC's and on-road have 2 wheels in front, with one drive wheel in back.
My oldest girl rolled hers in our yard, she turned too sharp. luckily she was unharmed.
I sold it the next week.

Next time you're in a store with handicap scooters having 1 wheel in front, note the small tip-over wheels beside the front wheel. That says a lot.

 

[Renze]

Today trike ORV's and on-road have 2 wheels in front, with one drive wheel in back.

Terragators dont

 

[RayIN]

Terragators dont

Yup, and with a top speed of 41 MPH. They are not used on hillsides as far as I Know.

 

[RayIN]

Of course a three wheeler is more unstable than a four wheeler if everything else is the same.

exactly! That is the reason Honda had to stop producing their ATC .
People keep referring to dropping a wheel in a hole on a hillside, IMO the greater risk is running over a large rock or tree stump with the upper drive wheel. This causes that wheel to slip and turn faster than the lower wheel, this force propels the tractor up and further exacerbates the existing slope while adding momentum.