Random you tube find-Don't load your tractor this way!!

[OntheRidge]

 

[Lil Foot]

You could see that coming a mile off.
If he would have driven the tractor all the way forward, it probably would have put the truck's rear wheels back on the ground and it might have stopped.

 

[D2Cat]

That demonstrates why a trailer needs support at the rear, whether it's attached to the trailer or feet on the ramps. Something needs to keep the weight from lifting the rear of the tow vehicle.

 

[Henro]

That demonstrates why a trailer needs support at the rear, whether it's attached to the trailer or feet on the ramps. Something needs to keep the weight from lifting the rear of the tow vehicle.

This is certainly true.

Would wheel chocks on the trailer or front wheels of the truck made a difference?

 

[WI_Hedgehog]

It's because he was driving an LS tractor painted in Ford color onto a Chevy. Definitely.

Whatever he did, putting it in Reverse would have reversed what he did...
...and that's something to tell your son: "When in doubt, pull out."
Because if that guy had that mentality he wouldn't have had to do the Humpty Dumpty run.

 

[dirtydeed]

Because if that guy had that mentality he wouldn't have had to do the Humpty Dumpty run.

But that was the best part of the video...I really loved the dismount at the end of the show...that was just priceless.

 

[Runs With Scissors]

Hahahah........I'm glad he was not hurt, but that was "classic"


I use one of those brake holding tools to activate my front brakes when I load up.

I agree with @dirtydeed That dismount was priceless.......

 

[rc51stierhoff]

Thanks for that…that was great on a Monday.

1. I was impressed by a couple things…first the amount of flex in the trailer deck. Second, how quickly he rolled out of the face plant to get back up and run after the truck…there are a lot of college football players could learn from how he rolled and got back after it instead of laying there waiting for someone to throw a flag.

2. At least he turned the hazard lights on…probably needs to get a set for his person.

 

[mcmxi]

Whatever he did, putting it in Reverse would have reversed what he did...

A friend of mine up here is a pilot and also a flight instructor and he mentioned that pilots (the good ones) already have a plan in place in the event that something goes wrong. They've thought about what could go wrong and have gone through the checklist of actions to take in such an event. If you've thought about it, there's a better chance that you'll fall back to that rather than simply reacting and making a spur of the moment decision which might be a bad or dangerous one. I think this is a good strategy for many situations in life.

This guy should never have ran after the truck, trailer and tractor. He was probably thinking that he could get the driver's door open, jump in and stop it. As funny as it was, he was lucky not to have been crushed to death.

I chock the front wheels of my truck if I have any doubts when loading up a trailer.

 

[Dustball]

That's one way to grade the driveway.

 

[PHPaul]

We call that "trailer surfing".

It's why my big trailer has jacks welded onto the back.

 

[Speed25]

Man, he got lucky the tractor didn't tip sideways and land on him at the end, that thing was up on two wheels.

I don't think wheel chocks on the truck would've helped in this case since he was on gravel. Maybe would've helped on the trailer...

 

[Daren Todd]

I gotta add my two cents to this

 

[#40Fan]

It's because he was driving an LS tractor painted in Ford color onto a Chevy. Definitely.

Whatever he did, putting it in Reverse would have reversed what he did...
...and that's something to tell your son: "When in doubt, pull out."
Because if that guy had that mentality he wouldn't have had to do the Humpty Dumpty run.

It was a Ford.

 

[Trimley]

Whoopsie

 

[Trimley]

It's because he was driving an LS tractor painted in Ford color onto a Chevy. Definitely.

Whatever he did, putting it in Reverse would have reversed what he did...
...and that's something to tell your son: "When in doubt, pull out."
Because if that guy had that mentality he wouldn't have had to do the Humpty Dumpty run.

I was in a very similar situation. I worked for an off-road road building crew. At the end of our job, the driver of one of our dumptrucks, brought the equipment trailer so I could load the D6 and go to the next worksite. He had the truck and trailer staged and ready for me to drive on. Backing on was always the way. As soon as I was on the deck, the truck and trailer began forward motion down the incline of the road. Once I realized this, I drove partially off the trailer and dropped the blade with down force. Luckily the motion stopped.

Shit happens. The drivers ass got saved that day. The dozer and myself, had it not stopped, I had plans to drive off entirely...lol.

None of the crew let that ever get announced. Nothing to see here...let's go home.

 

[dirtydeed]

I use a pair of these...on one side of my trailer. They are tied together with a piece of rope. Pretty simple. They ride inside of the mini bucket strapped to the trailer so they are always ready for use.

I DO NOT chock the wheels of the tow vehicle...if you ever have to uncouple the trailer from the tow vehicle (like to run for materials) you'll find out why...

 

[NCL4701]

Due to my pre-retirement work, I’ve been involved in cleaning up the aftermath of several runaways like the video. Always kind of thought it takes quite a series of failures to have one that catastrophic: 2WD truck or trans not locked and in 4WD, no wheel chocks, no support under back of trailer, equipment driver doesn’t move on or off further to shift weight and put truck back on ground. Takes a lot of distraction/negligence/stupid to pull it off. But… I came very close to doing the same myself once so my criticism is limited.

My trailer has slide in ramps so SOP is support the rear with jack stands, chock trailer tires, and have the truck in park in 4WD when loading/unloading. 98% of the time I do the whole thing alone. Went to a church work day where there were about 60 guys and a few women, including my wife. Some brought equipment and some without. Part of the work was moving trees and boulders so I brought my L with grapple (and a pile of other stuff not common to suburbanite garages). The guy in charge split us into groups with each equipment owner/operator leading a group for a specific task. He was briefing each of 4 groups in turn. Wasn’t my group’s turn so instead of staring at the clouds, I start to unload the tractor.

While I’m doing that, the guys in my group and my wife are talking to me and each other, asking me questions, and generally being normal people. I chocked the trailer tires, had the truck in 4WD and park, but (100% my fault) got distracted and didn’t put the jack stands under the back of the trailer. About the time the rear wheels went off the trailer and onto the ramps, the back of the truck came off the ground. Immediately went from easing backward to full speed reverse. Thankfully was in medium range so it was pretty quick and the truck didn’t raise much before returning to earth. The whole rig slid forward about 6” despite the chocks, which was enough for the ramps to make an un-ignorably loud screechy grinding sound on the asphalt. Of course everyone stopped to stare at me with a “what was that stupidity” stare. I answered their clear, yet unspoken, question with, “Yeah, I meant to do that.” Which no one, including me, believed but at least a few found humorous. Rest of the day went well. Haven’t forgotten the jack stands since.

 

[Lil Foot]

My dump trailer has drop down jacks on the rear.
(expand the 2nd pic to see jacks)

 

[WFM]

Thoses Canadians.....