A little excitement in the woods here. New neighbors up the road for a few months now. I heard a truck at the end of my driveway yesterday. I took the ranger and cruised up. My neighbor had bought a tractor from TractorHouse in Michigan. 2002 john deere 60 hp with 4000 hrs he told me. Two mexicans were delivering it but beyound my driveway it goes to gravel and thats as far as they would go.
(WHAT ???? they don't drive on gravel roads !!!!!) So they told him to unload it there. His wife told me he had never owned a tractor before. But he had driven tractors in his life. So they pulled the ramps. I tell the guys wife have the mexicans unload it. She tells him. They won't. They say we know nothing about tractors. It was loaded. We strapped it down. We don't drive it. The new owner backs it up. Its a gear shift I believe as he was using the clutch. Back back back , down the ramp, and the back hoe bucket and frame stick into the pavement and he trys backing farther and spins the ramp sideways and one rear tire goes off the ramp it lunges to the left AND I thought it was going to roll over. One rear wheel on the pavement, RH wheel not touching the ramp. Its balanced on the backhoe and one rear wheel. The right hand wheel turning but not touching. Holy Crap. I go over and tell him. Sit the bucket flat on the deck, lift the front some and I told the driver to pull ahead slow. The bucket slid back on the trailer and slowly down the ramps it went then lifted the bucket and finshed backing up. I know every year folks die on tractors. I could certinly see a different outcome here.
(WHAT ???? they don't drive on gravel roads !!!!!) So they told him to unload it there. His wife told me he had never owned a tractor before. But he had driven tractors in his life. So they pulled the ramps. I tell the guys wife have the mexicans unload it. She tells him. They won't. They say we know nothing about tractors. It was loaded. We strapped it down. We don't drive it. The new owner backs it up. Its a gear shift I believe as he was using the clutch. Back back back , down the ramp, and the back hoe bucket and frame stick into the pavement and he trys backing farther and spins the ramp sideways and one rear tire goes off the ramp it lunges to the left AND I thought it was going to roll over. One rear wheel on the pavement, RH wheel not touching the ramp. Its balanced on the backhoe and one rear wheel. The right hand wheel turning but not touching. Holy Crap. I go over and tell him. Sit the bucket flat on the deck, lift the front some and I told the driver to pull ahead slow. The bucket slid back on the trailer and slowly down the ramps it went then lifted the bucket and finshed backing up. I know every year folks die on tractors. I could certinly see a different outcome here.
