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More farmers killed in tractor accidents,are killed from a rear roll over then any other reason!
A friend of mine was brush hogging his grapes with an 8N.The 8N did not have a live PTO,so to get the blade spinning to cut a ditch line,he got a running start.As the tractor started up over the lip of the ditch the hog got hung up. He had the tractor over on top of him before he knew what happened.He has since had several operations to give him a face,and to make his nearly severed leg usable.
In a rear roll over accident the tractor reaches a point of no return in 3/4 of a second and is on top of you in 1 1/2 seconds.This is not enough time to react,but enough time to take your life or change your life for ever.
The most common cause of rear roll over is hitching above the centerline of the rear differential.ALWAYS hitch to the draw bar or run your hitch line under the diffential and hook somewhere in the middle of the tractor.If your tractor has a 3 point hitch NEVER hook to a bar mounted in the holes of the lift,the hitch will float up,because there is no down pressure.Remember once you are dead you remain dead for a very long time.
A friend of mine was brush hogging his grapes with an 8N.The 8N did not have a live PTO,so to get the blade spinning to cut a ditch line,he got a running start.As the tractor started up over the lip of the ditch the hog got hung up. He had the tractor over on top of him before he knew what happened.He has since had several operations to give him a face,and to make his nearly severed leg usable.
In a rear roll over accident the tractor reaches a point of no return in 3/4 of a second and is on top of you in 1 1/2 seconds.This is not enough time to react,but enough time to take your life or change your life for ever.
The most common cause of rear roll over is hitching above the centerline of the rear differential.ALWAYS hitch to the draw bar or run your hitch line under the diffential and hook somewhere in the middle of the tractor.If your tractor has a 3 point hitch NEVER hook to a bar mounted in the holes of the lift,the hitch will float up,because there is no down pressure.Remember once you are dead you remain dead for a very long time.
