Tractor fatality

Spook · Oct 27, 2010

A local guy got killed trying to pull a stump with a Ford tractor. http://www.livingstondaily.com/

buickanddeere · Oct 27, 2010

Is this the article?

http://www.livingstondaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=201010060312

Anonymous-0 · Oct 27, 2010

thats to bad i feel for his family.whenever i pull anything with my massys i put on the back 3-point blade with a clevis attached in one of the holes used to swing the blade might put some stress on the blade but its gonna keeper from flippin over backwards.
RICK

Lamar Fudd · Oct 27, 2010

Mebee I"m somewhat blind, but where in the USA is Livingston? I looked all over that page and couldn"t figure out where it is. I know you don"t have anything to do with writing the article, but wouldn"t it be nice if the newspaper put their States location in there?

Gary in da UP · Oct 27, 2010

Livingston County, Michigan. Howell , Mi. is the county seat.

Crem · Oct 27, 2010

Here it is.
Ford 2000 tractor flip

Spook · Oct 27, 2010

Hi Gary, where in the UP are you? Ever been to Livingston county?

Spook · Oct 27, 2010

Yup, I gotta get better on my net skills!!

Gary in da UP · Oct 27, 2010

Yup, spent many 4th of July holidays at Lake Chemung at an Aunt/uncles place, Fritch's, on the east shore, 50 years ago.

37 chief · Oct 27, 2010

So what happens here. Is the chain attached high up on the tractor, like around the axle shaft. Stan

ericlb · Oct 27, 2010

be interesting to hear where the chain was hooked to the tractor, fords have that set of holes above the axle to attach the top link, when those holes are used to pull a load the tractor will flip nearly every time,that, and their short wheelbase and relitivly light weight make them more likley to flip than some other brands, on any tractor the pull must be made from a point below the centerline of the rear axle, feel sorry for his family

bc · Oct 27, 2010

Too bad. Since it is about impossible to drive off and pull a stump out, I would bet that he got a running start and tried to jerk it out. Instead, it jerked him over backwards. Seems like a close coupled draw bar that is inside of the back wheels will not work as a wheely bar.

Spook · Oct 27, 2010

I moved out here 25 years ago, from Wayne.

Traditional Farmer · Oct 27, 2010

That what makes America great you can be just as stupid as you want.

JML755 · Oct 27, 2010

I wouldn't necessarily call the person who died "stupid". Inexperienced maybe. What he DID was not "smart", but he probably didn't know any better. May have been the 1st time he's tried to pull a stump with a tractor, may have pulled them out before with his pickup, who knows. There are lots of times when I'm rigging something up that I haven't done before or attempting to accomplish something with the tools at hand that I stop and think about what could possibly go wrong. I can recall several instances where I said "oh,oh" and rethunk my approach. :wink:

Lance/SC · Oct 27, 2010

Something similar happened to my father in 1984. He was cutting some locust trees for my aunt so she wouldn"t have to pay someone to do it. Cutting them and pulling them to the top of the hill to cut up and haul off. Something went wrong, no one saw it but my aunt heard the motor rev up and the noise when it flipped. The tractor was a MF 135 diesel. This was in Western NC so the hills were pretty steep.

agpilot · Oct 27, 2010

Hi Traditional: ..and in America people have the Freedom to say "stupid" things about mistakes other people make. ag

Paul from MI · Oct 28, 2010

My son lives in Livingston County Michigan, northast of Brighton. Nice combinatiion of city and country, but too much city for my taste.

Traditional Farmer · Oct 28, 2010

True 'accidents' are few and far between,most machinery 'accidents' are acts of stupidity,not thinking etc.To say they're accidents means there were no human input that caused the accident.

buickanddeere · Oct 28, 2010

(quoted from post at 07:09:23 10/28/10) True 'accidents' are few and far between,most machinery 'accidents' are acts of stupidity,not thinking etc.To say they're accidents means there were no human input that caused the accident.

Absolutely correct.

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