Tractor shakes anyone?!?

[Fuddy1952]

It's hard to see in pictures but through my woods is an old road I use, I've cut a few dead trees, and near end I want to turn and go uphill. We've had rain so the ground is soft. There's some narrow spots near the creek. One coming back the tractor wanted to slide toward creek. I swung backhoe uphill thinking that would help but seemed to make it worse. Then I could see the bank crumbling away on downhill side. I had put a tree along bank so I eased front bucket down touching it and went through praying. Back tire was coming up a little, uphill side.
When it dries out better I'll put dirt in downhill side.
I'm still shaking!!!!!

 

[YLee Kioti]

(Using Elvis inner voice) Awww Maaaahn....... hope your done spitting foam....glad you on solid ground now......

Been using BB and Grader Blade to reduce the high tops along creek and the four trenches the previous owner dug out to burn brush.

Yeah the lean angle backing up to cut left me white knuckled fatigued.....so now got the trenches filled and the high tops skimmed down.....

So can relate....nothing like soft black gumbo giving out underneath yah......

Hope yah had a few cold beers, you know to handle the shakes....lol...

 

[RNeumann]

Thx for sharing! It is hard to swing that BH arm down hill in that situation. Having to trust it will “catch” you doesn’t sound too hard to do....until
you actually go to do it.

I was taking a class from a Special Forces Medic. He had a lot of good sayings. The one that applies here is “I was shaking more than a dog pooping (the other word) broken glass”

 

[BrokenTrack]

It takes a lot to roll a tractor over...and that is by design, and shear physics.

It is pretty east to put them up on three wheels which induces the "pucker factor" for the operator, but if they did not do that, they would break traction all the time when working.

So they tip up on three wheels, the front axle hits the frame, and most of the time they stop at that point. Steep inclines, speed, or off-set weights is what makes them go over.

I have only done it once in some 40 years of operating a tractor, and that includes being a boom mower operator on road ditches. In that job every day there is a "pucker factor moment". Still, when I rolled my Kubota over, it went over so slowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww, I just stepped off the tractor as it went over. Literally, stepped out on the ground and walked away as it flopped. It was almost surreal.

For those that care about such details; I just took the skidder and flopped it back on its four wheels again.

 

[Citydude]

Definitely brings “ creepy feelings” into play as you teeter on the downhill tires....

 

[Gary Fowler]

I know the feeling of bank sloughing off. I had to get my other tractor to drag my B26 out of my pond when I hit "quicksand like area". Suddenly the water side just sunk into the ground. The floor boards were setting in the mud on the water side with tractor at near 45 degree angle and the backhoe wouldn't pick it up out of the mud for some reason. I was afraid it was going into the pond on it's side, so I used my P7010 to just drag it sideways out of the mud. Broke the bead on a front tire and filled it with mud in the process but no other damage. Had to remove the rim and use a hose to wash all the mud out before airing it back up.

Your tractor could have easily rolled over into the creek if the bank had slipped off which can happen when the soil is wet after a rain, especially on a hill. IT works similar to a snow slide.

 

[ovrszd]

For me, first consideration when entering the timber is soil conditions. This time of year it's hidden frost buried under thawed ground cover. Not pretty.

 

[stuckmotor]

For a second there, I thought you were going to say you anchored the tractor to the hill with the backhoe bucket to stop the slide. Glad you're OK.

 

[Fuddy1952]

I remember something someone here said months ago, keep heavy end uphill, good advice.
I can go straight downhill comfortably and back straight uphill no problem.
There are tricky situations where you can't steer and cases where the right speed is critical, too slow or fast is bad.

 

[Henro]

It takes a lot to roll a tractor over...and that is by design, and shear physics.

Not on the planet I live on. Tip or roll yours once and report back how hard it was...

Personally, after tipping mine ONCE on its side (after owning and using it over ten years) I came to understand how EASY it is to do.

 

[ovrszd]

Not on the planet I live on. Tip or roll yours once and report back how hard it was...

Personally, after tipping mine ONCE on its side (after owning and using it over ten years) I came to understand how EASY it is to do.

When you least expect it.

 

[Thomas]

"I swung backhoe"
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Take the backhoe cut into bank level off spots with concerns.

 

[Cat_Driver]

Shakes you mean CHITS. I would need to change my underwear after that ride

 

[Richard]

I have no desire to be anywhere close to this situation. Glad you came out unscathed.

(this is photo I found on internet years ago)

 

[cdaigle430]

Tractors have no suspension so its so easy to tip them even when you least expect it. Always respect them, I should be practicing what I preach here. I have a subcompact that is just shy of 3,000 pounds of steal. If that flips over on top of me-end of story. If you do not respect that the tractor can kill you in the blink of an eye-get rid of it.

I did not respect my motorcycle enough and had one too many close calls-i got rid of it. My ATV is the same way but I wear safety gear and I have had a rollover in it. My ATV has a suspension made for adverse terrain but the rollover happened just like that and when I least expected it. My safety gear not only saved me but it keeps my ATVing.