5 WAYS THAT YOUR TRACTOR COULD KILL YOU! CAUGHT ON CAMERA!

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[@GoodWorksTractors]

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[@InsanePacoTaco]

Back in my day, we filmed horizontally so you could actually see stuff 🤣 Keep up the good work on these safety videos!

[@davecass485]

I have said it before, and will say it again, this is always a great reminder to not get complacent for even those of us that have been working machinery for years, as well as helping new operators to learn from the mistakes us older operators may have learned from by doing it the hard way.

[@stylus2253]

Thanks for the video. It's not redundant going over this often, appreciate you guys .

[@virgilcresswell4994]

Keep preaching that safety Brother. Cuz I missed my father growing up, He have been killed on tractor. If we only had these safety videos back then.

[@badgerlandturf]

The 1025 guy: WOW holding on to the strap/chain and then crossing under it and trying to “push” the machine to level! He obviously has never seen a chain/strap break and injury someone worse!! All these videos are a reminder that safety needs to be first and foremost…THANK YOU

[@JohnDoe-df2zz]

I wanted to comment on exactly that, but you beat me to it. I was amazied he passed under the winch cable as the tractor was rolling over for no apparent reason. The winch setup was also wonky, the winch should have run from the truck to a snatchblock on the tractor then over to the tree as an anchor- effectively doubling the winch power and slowing the line speed.

[@shoolsux]

It is easy to get complacent when you do things over and over again with your machine. These videos are always a good reminder to stay safe and aware of the dangers. Thanks for the reminder!

[@ryanclawson9275]

Good video. These are the reminders that I’m extremely thankful for the lessons my grandfather taught me. Lifelong heavy equipment operator and was a very effective teacher on how to not get killed on a tractor or piece of heavy equipment. Especially when carrying loads, working hills, swinging equipment or when chains and/or PTO shafts are involved. One of those sets of lessons I took for granted until I got out in the world.

[@stevehood10]

Another good video, I've only got 60 hours up on tractors, you're giving me extremely valuable advice and I appreciate it, thanks.

[@dpistone10]

Thanks so much Courtney. These safety videos are amazing and show us what not to get into. I remember about three months ago I was helping a neighbor on a slight hill that he had on his front yard with a fence at the top of this hill. I said to myself this is too difficult to go up and down the hill because of the fence. It was only about seven feet up the hill from the dirt road and the angle was at a 20% upgrade. I was not using my 3033R but was using my new Z370R John Deere zero turn all electric mower. So basically I was mowing a bunch of weeds going sideways on this small hill. Well from all of your safety videos I will NEVER do that again. Thank goodness nothing happened except loosing traction on the rear wheels since it only has rear wheel drive. Again because of your safety videos I will NEVER do this again. Thanks so much for these safety videos. Everyone involved here on this video had their tractors 🚜 with all four wells not on the ground, not a good thing. Everyone stay safe out there operating your tractors. 🚜

[@RRinTN]

My grandpa was killed by his tractor when he tried to come up out of a field onto the main road. It flipped back because of the upward slope. He could have used the field access which was not far away but he tried to go up the ditch instead. I never got to meet him. Take tractor safety seriously.

[@bernlew977]

sounds like a stupid man sorry to say

[@thomasmarshall3221]

My grandpa died in a farming accident with a tractor too when I was young. I have very few memories of him. It’s made me look at things differently when on a tractor for sure.

[@grantmcinnes1176]

Since youtube started I've probably subscribed to 5 channels. Subbed. Sure I've read all the literature, but watching to get a sense of how things happen is worth a thousand words. Please keep doing this.

[@Sudden35]

First guy shouldn't have put his leg out either...his leg isn't going to stop it..only break it

[@adamdnewman]

Or loose it

[@deborahchesser7375]

It’s reflex but yeh, no leg no more.

[@chadbinette3201]

He had a TV show "bad Chad customs" or something, wonder if it was somewhat on purpose for entertainment?

[@timkopp2204]

A broken leg (might) be better than being pinned under a machine. Maybe!

[@paulhare662]

@@chadbinette3201 No, he understands sheet metal and little else.

[@user-ik4fd9ny4b]

Thank you. I've never driven a tractor though I'll be buying one within a year. I am so thankful to you for raising my awareness!

[@treylem3]

Yes, it happens in a half second. Ive never rolled over but have felt ice run down my spine as both tires lifted off the ground on the high sideof a slope. If i hadn't had my hand on the loader control, and immediately dropped it, I'm sure i would've rolled. I try to always go straight up/down slopes now, with 3pt hitch and loader practically skimming the ground. Great advice from GWT, as always. Thank you

[@Rsiikarla]

Thank you for the videos... From watching your videos and channel sponsor's, I have added the Bora spacers and finally just added rim guard to my tractor. To go from not having either to having both now, I really feel planted to the ground.

[@firemanj35]

These are great. I always love learning from others' experiences, good and bad. Thank you to them for being willing to share.

[@ShaneZettelmier]

Oh, it’s good to talk about these things, I come from a four wheeling in rock, crawling background, and most accidents and tip over or just because we’re doing something not normal then we don’t know how to do it yet which is part of the fun but it’s also dangerous. Like you were saying with hills, go straight up and straight down and if it puts you in precarious situation, drag it up instead of trying to carry it up. I think we all need to humble ourselves a little and realize we don’t know everything. And four wheeling and tractors, and ATVs and off-road in general, it seems like everybody goes into it thinking they’re an expert and thinks they’ve got it all covered or have done it a couple of times and think they’re an expert but I’ve been doing it for 20+ years and I’m still learning. Motorcycles as well. I’ve been driving motorcycles for 40 years, and they’re still times that other people can teach me things. But it’s good you do these videos and show people what’s happening that we don’t always get a chance to see until it’s too late and tell people to go slow and give them the basic physics behind all of it to help people out. Plus it’s entertaining. I love watching this stuff and seeing stuff push to the point of failure and just learning how to deal with it. It’s annoying when it happens but overcoming the challenges is part of the fun.

[@dougreid2351]

Thank you. These reviews are a true PUBLIC SERVICE. Bad things happen so quickly people who saw the event are left asking "What happened?" DOUG out

[@JackHoying]

The guy with the older tractor was trying to do a “doughnut” on his driveway. Probably stomped on the left brake but there wasn’t enough loose gravel to slide it. Look at his body English, hoping to lean into the slide. 50 years ago, we did slides and doughnuts every night when cleaning off the cow lot with a Massy Harris 30 and grader blade. Slick, smeary concrete made for a fun time.

[@carltrano1325]

Glad you said it. Why do these people keep getting close to the winch cable, toe chains, toe straps. The amount of force built up is insane possibly can cut you in half.

[@terryk3118]

Thanks for another great reminder that things can go wrong in an instant.

[@northernhumidor5615]

Great video and very important ! I own a tractor and was a paramedic for thirty years, I have dealt with quite a few heavy equipment incidents , and they usually don’t end well. Be safe and use good judgment, if your inner safety voice kicks in , stop what you are doing.

[@KubotaL4060]

Well done video. We all need to keep the potential for accidents in mind, no matter what our experience level.

[@markschmaus5580]

Thanks for sharing!

[@3Kiwiana]

Great vid this will definitely save more than 1 life.

[@alanswanson1952]

Thanks for the video a good reminder to be safe. The guy on the McCormick was hotdoging it. No need to be in road gear in a barnyard. It wasn't that it was a geared tractor same could have happened with hydro.

[@racoming1035]

I've been in a lot worse places with my BX23S than this, but I use the backhoe often as ballast and offset the backhoe as needed. I believe that keeps me out of trouble. Also slow movements in any iffy situations.

[@genewilliams7497]

GREAT TOPIC AND VIDEO!!! 👍👍👍🔥🔥🔥

[@josephforgione6207]

Your dedication to tractor and agricultural safety reaches your audience and increases their awareness of operating a tractor with safety as a priority. Please continue these valuable safety lessons.

[@motor2of7]

What I’ve found is that people don’t realize that the rear axle is solid with no suspension. They see the front axle articulating over terrain and think the back axle does the same thing. Wrong. Whatever slope the back axle is on, or whatever bump the rear tires hit, the whole tractor immediately responds to that. This is especially true when backing up. Hit a rock and the whole tractor is suddenly on a lean.

[@Itsa_Mea]

They were absent in class when the lesson included Center or Gravity.

[@treylem3]

🎯👍 I was pushing weeds and honeysuckle away for my neighbor, on what I thought was perfectly flat terrain. There was a low place that was hidden. I didn't know what happened until it was over. One rear tire dropped into that low place and almost whiplashed my head off. It was violent and very quick. I'm thankful God was with me and that I was only very sore, instead of dead.

[@mishawakafire]

Great information and thank you

[@ghosty1233]

That video with the guy on the older tractor. Oof hope he was okay. That did not look good. Great video as always.

[@sunseeker6088]

“SAFETY PROTOCOL” Great content.

[@NoClueHowBoutYou]

Definitely liking this one thanks for a free safety brief!

[@robertmeader4065]

Great video

[@tommybounds3220]

Thank you for the video.

[@georgedolak8120]

Great video. thanks. Geo.

[@ernieclapton2226]

good post, thanks.

[@stephenscudder64]

always ballast your rear tires-cheap way to build in a lot of safety especially with a loader

[@SalisburySnake]

The old red tractor is a McCormick-Deering W4 (same engine and everything as a Farmall H). They do have split brakes with a toggle to connect the pedals. I agree he either pressed the left brake, or maybe only the left one was in correct adjustment or working at all. They are pretty fast at 15mph in 5th gear. The critical part is that by stopping one wheel, the action of the differential doubles the speed of the other wheel! So he very suddenly accelerated the outside wheel to 30mph.

[@TexasPatriotOffRoadAndOutdoors]

Good educational video!

[@markmcneill6450]

Good video. As far as the first almost roll over. He should have just lowered the bucket and put the weight down. People jumping on can make a bad situation worse..

[@RAMelloh-ij5sl]

Just the average guy here, driving the same Kubota AWD HST tractor with 48" loader, 60" snow blower, 50" tiller and 60" belly mower since 1996 on some of the hilliest 13.5 acres of mixed forest, stream and pasture one could hope for. Here's what my response is to your video, by instance: 1. Hang that engine towards the back of the bucket, not off the front edge. Get the weight closer to the front axel. Lower the load so it just clears the ground as the traverse is made. It is also good to have a belly mower on for extra ballast. A belly mower can also act like an emergency outrigger in a tip. Ask me how I know. Square up on level ground for the high lifts. 2. Just crazy, no words. 3. Just crazy, no words. 4. Always put that loader as low as it will go and still clear the ground one is on, every chance one gets. Tip the front edge of the loader up so it does not catch on anything, but ramps up over things instead. 5. Just crazy, but I get what the driver is doing. He's not getting ready to jump off. He's trying to put his weight as far to the right as possible to help balance the rig (as if this would make the difference on a rig as mighty as that in those conditions). Yup, just crazy, young enough to think he'll live forever, along with his cheering buddy. Looks like it's not the first time he has done crazy stuff like this. Good times. I miss 'em. I am too sane now. I wish I had some flat ground. I hear it does exist. I saw some in Indiana when I was younger. Lastly, nice truck you have there, in excellent shape. Dump body? I have driven a Subie supercharged Sambar 4wd TT2 since 2005. It's a real workhorse and fits the lifestyle. It's also low enough that with the truck in flatbed mode, that little Kubota tractor in your video could raise that engine up high enough to drop it on the bed of the truck for transport. Great trucks. I transport all my tractor implements to the shop with my Sambar flatbed.

[@deanwilson7047]

ONLY takes a split second to ghost yourself on a machine of any type. EXCELLENT vid............do more please brother

[@gibblespascack1418]

It seems that these smaller 4 wd compact tractors are always a little too narrow. The center of gravity is above the front axis and possibly too high. A bunch of older tractors had spin out rims for the back and front tires that can extend to cover another row under the tractor, so that helps. because of this design, I don't think that I want anything more narrow than a Ford 8M, and I think that would push me to the larger compact tractors which begs the question of whether I need 4wd? Is it worth it to take the risks shown here?

[@SteveSnowman]

Amen. Thanks for the tips. - N Idaho -

[@martyscott3133]

I’ve been learning as much as I can before I buy a tractor. In talking to a dealer about stability, he pointed out that the front tires articulate in such away that they do not provide stability when sideways on a hill like you think a front straight axle on a four wheel drive truck would. That’s why it’s extremely important to be mindful of what’s going on with the rear tires and to have the proper ballast, wheel spacers and loader height.

[@trbig67]

The first fatality I worked as an EMT was a guy that had gotten a tractor stuck. He chained a board to both back tires trying to help get it started from it's stuck spot and the tractor flipped over on top of him. Another time, a farmer was using the PTO on his tractor to run a conveyor belt between a belly dump semi and a silo. For some reason, he reached over the spinning PTO. A roll pin at a joint on the PTO caught his Carhartt coveralls and away he went. If he was on the 50 yard line, there would have been pieces in both end zones. Took HOURS with trash bags to clean that one up best we could.

[@michaelcarollo3195]

Thank you for what you do! We can all work hard and have fun. Let's all keep our heads on straight. Leave beer time for after work and don't work when tired.

[@ProductiveRecreation]

Old gear drive tractor here. No roll bar or seat belt. When I’m in situations that could be sketchy, I have one hand on the loader control and my left foot over the clutch. That way my (quick) first reaction can be to stop and lower the load if things start going wrong. Im experienced and my low brush hog helped stop a backward roll going uphill once when I was trying to push a log out of a trail. Of course, if it wasn’t on the 3 point, the front end wouldn’t have come up. Stuff can happen to anyone.

[@grantmcinnes1176]

Hear ya. Old Ford 4000 SU. And I've not an inch of level ground, and the rocks grow faster than the pasture. I can be brush hogging one week. and everything is fine, and two weeks later when I'm doing it I can be a foot down on the left in a gopher hole and a foot up on the right on a magically appearing boulder. My feet never leave the clutch and the brakes, and my hand is always feathering the loader to keep it as close to the ground as possible without binding it up on a hill. Never a dull moment.

[@deborahchesser7375]

My cousin was killed on a big zero turn, if only he’d have waited until the dew burned off that hill.

[@NoClueHowBoutYou]

Sorry to hear that

[@deborahchesser7375]

@@NoClueHowBoutYou thank you I appreciate it. The shitty part is they had big $ and when he was gone my 2nd cousins turned into people I no longer knew. The son started drinking and went to jail numerous times, and was sued for his inheritance by his sisters which I didn’t know was possible. His wife passed a few years after as well, sitting by the pool at their beautiful home back in the 70’s and 80’s I’d have never guessed how things would turn out, it’s sad.

[@carmp3fan]

That first video was something I did the first time I used my tractor. I was moving propane tank and learned quickly to keep it as low as possible.

[@Michael-td3wl]

I'm thankful that my dad and grandpa taught me safety, cause we have hills, in PA, in Lancaster Farming paper 📃 tells farmer's the same safety and in AG days by Penn State, they have a demo on safety and show the same thing and how to stay safe in accidents

[@JimmyDean1992]

love your little white truck. so cool

[@raymondmcdonald7085]

Banking up steep hills in reverse is a great tip!

[@paulhare662]

I will never forget the moment that I swung a backhoe bucket full of wet mud and roots and the tractor went up on the outrigger. I was an ameteur playing with a new toy but lucky enough to know that dropping the bucket would stop the rollover.

[@MichaelCoolidge]

Yes. I have mulch in my lower meadow. To get it to our gardens, I have to come up a hill with a 90 degree turn in it. If I do not take that turn slow, my inside drive wheel comes off the ground and slows me down. That is my reminder to go slow. It really “wakes me up” when it happens.

[@portnuefflyer]

Wiper fluid in my rear wheels, bought cheap by the 55 gallon drum, was the best thing I ever did for my Kubota L3301. I bought it new, and unloading it off the trailer and driving it ways, I couldn't believe how unstable it was with no ballast, or no load in the bucket! Filled (2/3's filled) tires and my 6' mower on the rear is how I move a 500 pound solar array every spring down a 1/4 mile side hill, plus I take the bucket off and use a bar between the two loader arms, saving the extra weight of the bucket. 23 year crane operator here, I like to think my tilt-o-meter is a bit more tuned up then most, but yeah, complacency is a constant threat for sure.

[@MiserableAcres]

Solid video, if you needed to watch this then you also need to spend the next year on level developed ground with your seat belt on, ROPS up and bucket half full. Tractors are amazing but not inherently safe. 100% GET your tires ALL OF THEM fluid filled, get a tractor 1 size larger than the spec sheet says you need and when it gets sketchy, brake on, clutch in and bucket down - always.

[@eddlemanfamilyfarm1944]

I know any of those old antique tractors wether it is a foot clutch or a hand clutch they are both jerky and always always start out in 1st and learn how to stop and ALWAYS be sober and take it easy especially if it has a narrow front (two front tires are less than a foot away from each other)

[@jamesyates5191]

I hadn’t figured that turning the tire would cause a tip over but it makes sense. Thanks

[@cobococreek1224]

The first vid - I almost always keep a hand on loader control while moving...just let it down a bit and rear end comes back down.

[@twc9000]

I'm new to tractors. My take aways are: Put your seat belt on so if the tractor rolls, you don't end up under it. Keep the center of gravity low by keeping the ballast weight and the bucket low. Keep the center of gravity low by using wheel weights like Rim Guard. Go slow. Back up hills. (What about going down hill?) Hydrostatic transmissions are easier to control during a quick stop. You can flip the tires to make the footprint wider or more narrow. Keep your feet away from moving parts. Stay clear of tow straps and chains when they are under tension.

[@alexmitchell7083]

You’re just confirming my decision to get a larger(wider) model compact over a sub compact and buy new with hydrostatic. Probably also fluid filling the tires when I buy. I used to not care so much but now I have boys that need their father and need to see me value safety too. I enjoy a gear drive but my wife wants to learn.

[@garrybrischke53]

All good advice, I hope some viewers are taking it on board.🇦🇺🤔

[@SouthernGround]

A lot of people don't realize our spread axle tractors are just tricycle tractors when the bucket is way up in the air, I am amazed how tippie my Massie 1723e is with fluid in the rear and a empty bucket all the way up, something I only do on level ground at very slow speed, and that's not often. BTW love the mini stump bucket, have dug over 200 feet ditch and trench, countless Hawthorne tree's (little ones) with 6 foot tap roots, bushes and busting up soil to retrieve fill dirt from the side of the a hill, it's the poor man's backhoe, only one issue, had to shim the attachment because it was popping out of the skidsteer mount, will be welding a piece of 2x1/4 flat bar under the top edge this spring to give a better edge, atm just shimmed near the locking lugs on the bottom to take the slack out, maybe Massey Ferguson skidsteer spec's are not the same as bobcat? idk.

[@dirtbeard108]

told my neighbor he shouldn't bush hog his field in shorts. He laughed it off. 30 minutes later he found that hornets nest.

[@steeldriver1776]

I'm a tractor noob (kinda). Used to mess around on my grandpas old Ford. But now i'm mid 30s, just bought a farm and shopping for the Kubota that will tame my new kingdom. Thanks for the video!

[@kevinrickenberg2525]

Bad Chad is one heck of a car builder. Does alot of things old school.

[@lowandslow3939]

Even with the little JD, the guy was on the wrong side of the pull rope. Had the pulley let go, he might have been hurt.

[@gregmurphy8969]

Good advice... It would have helped the first guy to push the loader lever forward & use the hydraulics to straighten up... and of course the counter weight should be as low as possible..

[@MusicandMachines]

One function I love on my TYM/Branson is it automatically puts you in 4wd if you have the clutch in and you are touching the brakes. Makes sure you still have brakes if you wind up only on your front tires with a heavy load on the front going down hill.

[@danlichtenberger6462]

On that 4th video those guys need to stay outside of the triangle of the cable or chain. If the cable breaks away from the top part of the triangle connected to the tree, then it would have cut them in half. Twice those guys (plus the camera) was inside the triangle. I was cringing watching this.

[@user-kb5nb6hg4j]

Thank you. Please cover PTOs in your next safety video.

[@stephensaasen8589]

My dad dumped a Ford 8N with a loader bucket on its side back in 1975. He was on a fairly steep slope, had the bucket raised and was trying to take down an old power pole from behind the wellhouse. Thankfully he walked away with only a badly bruised and sore leg. My dad always reminded us to never raise the loader up on a tractor if you were on a side hill.

[@dieseldemon8562]

I’ll never forget a near accident I had on my Grandpa’s JD 1020 when I was a kid. Being young and dumb, about 14 at the time, I was dragging logs and brush across a pasture to a burn pile. On a return trip, while out of sight of my grandpa, I shifted to high range and opened the throttle wanting to go faster while I wasn’t being supervised. What was smooth ground at 8-10 mph quickly started the tractor to bouncing and bucking at 15-17 mph with the box blade on the back, and I narrowly missed a cross-tie gate post as I stood on the clutch pedal. God only knows what would have happened if I had hit the post. I definitely had a guardian Angel watching over me that day. Moral of the story is I was inexperienced and overconfident. I was fortunate to walk away rattled, and only with a bruised ego. Respect the equipment. We seldom get a second chance.

[@sinkinpat]

I almost died on my tractor in December. I got close to an irrigation ditch that I could not see due to the weeds. Front tire fell into an eroded hole. I stopped. Put it into reverse. As soon as I let out the clutch the ground gave way. I jumped. Landed in the bottom of the ditch and the tractor flipped twice following me and landed on me. I broke 3 ribs, punctured a lung, and injured my spleen, pancreas and my ego. I got lucky. My son was there and got the hilift jack to stop the crushing force while the first responders came. It was a fluke. I should have been wearing my seatbelt. If I was 1’ forward or backwards I would have been crushed. Luckily my core was aligned with the operators area and the tire pinned my pelvis. I was doing no work just testing the systems and going in 4X low 1st gear. I was 20 feet from my shop. I was so luckily I was walking a week later. By 6 weeks I was back to normal. I wont even drive on the side of my property with the ditch with the tractor any longer.

[@rodneyfox5566]

1st guy tire inflation could be also some of the issue

[@eloymarquez4783]

Thank you for sharing. A safety course for tractors owners should be mandatory. Same way hunters ed or driving ed works.

[@donhull3857]

Lower ballast in rear too

[@douglaspost5097]

I've done things like the first one with the engine. What I try to do if possible is leave enough slack in the chain so I can curl the bucket up as far as I can with the engine just about touching the edge of the bucket. That will raise the thing you're moving without raising the lift arms any higher than necessary. Then lower the lift arms so the load is only a couple inches off the ground. That'll get the whole thing quite a bit lower thereby lowering your center of gravity because even with the load hooked like he had it, the lift arms are still a ways in the air raising the center of gravity. It might not be much but every inch counts. Also make the turn as gradual as possible. The good thing about something like this is the load will hit the ground before you tip over like we saw. It doesn't make it any less scary but you won't go all the way over on level ground.

[@welshhomestead]

With the exception of the last one - these are mostly a case of asking too much of the machine, not knowing how to operate the machine they are on or not risk assessing the work. This is why you never buy a second hand compact tractor. People push them to do too much because they are under powered. Great videos - great safety reminder - keep up the good work!

[@CraigSalvesen-vy4vf]

Thank you great video I made both my teenage boys watch it

[@1958johndeere620]

When you hit 1 rear brake with an open rear axle it doubles the speed of the other tire if you leave power on. Spider gears at work.

[@longbeardmcstruttin5876]

That’s a really nice kubota in first video

[@saltrock9642]

My Paw Paw died when he was clipping a bayou bank and the rear tire found a washout hidden in the weeds. The 1952 Farmall Super A rolled and pinned him under the water. This happened in 1959 and the tractor was retired in 1990. A collector restored it but I have no idea where it is today.

[@lucasdog1]

Sometimes I dont like Ag tires on grassy or muddy side slopes. I find they slip sideways too easily. Could be how the last guy found he ditch.

[@kdh3706]

I noticed several of these were kabota, they're very light weight built and subject to rollovers, I have a Mahindra, may not be as fancy but it's much heavier built than a comparable kabota.

[@Ozarkprepper643]

As long as the equipment has ROPS wear your seatbelt. Have operated all types heavy equipment over decades. If you're starting to tip turn your wheels that Direction. Especially if on a side Hill always turn down if you starting to roll most of the time you'll save it. When using chains or cables put a blanket or similar on each end it really helps dampen The Recoil. Worst incident I ever had was in a 631 scraper. At nearly 30 mph a 2-inch hydraulic pressure line for the articulating steering ruptured. That happened just entering a turn and I hit a cliff face around 25 MP h. Glad I was wearing a seatbelt. Most secure tractor I have JD 310 E. My sketchiest although the funnest the 1939 Ford 9N 🚜🤠🐂

[@williamdavidson9009]

One big problem is that tractors weren't designed to have a front end loader. Notice a dedicated loader has a solid mounted front axle and the rear oscillates. Tractor front axles oscillate. We all use FELs on tractors but it is important to remember how easily a loader can flip a tractor

[@billywillis5687]

People that have never owned or operated one of these small compact tractors you do not need one. These are the most dangerous tractors sold today. This guy is showing you real accidents, listen to him. I have a 23E and have farmed my entire life, I didn't know these tractors were this dangerous until I got mine. Please listen to this video.

[@SouthernGround]

A cigarette lighter is dangerous in the wrong place, telling people what they "need" or don't need sounds like the government big brother talking telling us how to live our lives. why not teach new owners how to safely operate their equipment. have you ever volunteered your time to do so?

[@rcclassiccrawlers4368]

Being an equipment operator most roll overs can be prevented with a little common sense. If you are lacking common sense you may want to re-evaluate your decision on buying and or using ride on equipment. Great advice keeping center of gravity as low as possible.

[@jamesm568]

First clip he was taking his time so when something did happen he had time to react.

[@MyDeere3320]

I have a very scary experience on my tractor too. I was doing similar the the guy moving an engine but mine was unloading a 60" rotary tiller with no rear weight. With my bucket raised as high as I safely can so I can get the tiller out of the trailer, I back up and when I turn the wheel a bit, I felt my tractor slowly tilting. I slowly lowered the tiller to the ground and was able to put my tractor back to its 4 wheels.

[@daviddahlgren9603]

John deere roll-over recovery guys are inside the triangle of death !

[@MaMa-qh4dy]

Thank for for publicizing this most important life and death issue!!!!

[@poppamad979]

Does anyone else see several triangle of death moments??? It is amazing that humans have the life expectancy that we do.

[@kinbake]

I was once scooping up some creek-run gravel and my roll bar just barely touched a leaning tree (~10 diameter at the stump end) and knocked it down. It pinned me against the steering wheel so I couldn't go back or forth to get away from it without it totally crushing me. Luckily there was a guy at his hunting camp about 1/4 mile away. I shut down the engine and yelled his name and "help". He finally showed up a few minutes later but had to go back to his camp to get a chainsaw. If he had not been within "ear-shot" (windy, etc.) I'd have been trapped there for who knows how long.

[@ourv9603]

OSH reports that of all the workplace accidents reported to them each year most are from FARMS. And of all the farm accident reports most involve tractors. !

[@donaldstrishock3923]

85% off small farmers "run in " 95% of the "Danger-Zone" of the time. They are Constantly "Rigging-it" & are Way PAST "pushing things to the OVER LIMITS".... Just trying to get-Ahead & to "Feed" US. They need to get paid MORE for their Commodities, so that they are NOT so "Critically RUSHED".