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Bit of a wild ride

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Don-Wi

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I plowed up the first field of the fall and right when I was finished with the headlands I was raising the plow just as the last bottom caught a tree root.

Front of the 1855 must have gotten about 5-6' in the air before I hit the clutch and it dropped back down. Atleast nothing broke on the front axel... It's weighted down pretty heavy.

Donovan from Wisconsin
 
That will wake you up in a hurry, been there done that. Makes you want to go to the house for some clean shorts. Chris
 
Back when we had a M670 Moline it had a tendency to pick up the front. It helps to back off the throttle to put the front down gently before clutching it.
 
That wouldn't have worked for me this time- not when you snag something that isn't moving. I don't think I would have actually gone over because the root was broken off when I stopped and finished raising the plow.

Donovan from Wisconsin
 
If the load on the plow will pick up the front of the tractor it isn't set up right.

You NEVER want a possible load hitched so it can pull the front off the ground.

My Dad loved to see tractors pulling plows with lots of weight on the front or the front wheels crabbed against the furrow. Or both!

Made him grin.
 
Keep an eye for cracks in the future on the axle and around the spindles, just in case.

I pulled a long wheelie with my AC7000 with my subsoiler on the back. Only about 2 feet off the ground. Foot was wet and slipped off the clutch. Had the subsoiler raised. It came down soft, but definitely will wake you up.

BTW, how big was the root? I am kind of amazed how small a root can be and still stop a tractor in an instant, then SNAP! and you're off again.

Rick
 
never had it happen to me but if i am pulling out something heave i like to hook on to something. its hard for one to flip back and over if somethings hook to the 3 point it may raise up hi but it wount go over its just like a wheelie bar you will lose traction and spin out frist just something i do for safty
 
That might be with trailer plows, but this is a semi-mounted plow. With the forward motion, raising the 3 pt. arms, and the new tires that dig in really good, it came up pretty quick.

Donovan from Wisconsin
 
I think the root was about 3-4". I hadn't managed to get that close ot the fence row in years but I cleaned it up a few years back, and I finally turned under part of the hay feild. We need to re-bush the front axel on the 1855 anyway, so it'll be a good time to look it over when we take it apart for that.

Donovan from Wisconsin
 
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