We use our tractor nearly every day. It mows, it bush-hogs, it tills, carries brush, pushes trees, and carries wood. I remind myself every time I climb on that tractors are always trying to kill you. The wide front end models aren't as bad as tricycles, but they can all smash you in a heartbeat.
I have seen small-time loggers use tractors as skidders, and it is not pretty. They would hook over the rear axle so it lifts the front end of a log when they pull, and the front wheels typically will come off the ground so the driver steers with his brakes. It's dangerous as can be, and I don't know how any of them survived doing that. If you are going to pull logs with a tractor, hook it from the drawbar. Get a logging arch or a sled for the front of the log. Stay alive.
Back To The Old Grind!
1 comment:
Amen! I have a cousin that is fighting for his life because of a tractor roll over. He was bushhogging an area and a telephone pole guy wire got involved. It turned the tractor over flattening the roll bar. He broke his back and is paralyzed below the waist.
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