BE CAREFUL I was lucky

 

glad you're OK!!

I'd be glad to send you some spare used underware, mine are 34" waist and likely cleaner than yours.

I think I will keep these pictures and show them to my Grandsons. This can be a good learning tool. Thank God you were not hurt. Like they say, he moves in mysterious ways.There must be a reason yet for you being around.  Dave.  P.S., but I won't show my wife.

I laid dads 45 on its side when I was a freshman in highschool. I walked away from it, but it gave me a new respect for machines.  Luckly we had a D19 to upright it. The tractor hasnt been the same since. I did reach down and shut it down before it went over so no motor damage (its still running to this day). It all happend so fast but seemed like it was in slow motion. Believe it or not Im a heavy equipment operator now. I had a run in with the yellow iron too (not my fault at all), but didnt walk away from that one, spent the day in the hospital and havent been the same since. Machines are nothing to joke with they show no mercy and have no feelings. I have got into big time arguements about safety, and walked off jobs because of it. Im glad you were able to walk away with just a little "nerv" damage and some parts. JUST REMEMBER SAFETY HAS NO QUITING TIME!

Glad you are OK.

That's one reason I like to mow with a wide front end tractor.

I would destroy those pictures.
DEC might want to come and fine you if any fluids leaked into the soil.
Remember we are trying to save the planet.LOL

That does give a new found respect for machinery. For a short time I drove a concrete mixer. More than once I had construction workers want me to drive along the side of an excavation. Got griped at more than once, but they never had to recover a mixer from a hole.

I know of some people that was killed that way. I glad you was able to walk away from it. another bad thing is I know of some guys that was kill useing frontend loader to stack round bales of hay and had it to roll back on them . A fried at wor k had a bale roll back on him 10 years ago and now eats pain killers like candy.

Scary!!!! I always run the rears wide on the hills. I don't know if a wide front would have stopped that. It would have let you get in trouble farther.

Chris' opinins are good (my opinion). I believe the front end configuration is a bit more risky, especially if tractor is headed at a downhill angle.

When I was 9 or 10 my dad got a call from a nieghbor that a young boy my age drove a tractor off a bridge(on private property-no guard rails).Boy and his friends were not supposed to be driving tractor when parents were not home.Tractor flipped on top of him and killed him,his friends got thrown off and did not get hurt.My dad was upset and made my brother and I get in the pickup to see what happened.By the time we got there the rescue squad had already removed him and some area farmers were turning the tractor back over and cleaning up for family of the boy.My brother and I were the only children there at the time.Well,my dad started in on both of us and several of the other farmers that new us really gave my brother and I a hard time.I thought they were being mean,but I knew they were just trying to keep that from happening to one of us.
Every time I start a tractor I try to think of that little boy and all the things he did not get to do.We all need to try and slow down and think things through before we get into these situations.I am guilty as anyone and find myself rushing to get things done.
Glad to hear you are OK and did not get hurt.Like others have said;Tractors and parts can be replaced,lives cannot.
Message to everyone no matter how old or young,Take a farm safety class if available.Even if you don't learn anything at least you will be thinking about it.I do not want to lose any members of this site.Selfish reasons;Too much valuable info stored in all your brains that I need access to!!!

JPSCNY,

I am glad you are okay.  Here in the part of Tennessee we live in it is hilly also.  We hire most of our bush hogging done to avoid what you experienced.  Tractor roll-overs happen and I can think of four that have happened right near here (most resulted in fatalities).   But I am out on the tractor a bunch feeding hay and am always trying to learn what not to do.  May I ask a few questions?

1.  Did the front end feel light just before the roll over?
2. Looks like the tractor was on a sidling when it rolled, but were you turning uphill when it flipped?
3. Did either rear tire get caught on anything (or in a pothole)?

i am glad ur ok but i have a ??

Another thing to think about is putting jack stands under what you're working on, not just a jack.

Glad your ok narrow fronts and sidehills don't mix