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Went into Home Depot yesterday topick up some PVC pipe fittings etc. While entering the store I walked by a sales associate and a customer who were in the process of getting started to load up a new JD 130L in the back of the customers pickup truck. Go and get my items I was there for, and on the way back out the Exit door, I noticed a decent sized crowd further down in the lot near the door I went in. Went to see what was going on, and seen that nice shiney new JD laying turtle on the asphalt. From what I heard, the customer used his ramps to load the machine, and one of them kicked out causing the tractor to flip over on one side and fall, just as he was cresting the top of the ramp at the tail gate. Another person said the deck was down and hit the hump at the top and the rear wheel spun the ramp out, but in any case, the deere did not look all that good.........and the customer was setting off to the side holding his shoulder, and had a visable cuts and gouges to his elbow and arm. He is lucky it could have been much worse. They were still waiting for the para medics to get there.
I flipped my 180 one time doing just this same thing, and it cost me a new carb, hood, and some other assorted engine and body parts.......not a cheap accident by any means. ALso strained and bruised my right shoulder and elbow pretty good.
So when using a ramp that simply rests on the back of a tailgate, they need to be secured so they can not kick out, and make sure that deck is in the up position. Ramps can be very h andy, but when you see some of the ways folks load tractors and other stuff in the backs of pickups it really makes you wonder. I have seen lots of stuff dumped in close proximity to these home builder stores.......A refridgerator that was not secured went up and over the roof when the driver made a quick stop (it was never secured in the bed, as there was not the first sign of straps or ropes anywhere around when I seen it) a load of sheetrock spilled at an intersection when it all slid off the truck, a pile of lumber that slid out of a truck bed when the owner stepped on the gas and it all slid right out. I was right behind this dude when it happened. Those plastic bed liners are slick so sometimes even if something is strapped down it can still slide.....Then you ghet those folks hauling 4 x 8 sheets of plywood and a heap of 4 x 4 timbers on their SUV roof racks and use just baleing twine to secure it all, and have them pass you out on the interstae doing 70 mph..........or the pile of lumber sticking out the side window of a compact car that takes up the next lane with the stuff hanging out the window. Its really amazing more folks are not hurt or killed from doing such things. Not too long ago a teenager was killed when he was driving down the interstate here, and cam up on a aluminum extension ladder laying on the road, and in the process of avoiding it he rolled the vehicle he was in. He did not have a seat belt on and that may have been a deciding factor in his death, but who would expect a ladder to be laying in the roadway on the interstate.........you just have to be aware and alert all the time, use common sense and think about what can happen from your actions and methods.
PS. Do you think HD will give him a refund.......or do you think JD will fix it on warranty :furious: I doubt it, its his tractor now and in addition to additional expense to repair it, he has to heel up first just to use it, and it all could have been avoided.
I flipped my 180 one time doing just this same thing, and it cost me a new carb, hood, and some other assorted engine and body parts.......not a cheap accident by any means. ALso strained and bruised my right shoulder and elbow pretty good.
So when using a ramp that simply rests on the back of a tailgate, they need to be secured so they can not kick out, and make sure that deck is in the up position. Ramps can be very h andy, but when you see some of the ways folks load tractors and other stuff in the backs of pickups it really makes you wonder. I have seen lots of stuff dumped in close proximity to these home builder stores.......A refridgerator that was not secured went up and over the roof when the driver made a quick stop (it was never secured in the bed, as there was not the first sign of straps or ropes anywhere around when I seen it) a load of sheetrock spilled at an intersection when it all slid off the truck, a pile of lumber that slid out of a truck bed when the owner stepped on the gas and it all slid right out. I was right behind this dude when it happened. Those plastic bed liners are slick so sometimes even if something is strapped down it can still slide.....Then you ghet those folks hauling 4 x 8 sheets of plywood and a heap of 4 x 4 timbers on their SUV roof racks and use just baleing twine to secure it all, and have them pass you out on the interstae doing 70 mph..........or the pile of lumber sticking out the side window of a compact car that takes up the next lane with the stuff hanging out the window. Its really amazing more folks are not hurt or killed from doing such things. Not too long ago a teenager was killed when he was driving down the interstate here, and cam up on a aluminum extension ladder laying on the road, and in the process of avoiding it he rolled the vehicle he was in. He did not have a seat belt on and that may have been a deciding factor in his death, but who would expect a ladder to be laying in the roadway on the interstate.........you just have to be aware and alert all the time, use common sense and think about what can happen from your actions and methods.
PS. Do you think HD will give him a refund.......or do you think JD will fix it on warranty :furious: I doubt it, its his tractor now and in addition to additional expense to repair it, he has to heel up first just to use it, and it all could have been avoided.
