Stupid moments and a new tractor.

[Blue2Orange]

Downsized from a compact NH to the Kubota BX. Stupid moments = events that should not occur.

1st are you that stupid moment. NH had a single rocker pedal. Brake pedal positioned where the forward pedal is on the BX. When needing to stop going in reverse I hit the BX's forward pedal. Bit of a jerky stop. At least I didn't hit what I would of if continuing in reverse. Enough seat hours now on the BX that this moment shouldn't t happen.

3rd moment. Yesterday while spreading new gravel on the driveway all of a sudden could barely move in reverse. Back to garage thinking. Poo. Looked down. The knob that keeps the grill attached had fallen off. Rolled under the reverse pedal preventing full movement. Not fully tightening the knob was moment #2. Luckily the knob didn't end up somewhere on the driveway buried under new gravel.

 

[85Hokie]

Well at least you didnt drop a large log on your hood and place a dent in it........ within HOUR 1 !!!!!! BTDT

 

[dirtydeed]

When I saw the thread title I was willing to bet that you were about to describe how you took out the garage door header with the ROPS. That will come...someday.

 

[RCW]

Heck - - I had the rear wheels WAY off the ground within first 2 minutes of use of the loader....

Thankfully kept rubber side down. I had some operating experience which helped. Had to remember it wasn't a Case 580K....

Off topic a little, buddy used to joke he rode his Kawasaki behind the group of his Harley Davidson friends.

He would pick up the parts that fell off the H-D's....

I bought a new Harley in 2005. First ride, I was leaving a town and accelerating.

Missed a shift...twice...thought lack of practice.

Look down and my shifter peg fell off!!!! Bike had 10 miles on it.....

Could hook the shifter arm with my shoe but was a challenge.

Rode 10 more miles home and stopped at my local hardware store. Owner and I fashioned a cheap and rustic peg out of 1/4" pipe nipple.

Used it for several months and kept it 20 years....

 

[William1]

When I saw the thread title I was willing to bet that you were about to describe how you took out the garage door header with the ROPS. That will come...someday.

Done it once with the Kubota. Fortunately, it was just mangled metal cover over the header and I had a guy coming in a week to do other trim work so....

And I did it once with the wife's car (garage door was not fully opened.) That was a $1,500 insurance claim!!!

New shop has a 10' high door. I still look as I go under to make sure the 2' clearance is enough.....

 

[dirtydeed]

Done it once with the Kubota. Fortunately, it was just mangled metal cover over the header and I had a guy coming in a week to do other trim work so....

Ditto. I got my old BX23 stuck in the garage door. Took me about 10 seconds to figure out why I couldn't move forward with the tractor any further. Thought I had a transmission issue. Then I looked up. ROPS was wedged under the garage door header. Dropped the air in the rear tires to get it loose.

 

[Blue2Orange]

When I saw the thread title I was willing to bet that you were about to describe how you took out the garage door header with the ROPS. That will come...someday.

More or less did that with compact NH. Had ~1cm of clearance below the garage door bottom lift/pull down handle. One cold winter day the ROPS clipped it somehow messing up the torsion spring system. Cleared the driveway and then proceeded to reset the torsion spring by trial and error. BX is tiny. Plenty of clearance above the ROPS. Plus I removed the handle on the garage door. To short to reach and a pain in the back bending over to pull up. Useless handle except for catching ROPS.