Problem while loading tractor today

[Skwerl58 702]

I was loading my 414-8 today and it flipped over while loading. This past Friday I swapped tires and mounted the ag tires with ballast in them. I also  removed the mowing deck so it is at least 225 lbs lighter. I was loading at probably 2/3 throttle and when the rear tires hit the mesh ramp it came up and over in a second. I did plant my feet and pushed it away from me but we both ended up on our left side. I have a couple of scrapes on my legs and sore but should be fine in a couple of days. The incident bent the steering wheel and the seat was bent forward. I was able to straighten them and there is no visible damge. There is also dirt in the bead of the left side tires. I just received a used mule drive today from a member here that I am going to use for adding weight to the front of the tractor. Be safe out there and I always know that God is watching over me!

[953 nut 55,075]

35 minutes ago, Skwerl58 said:

God is watching over me!

            If you back up the ramps rather than driving forward you won't have the back flip problem, just ask @rmaynard.

[Pollack Pete 2,273]

I NEVER.ride a tractor up ramps,especially into a pick up truck.I use 1st gear low range for standard shift.Very small ammount of motion control lever for hydro's.Very low throttle.I walk along side the tractor.Flipped one over yrs ago and kinda learned my lesson.Yeah right.I'll never learn.

[AMC RULES 37,127]

Wouldn't even consider doing it any other way, except back up to an embankment so the ramps are level wherever possible. 

Love my little W-H tractors, but they're certainly not worth getting maimed for.

[c-series don 8,665]

As a kid with a lawn mowing business(1986)  I loaded my Work Horse GT-1800 in and out of my 1968 K20 Chevrolet 4x4 countless times with ramps. Not long after I became a heavy equipment operator and I would load and unload excavators, bulldozers etc on 20ton beaver tail trailers. Lowboy trailers were easy to load onto because they are pretty much on the ground and you really can’t flip over. Long story short after many years of that, I was unloading a GT-1848 that was given to me off the side of a 15 ton trailer. Steel ramps and steel trailer. As I backed off the trailer one of the ramps slipped out from under me the next thing I knew was the tractor was flipping over on me. I was able to push myself away as it came down and not get injured too bad. It scared the crap out of me. Moral of my story is never become complacent because you never know! 

[Greentored 3,201]

Man that is scary, glad you’re ok! It’s happened to me with atv’s, don’t want to imagine dropping a big horse over! I usually do the @Pollack Pete trick and walk alongside. Works great for the 6/8 speeds and hydros. Had an 8/4speed come up once, it slipped then grabbed, luckily came back down with the front tires in the bed. Never rode one up the ramps again.  It’s eye opening how fast things can go wrong. 
Many years ago my dad was unloading a dozer (can’t remember the details but it was a turbo diesel 6 and big!) in snow/ice. He was pulled on the roadside on a slight angle, fired up, clicked in reverse and it instantly slid sideways, dropped one track off the trailer and into the ditch and tipped over. He jumped clear but still

got bruised up. To this day loading and unloading equipment makes him uneasy. 
Just when you think you’re safe, you’re not. Be careful! 

Edited August 18, 2020 by Greentored

[Vurge 158]

You all braver than me. I see how high that bed is on my 3/4 ton and I won't even try it.  I happily put up with the hassle of pulling a trailer. Glad that you're you are ok OP. 

[Pullstart 62,791]

@Skwerl58 we’re all glad you’re still here with us!  I have had close calls loading, but have now understood that you shouldn’t ever load a tractor on ramps with chains!  Any time I have the opportunity to load walking next to the machine, I do that too.

[clueless 2,976]

When loading in a truck, avoid landing on your butt, just back that thing up . 

[Skwerl58 702]

Thanks for the responses. I should have mentioned I was loading on a 5x8 trailer with the mesh ramp. Loaded it numerous times before. I have loaded and unloaded it again but this time I did walk beside it in reverse, low range and road  it off. I took the old horse and worked it for about four hours today. We plowed and disced a game food plot on our son's farm.  The wife told me to take it easy for a couple of days and I just said "Honey it needs to get done." She understands and is a great woman!!

[Pullstart 62,791]

54 minutes ago, Skwerl58 said:

We plowed and disced a game food plot on our son's farm.

 I just finished a second food plot too, hopefully it’ll keep the deer on my land a bit more!  It sounds like you’ll be alright, glad to hear!

 

[Redneckdavis 308]

Just plant peas and beans. They won't leave until they've leveled the field

[953 nut 55,075]

10 minutes ago, Redneckdavis said:

Just plant peas and beans. They won't leave until they've leveled the field

      Some of our neighborhood deer (they are everywhere) have been eating all the leaves off my pole beans.

[Redneckdavis 308]

I planted an acre field. 1/3 beans n peas, 1/3 corn, the rest mixed

Birds are the sunflower seeds before they even sprouted,twice.

Deer ate half my corn sprouts. Then moved onto my beans n peas. I mean all of them. Never let a SINGLE plant get over 6in tall. Few weeks of that they moved onto my watermelons, cleaned out. 

I was able to pick my huge squash and zucchini plants for about two weeks then they mysteriously dried out and died in a one week span. 

Cucumbers never did much,bad seed probably. 

The corn that survived the deer never got over 4ft. 

And meanwhile I was almost took over by beautiful fruit bearing wild flowers that upon further research were sold out online and actually desired by some.

I am at war with mother nature, dirt, and all of God's furry creatures!

 

Maypops

[Redneckdavis 308]

Maypops

[Skwerl58 702]

I have a 6+ ft. Fence around one of my garden plots and the deer got in and wiped out my tomatoes, squash and beans. The squirrels got in the corn and got most of it. In another plot about 100 yards away the deer got my cukes, butternut squash and watermelons. I was lucky to get enough cukes to make some pickles. That nice purple flower and fruit is a passion fruit that I have a patch of volunteers that have been coming up for three years. 

[pfrederi 17,665]

ELECTRIC Fence around the garden No deer issues for 17+ year.  Don't even have to turn it on all the time.  They have memory and seem to pass it to offspring.  If only it would keep out cucumber beetles and late blight.

[Redneckdavis 308]

2 hours ago, pfrederi said:

ELECTRIC Fence around the garden No deer issues for 17+ year.  Don't even have to turn it on all the time.  They have memory and seem to pass it to offspring.  If only it would keep out cucumber beetles and late blight.

My parents tried that when I was in highschool. 8ft tall. Cattle strength shock box.  . Yeah didn't work. They jumped in and on it. Knocked it all down, ate everything anyway