Tractor Disasters and Owner Abuse

[DustyRusty]

This thread is going to remind you of the things that you see at your favorite Walmart except with BX tractors. I found these pictures on various Facebook BX groups.

 

[85Hokie]

I think Forest Gump said it best :

"Stupid is as stupid does!"

The ones with the backhoe have a chance of getting out - but using the FEL in that MUCK would be tough to get out easily.

 

[ctfjr]

I'm not sure but I don't think this is limited just to BX operators

 

[GreensvilleJay]

Bet #1 wishes he'd removed the lawnmower deck .....
#2 and 3 are a test of having patience, and some sections of 2by12 handy.....

 

[The Evil Twin]

As my dad onec said "when the axle drags the dirt, it is time to stop mashing the stupid pedal"
That advice has saved me more than once!

 

[GreensvilleJay]

Taking the log way home ?

 

[The Evil Twin]

Taking the log way home ?

Wooden you know it!

 

[GreensvilleJay]

Better Spruce up your replies or else be left out on a limb, Pineing away...

 

[Grandad4]

As a teenager back when Eisenhower was President, I once buried a Ferguson TO-20 in mud like that, along with the loaded manure spreader it was pulling. Having to use a pitchfork to unload the spreader, which I had just loaded the same way, taught me to be plenty cautious when heading onto soggy, soft ground. Hope those BX pilots learned similar lessons.

 

[The Evil Twin]

Better Spruce up your replies or else be left out on a limb, Pineing away...

Son of a birch. I think ya got me.

 

[DustyRusty]

You jokesters are just a cut above.

 

[Yanmar CC]

As my dad onec said "when the axle drags the dirt, it is time to stop mashing the stupid pedal"
That advice has saved me more than once!
View attachment 126220

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.

 

[DustyRusty]

This one the operator claims that the ground was wet and the tractor lost its footing and rolled over. I believe that he was thrown from the tractor and he survived without injury. He admitted that he wasn't wearing a seat belt. I have a theory as to what happened, but I will hold my thoughts.

 

[mikester]

This one the operator claims that the ground was wet and the tractor lost its footing and rolled over. I believe that he was thrown from the tractor and he survived without injury. He admitted that he wasn't wearing a seat belt. I have a theory as to what happened, but I will hold my thoughts.

View attachment 126254

LOL flipped it driving around with the loader up and a piece of firewood in the bucket

Some guys can operate a piece of equipment for decades, others break everything they touch

 

[The Evil Twin]

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.

Mine actually told me that very same thing also. Then he told me to lock the hubs before going off road. Unless I wanted to get out in the muck and lock them when I got stuck.

 

[GreensvilleJay]

True offroaders have their winch on the back bumper NOT the front. Up fron ,it's for show. Out back it'll get you OUT of the mess you drove into.
Would like to know how the tractor laid down on the left in #13. Ground seems fairly stable. Looks real new too !

 

[Tughill Tom]

All of them except the 1st one, still have that New Tractor Shine on them......LOL

 

[GSD-Keegan]

This one the operator claims that the ground was wet and the tractor lost its footing and rolled over. I believe that he was thrown from the tractor and he survived without injury. He admitted that he wasn't wearing a seat belt. I have a theory as to what happened, but I will hold my thoughts.

View attachment 126254

Dusty. Please share your thoughts on this . Loader could have been lower, but doesn’t look excessively high. ?? Ground surface is obviously mush.. maybe driver should have approached and crossed that swale in the ground at more of a 90 angle, facing it straight on.

 

[William1]

It is comforting to see that others have screwed the pooch worse than I. Though I have time....

 

[DustyRusty]

Dusty. Please share your thoughts on this . Loader could have been lower, but doesn’t look excessively high. ?? Ground surface is obviously mush.. maybe driver should have approached and crossed that swale in the ground at more of a 90 angle, facing it straight on.

You figured it out. The tractor was transversing a swale and the angle got to be too much and the tires lost traction. I have a tilt meter in the cab of my BX23S and when the tilt meter gets to 5% I stop and reposition the tractor. At 10% I get really scared of going over, and at 15%, well I have never made it to that degree. The common denominator in all of these accidents is operator error.
I purchased my meter at www.tiltmeter.com and it is well worth the small cost.