Tractor Disasters and Owner Abuse

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fried1765

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Kubota L48 TLB, Ford 1920 FEL, Ford 8N, SCAG Liberty Z, Gravely Pro.
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DustyRusty said:
Most likely not, because if he were reading these forums he would have known not to have the loader in the air nor would we have the picture to prove that he hasn't learned what to do and how to do it. I have learned that just because you think you can do something, sometimes you are better off not taking the gamble.
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If the guy tries to restart that tractor after tipping it back up, and doing nothing else,......he then will have lost a really big "gamble"!
 
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DustyRusty

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What a novel way to wash your mower or was the operator attempting to cut the pond weeds?

Mower in pond.jpg
 
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KubotaHawg

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Yanmar CC said:
My dad’s was similar (and for pickups) and was that you use 2wd going, if you get where you can’t go further, 4wd is to get back home.
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I have an equally wise father that told me the same thing. He always said using 4wd before you need it is going looking to get stuck. I rarely ever use it in my truck but wouldn’t own a tractor without it however.
 
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jaxs

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I once came onto my neighbor and his new 3032 John Deere on the verge of falling into a gully alongside our gravel county road. When the old man moved the tractor moved so he was afraid to try getting off. A neighbor lady was there crying and praying but didn't know how to help. I used round bale twine to tie rops to my truck bumper and old man got off. He had been mowing public roadside when the tractor slide down the rock embankment. He was farming as far back as I can remember so he had plenty experience on tractors but probably never drove one that small. The lady drove him to fetch one of his big tractors,log chain and grandson who farmed place after the man retired. I stayed there to explain why my truck was crosswise in road tied to the tractor and instruct motorists to go up the farmers turnrow to get past. From time to time he gave me things he claimed to have no use for. When he passed a couple years later his daughter told me her dad wanted me to have the tractor because he felt him and the tractor would have been goners not for me. I told her I didn't deserve or need the little tractor but her and her son unloaded it in my yard following week and I traded it in on a new baler. Fast forward a few years and this old man decided a small tractor with fel might beat a shovel and wheelbarrow so I got a used B1750.
 
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My dad, not being even 0.0001% mechaincal, famous for his 'bent screwdriver' was fearless on his little B (no ROPS) back in the day. Mowed across a hill along a pond. I'd watch as he'd lean into the hill, wheels on the high side slightly lifting. I tried to explain but he'd have none of that. One day, he rolled it, and only bubbles seen in the water. It took two tow trucks, one backing down the hill tethered to the other and a guy in SCUBA to hook the tractor and pull it out. This was in the early 1980's and I think the tow was over a grand....
Imagine the trouble I'd of gotten into if it had been me....
 
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fried1765

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KubotaHawg said:
I have an equally wise father that told me the same thing. He always said using 4wd before you need it is going looking to get stuck. I rarely ever use it in my truck but wouldn’t own a tractor without it however.
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I understand that there are not many beaches in Arkansas, but along the Atlantic coast, it is almost always necessary to use 4WD to drive on the beach.
When I was 17, I often drove my '34 Ford on the beach, but it had 9:00x13 (fat) tires, and I did get stuck.
 
Flintknapper

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fried1765 said:
I understand that there are not many beaches in Arkansas, but along the Atlantic coast, it is almost always necessary to use 4WD to drive on the beach.
When I was 17, I often drove my '34 Ford on the beach, but it had 9:00x13 (fat) tires, and I did get stuck.
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The whole purpose of having 4WD is to enable you to 'reasonably' go places you could not traverse in 2WD. Not as a safety/rescue measure for using 2WD only.

Learn the capabilities of your 4WD, drive judiciously....and you'll avoid becoming stuck the majority of the time.
 
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Speed25

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Flintknapper said:
The whole purpose of having 4WD is to enable you to 'reasonably' go places you could not traverse in 2WD. Not as a safety/rescue measure for using 2WD only.

Learn the capabilities of your 4WD, drive judiciously....and you'll avoid becoming stuck the majority of the time.
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Huh, I thought 4wd was to get you places you really shouldn't be, and then having recovery equipment on hand was to get you back out when you got stuck... :ROFLMAO:
Hmm, wonder how hard a receiver winch install would be on my little BX... Probably easier than the alternator and battery upgrade, but Curtis sells a bolt-on, high-amp alternator kit for this tractor for the cab A/C units.
 
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Flintknapper

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Speed25 said:
Huh, I thought 4wd was to get you places you really shouldn't be, and then having recovery equipment on hand was to get you back out when you got stuck... :ROFLMAO:
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Well it can work that way too. ;)

Often times depending on the ability of the operator to make 'good judgments'.

I have certainly been stuck in some of my 4WD drive vehicles over the years. But in those 50+ years I can honestly say it was probably less than a dozen times.

I have a Brother in Law however that can (and does) bury his truck, tractor, 4 wheeler almost daily. But I think he also gets up each morning and eats a big bowl of 'stupid'.

There are two camps on the subject. Those who will only use 2WD until things get sketchy....and THEN engage 4WD to get out. Those who engage 4WD BEFORE you need it and then continue on judiciously.

Its a free country. Everyone pick which one works best for you. (y)
 
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