What Attachment Scares You The Most?

[bcp]

This, if I had it.

Bruce

 

[CalG]

This, if I had it.

Bruce

You OBVIOUSLY didn't hang with the same crowd I did.
;-)

 

[newbury]

The operator (me).

I wanted to make this joke, but nothing was coming to me.

Mad that I could have been so careless and let that happen.

Oosik got it. Minor mistakes can mean major damage.

 

[sandman2234]

he his being dramatic... I think form now on every picture I take with my tractor I am taking my ROP down.

I never take my ROPS down, not ever! I live in Florida where it is flat, and my sun shade is mounted to the ROPS which keeps the sun off of me!
David from jax

 

[garry1p]

The tractor itself anytime I'm on an incline.
Seat belt on, ROPS up still don't like that tipsy feeling.

 

[DarkBlack]

Not a tractor, but every machine is a safe operation compared to this.
His name is “Lefty”
But at least he has hearing protection. Very safety conscious

 

[Runner]

Why keeping your fingers away from the knives when raising the cutter bar is the biggest operator issue.

Critters on the ground is a separate matter.

In reality the PTO shaft on any equipment warrants continuous respect.

If I had a sickle bar, THAT would be my scariest attachment, no question about it (but I still want one).

 

[oosik]

Those old buzz saws. Used to cut firewood. Flat belt driven off a large flywheel on a tractor.

 

[dieselscout80]

Those old buzz saws. Used to cut firewood. Flat belt driven off a large flywheel on a tractor.

That is a very dangerous piece of equipment.

 

[Rockbadchild]

I was curious what the Net had to say, so we are pretty much on point, the only one that didn't came out was the manure spreader.

 

[ruffdog]

Believe it or not, my weight box scares me the most. It is the heaviest attachment I have (809 lbs), and if it falls, it is going to do some damage to anything it hits. I usually keep it on a wooden dolly with steel casters, and moving it around, even on the concrete floor is scary to me because I have had casters fail before. I am deathly afraid of having my feet or any other body part anywhere close to that box.

With a dolly that is designed correctly and made with quality parts, there should be no problems...on a smooth floor. I agree with some posters about the 3pt post hole augers being awkward to mount/unmount. Since I now have an overhead hoist to lift and lower the heavy gearbox, it is much safer. My 3pt tiller was also a bit awkward before I made stands for it to sit on.

 

[MossRoad]

Believe it or not, my weight box scares me the most. It is the heaviest attachment I have (809 lbs), and if it falls, it is going to do some damage to anything it hits. I usually keep it on a wooden dolly with steel casters, and moving it around, even on the concrete floor is scary to me because I have had casters fail before. I am deathly afraid of having my feet or any other body part anywhere close to that box.View attachment 1159275

What Attachment Scares You The Most?

My brush cutter and chainsaw tie for first place.

 

[rumwrks]

For specifically tractor related issues that I know that have actually maimed and/or killed people the list is:

• 2 tractor rollovers causing death (one was mowing with a swather on a hillside, I was pretty young and can't 100% remember why the other happened. I know both took a while before someone found them and they figure it .. took a while..)
• 2 missing limbs from square baler accidents (one hand crushed to amputation and another person with an arm ripped off)
• 1 broken neck with near miraculous survival from standing in a loader bucket
• 1 severe maiming from being caught in a PTO shaft
• A handful of severed fingers or missing finger tips from pinch points, fan belts, radiator fans (my grandpa's fingers on one hand were straight across from that), etc..

I also know two people who have lost parts of fingers to high lift jacks and one guy who had his jaw broken/face pretty disfigured from one where it slipped and the handle kicked back.

So I guess for me I've grown to have a healthy respect for anything with moving parts that can pinch, slip, turn, roll over.. we are all kind of soft squishy meat bags and although we do bounce pretty well - at least when younger - it also doesn't take a whole lot when things go pear shaped.

 

[masseyrider]

I knew a guy that was into fast cars before he was a teenager.
Stole his father's car when he was 11 just to go for a joy ride.
He burnt a full tank of gas and most of the rubber off the tires.
As a teen he didn't have insurance because he couldn't afford it and his parents insurance wouldn't touch him. Just too many speeding tickets etc.
Fast cars?
Just name anything with a V8 that came out of Detroit.
If it was fast he made it faster.
I never rode with him after he took me for a ride in an 1100hp Corvette.
He scared the S-hit out of me.
He died a few years ago when his Ford 3000 rolled into a shallow drainage ditch while mowing in low gear.
Just something ironic aboot that.

 

[Jstpssng]

Modern Era. Post hole digger. Back in the day I never even wanted to be close to a Dearborn mower Attachment!

I just bought a Ford 501... I won't use it much but the price was right. You are right, it can take a finger off without even hooking it up to a tractor.

I still use one, I definitely tie up the dogs when I am using it

See above. Also my bush hog and tiller. They each will kick rocks where and when you least expect it.

I never take my ROPS down, not ever! I live in Florida where it is flat, and my sun shade is mounted to the ROPS which keeps the sun off of me!
David from jax

Ditto here, except for the part about living in Florida. That shade is great, although slightly beaten up from getting too close to trees.

Those old buzz saws. Used to cut firewood. Flat belt driven off a large flywheel on a tractor.

My father loved those and couldn't understand why anybody would stand on a pile cutting wood with a chainsaw.

It was the first thing we sold after he passed away.

 

[Too many Kubotas]

I suppose it could be classified as an implement since the knuckle boom crane on my Unimog is a detachable "implement". And the Unimog itself can certainly be regarded as a tractor.

Anyway, OSHA would have a conniption fit if they saw this (deemed okay for military usage) setup. At first I was very slow and deliberate when operating it, but I think we all become more complacent after operating something for a while.

Actually, it's not so much using the crane itself. While there's still plenty that could go wrong, it's stowing it back into travel position that can get quite dicey. You kinda have to stick your head in there to see if everything is ending up where it should - while it's all minimizing/eliminating that head space.

 

[oosik]

I can still hear the sound of that old buzz saw. In the fall - the farmer was cutting up his old, non-productive apple trees for firewood.

We lived almost half a mile away and could still hear that whine.

I didn't know what that sound was - at first. My Dad did and said he would go up there so I could see it. He told me - never get near that thing - running or not. Strange - that was one time I listened to him.

I know - it sure frightened me.

 

[dstig1]

For specifically tractor related issues that I know that have actually maimed and/or killed people the list is:

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• A handful of severed fingers or missing finger tips from pinch points, fan belts, radiator fans (my grandpa's fingers on one hand were straight across from that), etc..

Something about this choice of phrase made me cringe extra.

 

[Runner]

With a dolly that is designed correctly and made with quality parts, there should be no problems...on a smooth floor.

I use these casters from TS on most of my dollies.

https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/titan-casters-3-in-sintered-iron-plate-swivel-caster

Not the most expensive, not super cheap either, but at 300lb capacity each, four should be able to handle an 800lb box. Worst thing is, they bind up when I'm trying to turn it and I have to be really careful not to put too much side load on them for fear they might come apart (like the cheap Harbor Freight ones do).

 

[Citydude]

Not a tractor, but every machine is a safe operation compared to this.
His name is “Lefty”
But at least he has hearing protection. Very safety conscious

OSHA approved I'm sure