Posted by Kent in KC on October 16, 2007 at 07:14:25 from (68.143.51.46):
Okay, maybe you guys have already seen something like this, I'd be surprised if someone hasn't already come up with something by now.
It seems to ne that one of the most frightening tractor accidents if where you are pulling something that stop moving and you end up flipping the tractor over on its back ("climbing the ring gear" if you will).
How would it be if you had a small electronic box in the primary ignition circuit with a mercury switch? If the machine's nose got more than x degrees off the ground (more than going up a reasonable hill) the mercury switch would kill the power to the coil. It could also have a latching relay that would unlatch to prevent the machine from restarting once the nose came back down (so it wouldn't start bucking up and down). The unit would mount to the tractor frame or sheet metal and would be adjustable so the owner could determine how steep a slope he needed to climb before the kill switch shut it all down.
I'd be willing to try and prototype such a device if you fellows think it is a good idea and is not already available somewhere. Seems like a way to save lives.
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