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Teen girls lift tractor off Dad!

Still a a tremendous lifting effort....
Do those Fergusons really scale out at 3000lbs?

Anyway, hats off to the girls for heroism. More"n I can lift by a far shot. I"m sure adrenalin was flowinf!
 
They didn't elevate the entire tractor!!!
Second most important part of story was missing.........what was he doing when he turned it over??? Probably not something right or it would not have been missing from story. He never mentions it when being interviewed. Ashamed?
 
That has happened many times; some people can generate an unbelievable amount of strength in emergency situations. Praise to the girls for using their minds and doing what was necessary.
 
Didnt say exactly, but he did say his muddy boot slipped off the clutch. Then they showed the trees, assume he was prepping the garden and the tractor walked up a tree and over.

Rick
 
The way I heard it, he was trying to pull a stump. Guess what!
Kudo's to the kids though for probably saving their Dad's life

PS: Let's be safe out there
 
fords and fergies are famous for tipping over backwards, if you high hitch the chain, to the toplink. Not sayin that's what he did, I have no idea of his experience level.
 
As Paul Harvey used to say about, "rest of story". There is more to it than the "boot slipped off clutch".
 
The gist of the story was about the heroism of the girls. It wasn't trying to put blame the dad. We've all done some risky tractor driving. If anyone on this forum is perfect, please raise your hand so we can see who the liar is. Jim
 
(quoted from post at 15:32:46 04/10/13) They didn't elevate the entire tractor!!!
Second most important part of story was missing.........what was he doing when he turned it over??? Probably not something right or it would not have been missing from story. He never mentions it when being interviewed. Ashamed?
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What was he doing wrong? he was operating the tractor on a slope. There is at least six inches from where the tractor sits to the other end of his garden! There are many on this forum who will tell you that you are an idiot to run your tractor on ANY slope.
 
(quoted from post at 18:32:46 04/10/13) They didn't elevate the entire tractor!!!
Second most important part of story was missing.........what was he doing when he turned it over??? Probably not something right or it would not have been missing from story. He never mentions it when being interviewed. Ashamed?
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I saw this on the NBC news site first. The story there says he was
trying to pull a stump when his muddy foot slipped off the clutch.
Glad it worked out well for them.
NBC
 
I love it. Fords and Fergies "are famous for tipping over backwards" and you shouldn't operate any tractor on any slope. Lets add in that tricycle tractors tip over just from an ant hill and buzz saws always cut your hands off.

Jeeze. Is this what we've come to?
 
Lost a good friend to an 8N. Was pulling some 8" logs up a gentle slope but going along diagonally. Happened one evening, they found him next day about lunch. Musta been watchin' log and missed the fact that the front end was coming up.
 
Fords and Fergies are popular to blame for flipping over onto
their operators for a reason. Because they do flip over on top
of their operator"s more per capita . Unstable design, no proper
drawbar , no weight , no traction, awkward controls, no rops
and a top link handy to connect to .
 
I think I read that last line of the NBC news story where is said they now call it the "Satan Tractor" or have nicknamed it that. Tractors can do any work or inflic any harm without an operator. The guy did something he shouldn"t have so there is no sense in putting the blame on the tractor! Luckily he got away from this accident with his life.
 
(quoted from post at 14:51:25 04/11/13) I think I read that last line of the NBC news story where is said they now call it the "Satan Tractor" or have nicknamed it that. Tractors can do any work or inflic any harm without an operator. The guy did something he shouldn"t have so there is no sense in putting the blame on the tractor! Luckily he got away from this accident with his life.
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Tractors can do a lot of work, but they can't fix stupid.
 
(quoted from post at 05:47:02 04/11/13) Fords and Fergies are popular to blame for flipping over onto
their operators for a reason. Because they do flip over on top
of their operator"s more per capita . Unstable design, no proper
drawbar , no weight , no traction, awkward controls, no rops
and a top link handy to connect to .
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Right on B&D! Blame all those flip overs on the tractor. Forget all about the dumb.....butt holding the seat down.
 
(quoted from post at 04:01:47 04/11/13) I love it. Fords and Fergies "are famous for tipping over backwards" and you shouldn't operate any tractor on any slope. Lets add in that tricycle tractors tip over just from an ant hill and buzz saws always cut your hands off.

Jeeze. Is this what we've come to?
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Bret, That was my point
 
(quoted from post at 05:06:21 04/12/13) Why are the Fords and Fergies so attractive to dangerous
operators?
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Ford sold about a half a million of their "dangerous" tractors, a good number of them in
Canada. I have no idea how many "dangerous" Fergies were sold in the U.S. or Canada but apparently there is no lack of dangerous operators in either country or for that matter in England.
 
(quoted from post at 06:51:26 04/12/13) Saying per capital, per tractor. The Fords and Fergies flip
more than the competition .
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And that is the tractors fault? That's like blameing 9 11 on aircraft.
 
You are missing the point either because you don"t want to
due to pesonal pride or loyalty to an obsolete and dangerous
design.
In case uou don"t understand per capita. Take 1000 fords,
1000 JD"s , 1000AC, 1000farmall etc of that era and size.
There will be more of the 1000 Fords and 1000 Fergies
flipped onto of operators than the other brands. Than of the
1000 Farmalls etc.
 
(quoted from post at 16:55:17 04/12/13) You are missing the point either because you don"t want to
due to pesonal pride or loyalty to an obsolete and dangerous
design.
In case uou don"t understand per capita. Take 1000 fords,
1000 JD"s , 1000AC, 1000farmall etc of that era and size.
There will be more of the 1000 Fords and 1000 Fergies
flipped onto of operators than the other brands. Than of the
1000 Farmalls etc.
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I get your point all right. You don't seem to understand that the operator of any machine weather a can opener or a steam shovel is responsible for his own safety. A fellow around here did a number on one hand with a chain saw awhile back. He was P.O'd at HIMSELF. He didn't blame the saw.
I don't care weather you talk of per capita,percentage or any other way you care to spin your nonsence, safety is the operators responsibility. Take it or leave it.No skin of my teeth one way or the other. At 71 years old and haveing operated machines from go carts to military aircraft and gotten away unscathed about all I can say is "it's my own damn fault"
As for loyalty I like em all.Every one of them had their good points and every one of them had their bad points, their strong points and their weak points.
 
A poorly designed machine will take advantage of a poor operator or of an operator who is distracted for a second. I have run a few machines I hope I never have to run again.
 
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