My latest farm stunt

[phylodog]

I'm becoming very familiar with the seat belt now. The roll bar is always up, I have no reason to take it down. I hope this will be the last mistake I make with the tractor other than hitting my pasture fence, it seems I'm going to do that weekly lol.

 

[wcd]

I'm becoming very familiar with the seat belt now. The roll bar is always up, I have no reason to take it down. I hope this will be the last mistake I make with the tractor other than hitting my pasture fence, it seems I'm going to do that weekly lol.

Does yours have a PTO brake? If not that would be money well spent for an over run adapter, eliminates unintended forward motion before Murphy can arrive.

 

[hoosierdoc]

Does yours have a PTO brake? If not that would be money well spent for an over run adapter, eliminates unintended forward motion before Murphy can arrive.

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[DoggyDaddy]

I thought I clicked on the ft Wayne porn link and was very confused by this question

That would be a bit unnerving!

 

[wcd]

I thought I clicked on the ft Wayne porn link and was very confused by this question

my tractor is an older one and I learned the hard way when running a brush hog even though you disengage the power take off, it’s still spinning and will keep moving the tractor forward, most often When you had anticipated it stopping not running forward another 15 feet. So they make an adapter to keep Murphy from riding along with you.

 

[Cameramonkey]

Do they even make them without PTO brakes? Years ago I had a John Deere at my parents. you shift your weight and PTO would cut out. Newer ones you cant even put it in reverse without remembering to also do something to the PTO to keep it engaged, otherwise it will stop the second you hit the hydrostatic reverse pedal.

 

[KellyinAvon]

Do they even make them without PTO brakes? Years ago I had a John Deere at my parents. you shift your weight and PTO would cut out. Newer ones you cant even put it in reverse without remembering to also do something to the PTO to keep it engaged, otherwise it will stop the second you hit the hydrostatic reverse pedal.

I have noticed today's John Deeres don't have a lot in common with the 4020 I spent a lot of my youth driving. The PTO didn't stop until you pulled the lever back. Push in the clutch? Didn't stop. Reverse (it had two)? Nope!

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

I’ve got a 5303 and the PTO is engaged by a lever. It says running/engaged whether going forward or reverse or even if you’re on the seat or not. When brush hogging, it’s often an advantage to be able to back that thing into spots you don’t want to have to drive through. There is an annoying alarm that goes off is you stand up while the PTO is in.

 

[phylodog]

I guess mine must have a PTO brake, moving forward or reverse doesn't affect nor is it affected by the PTO. Maybe it works differently with hydro-static transmissions?

 

[patience0830]

If a hydro quits cutting backing up, I'm glad mine came with a clutch. I'm always backing over something I can't drive through to keep the edge of the woods at bay.

As far as the bush hog pushing the tractor after I cut power to the pto, I always raise the implement and bury the edge of the bucket if I have to get off..

 

[Cameramonkey]

If a hydro quits cutting backing up, I'm glad mine came with a clutch. I'm always backing over something I can't drive through to keep the edge of the woods at bay.

As far as the bush hog pushing the tractor after I cut power to the pto, I always raise the implement and bury the edge of the bucket if I have to get off..

Mom's currenty Hydro PTO works in reverse, you just gotta remember to pull the PTO knob out even further. Its in to stop, out and latched to run, pull out farther to a momentary stop position when you reverse to force it to stay on. Workable, but a PITA for sure. The few times I cut grass for her with this one I would forget at least twice during the session.

 

[Flash-hider]

A good reminder to keep the roll bar up and seat belt on.

It was an IH 584. He had bought it new, back in the day, and it did come with a ROPS but he removed it because he used it in his cherry orchards. Cherries went away about 15 years ago but he never reinstalled the ROPS. It was very common for farmers with orchards to remove the ROPS years ago.

 

[dprimm]

Jeeez. I am trying to remember if the driver or tractor stopped the bush hog when we burried it.

I must be dealing w bigger toys.

 

[Lmo1131]

I'll be wearing the seat belt any time I come close to this hilly corner of my property on the tractor.

I've been running 'big yellow machines' for the last twenty three years ... I always buckle up first; I learned it the hard way when an embankment collapsed under a scraper I was operating.

Glad you're okay.

 

[Mongo59]

I have noticed today's John Deeres don't have a lot in common with the 4020 I spent a lot of my youth driving. The PTO didn't stop until you pulled the lever back. Push in the clutch? Didn't stop. Reverse (it had two)? Nope!

We convinced a guy that bought a new tractor that if he sharpened both sides of the blades he could mow backwards...

 

[actaeon277]

The people that make no mistakes, are the people that do nothing.


That being said... Let's be careful out there.
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[CHCRandy]

Dang, glad you are ok. Surprised none of these guys cued up the Green Acres theme song. I have to now admit, since you are ok.... that picture had me cracking up!

Now to bore you all. When I was about 16-17 years old I was working at Prestwick Country Club. Boss told me and another guy to go get the big backhoe, load of gravel and sod cutter. I got a big scoop of gravel, check. Sod cutter...where we gonna haul it? Oh, lets put it in the backhoe and my buddy can ride in the backhoe to keep it steady and not let it fall out. heck. What could go wrong? Well, I'll tell ya what went wrong, every damn thing! I started down a steep hill, bucket of gravel and bucket up high in air so I could see under it......got going a little fast and tapped brakes......whoa nelly, that was when things went really wrong. Daggone backhoe did a reverse wheelie, it looked like old Phly's tractor stuck on it's nose...gravel every where and a sod cutter comes flying by my head and slams into the ground....I look up about 20 feet in the air and my helper is holding on for dear life in the backhoe bucket. People was yelling for me to put bucket down to get tractor back on 4 wheels...but I was just freaking out. That was a bad day. The only good thing was I did have my seat belt on and didn't get a scratch, but man it scared me enough that I have always remembered it.

 

[phylodog]

Bit of an update:

I went back to working around my place on the tractor and mower the rest of that day and the next two as well. Friday I was finishing up the last bit of mowing I had to do and hit a couple holes with the mower which, in spite of my $800 suspension seat, destroyed my back. I finished the job, put the mower away, came in the house and got cleaned up. I was standing at the kitchen sink looking out the window and sneezed. Everything went white and I fell to my knees then over on to my side. It felt like I'd been hit with a taser (something I've experienced many times) which lasted about 10 seconds or so. A few minutes later after getting up and getting into my recliner it happened again, and again, and again and again. A few hours later I was calling a friend I knew had a therapist he raved about so I called him and he put me in touch with the guy but unfortunately there wasn't much he could offer over the phone and didn't offer to see me. I don't blame him lol.

I made my way upstairs aided by my wife so that if it spasm-ed I wouldn't fall down the stairs and got into bed. It was a long night but thankfully they slowed way down an I was able to get some sleep. Monday morning I went to see a chiropractor and he's made three adjustments since Monday and I'm going back tomorrow for another. I'm using a TENS unit almost every waking hour and it's helped tremendously. Sitting around with nice weather when I have so much to do is driving me nuts!!!! It's also costing me money since I have nothing better to do than think about everything I need to do I've been ordering supplies and parts for all of the chores I'll do once I can walk and move normally again. The spasms still come but they're very short and maybe 15% as strong as the first night for which I'm thankful. I've never considered myself someone who was easy to scare but I'm absolutely terrified if I feel a cough or sneeze coming on.

 

[actaeon277]

Sorry to hear that Phylo.
Back problems suck.
And sneezes seem to initiate a LOT more of them than you'd think.

 

[Mongo59]

I feel you. It took 4 years of 3x week water therapy to get me to be able to sit in my tractor for more than an hour, legs would stop working. I had to wear long pants every time I got on so I had something to grab to put my left foot on the clutch.

It takes a while but with a structured regiment you WILL get better.