TOP 5 WAYS YOUR TRACTOR CAN KILL YOU! BUT YOU CAN AVOID THEM ALL! PART 2

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The loader thing is no joke. I worked in a steel mill and we had it drummed in our head to never go under a suspended load. I had seen coils of steel dropped and hydraulics bleed through. When we did have to work on suspended hydraulic equipment, we would use a steel blocking or wood cribbing or a steel locking pin to ensure that the equipment could not fall down. Gravity is always on and is nothing to mess with. Another thing that we discussed is never work close with rotating assemblies, especially with long hair. People have been de-scalped in the past and the same can happen with clothing. Working around any equipment required a constant eye for safety. This is an excellent video.

Had a near miss last Fall. My property is totally flat so mentally I don’t think about encounters with slopes, ditches and the like. But while consolidating some waste soil and small rocks I was scooping material then driving up the consolidated pile to unload. Bucket was high due to height of consolidated pile. My left front tire lost support from soft material in pile and in virtual micro second Kubota tractor rolled onto side ejecting me onto ground. Tractor was supported at only two points: rear wheel and left face of bucket leaving me laying under frame with engine and transmission over me in a space about 16” high. Rear tire was touching small of my back though I don’t recall which hit ground first. I’m older (73) and big 6’4” 275 pounds. Though only 150’ from house, vegetation blocked visibility and my cell was in house. If I had been injured I could have laid there without help for long time. My lessons learned: Never carry load in elevated bucket. Wear seatbelt. Carry cell phone. Have someone watching you. In sharing my experience it seemed everyone knew of death or serious injury or near miss to friend, family member, neighbor, etc.

Back in the late 50's, one of our neighbors was chopping corn for us. There was a plug up. He left the PTO running, got in next to the rotating shaft running the pitman arm, the nail being used as a cotter pin caught his bib overalls and wound them off of him. He was saved only because he was strong like bull and held himself away as the shaft completely tore his pants off. A hired hand on another nearby farm was using a two row flail to take the tops off the potato plants prior to harvest. The farmer did not believe in shields. For whatever reason, the hired man stepped off the tractor with the PTO running, the rotating pin on the connector caught hold of his pant leg, pulled him into the shaft - twisted his leg off at the knee. Those kinds of stories made a believer out of this farm kid. Dangerous places, farms. Thanks.

I appreciate these safety videos. As someone who operates a forklift in a foundry, I've learned a few of these things in my own. I've been fortunate, but each lesson, each memory raises my heart rate immediately. I assume it's pretty close to PTSD when you come close to property damage, serious injury or death whether it's yourself or someone around you. That lesson is engrained in you. Everything at my day job can and will kill you if you don't respect it. Farming and tractor ops are right there. We experience things that scare the crap out of anyone off the street and we all laughingly say, "That's normal." Sparks flying, burns, cuts, fires, small explosions. It's part of the fun. But we all need to respect what we do. Stay safe, boys.

Safety is everything. Thank you for posting this. With so many people buying small utility tractors, I firmly believe one thing that's missing is safety training from dealerships. These things are not lawn mowers - they'll kill you or injure you in a way that will alter your life forever. There's ATV safety courses (I'm a former instructor) - why no tractor instructors or courses? Is there a certain number of injured, maimed and killed we have to reach before industry recognizes the need for training? Sadly I know the answer...

Lol. 10 years ago I told my wife that my JD 5420 tractor cost $6K. Years later she found the receipt that showed $17K.

I am 70, farmed potatoes for 25 years, and have live in a farming community all my life. I can only remember two deaths, both young people. One was a 4 year old riding with his grandfather on an open tractor planting potatoes. At the end of the row when the tractor stopped the boy fell off. The grandfather reached to grab him and his foot slipped off the clutch. The pull behind planter ran over the boy killing him. The other was a recent high school graduate working on his dads farm. His uncle happens to be my neighbor. The young man was driving to another field on an old tractor that a seed piece loading conveyor was mounted on. We do not have hills but do have deep drainage ditches. The right side tie rod came off causing the tractor to flip over into the road side ditch. The young man was crushed and drowned in ditch. The moral is be very careful with riders and keep your equipment in good repair. I give my 5 year old granddaughter rides on my lawn tractor but never with the blades turned on.

I hear what you're saying about the ROPS bar. Recently was bush hogging under a very large tree with a lot of large overhead dead limbs. I misjudged the height of the ROPS bar and hit the end of a dead limb causing it to fall. It just missed me but hit the PTO switch and brushed the throttle knocking the tractor back to idle and shutting off the PTO. I thought I had killed my tractor for a second. Fortunately no damage. That limb was a good 10 inches in diameter. I was lucky. Keep you head on a swivel, guys and girls.

It's not like tractor videos can make me cry but this one did. In 1980 my beloved Uncle was killed when the Farmall M tractor he had been driving all his life flipped over backwards on him. I was stationed in Germany with the US Army Military Police at the time and was unable to attend his Funeral. It was a sad day for our entire family.

For 20-plus years, my brother-in-law cut his grass with a garden tractor. One time, he was going up a slight grade that he'd gone up hundreds of times, and somehow his tractor went over backwards. The steering wheel smashed into his chest, severely injuring him. Fortunately, he survived. Just goes to show that "familiarity can injure or kill you on a tractor!"" Great video & info, as always - thanks!

All good tips Courtney. I turned 65 in June. If there was ever anyone who totally deserves to not be here, that would certainly be me. I have spent most of my life taking unnecessary chances. I have had some close calls and I knew personally 3 guys that have been killed by their tractors. Each one of them were doing something they had no business doing

Twenty years ago I embalmed a man that I knew. He had a large tractor and was working under it. He told the driver he was done but didn’t get out from under it in time. Completely flattened his head. It was a nightmare.

Two things I don't do when operating a tractor is wear laced shoes or shorts. Whether they're sneakers or hunting style lace up boots, I avoid them. I always wear my pull on Mucks Hi boots and tuck my jeans or work pants into them to avoid snags and more importantly ticks. I noticed that brief clip from Sawing with Sandy, lol. Thanks for sharing. Cheers!

Maybe you could start selling 3 point shredders designed for paper instead of tree debris? That would certainly save countless lives regarding the receipts! Thanks for the video. I would consider myself to be extra cautious but your tips and the comments have given me a few things to stop taking for granted...

Great advice about the hydraulics. Was running a backhoe with my father and a hose blew and the bucket went slamming to the ground. Hydraulic fluid even shot up onto the tool shed roof. Good thing he was not under it as there was no warning and no time to get out of the way. When it happens it sure makes you think about the chances you are taking.

Love your videos Believe it or not I trust my wife. I have a par of the pallet forks for the bucket. I put a 250 gallon water tank cage on the forks and ratchet strapped it to hooks I have on the bucket. I got inside it go up and cut limbs. She gradually went up and tilted as needed. She did a great job I I felt safe. As you said, anything can happen but I don’t think I could fall out even if the cage tilted full forward I had lots of comments of people I showed but most said we did it safely.

I was backing up my tractor and a limb caught on the rops without my knowledge. It slipped off the rops and smacked me in the back of the head. Lesson learned: pay attention to limbs and your rops while backing up!!

Some fella with a Craftsman T240 Lawn/Garden tractor fell off and leg went under the deck he disconnected the safety switch he had Gator blades so I imagine it was a real mess he did survive do not disconnect safety Switch

You make being given a safety lecture so much fun and probably it will stick in my mind longer. Keep up the good work. One thing I try to do whenever I’m about to something sketchy is try to imagine all the bad things that can happen suddenly. It has saved my life and body parts. Also try not to work when you’re tired. Walk away from it and take a break.