ny bill o Posted June 4, 2020 Share Posted June 4, 2020 first load of corn in 2018, after a very wet summer. I couldn't believe how strong the hook loop on the back of the excavator bucket was; I kept expecting to hear Whang!, but it took it. Randy had the excavator standing on its nose before the chopper moved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT Fan Posted June 4, 2020 Share Posted June 4, 2020 On the way back to town today I saw a fellow walking out of a hayfield. Little farther sits a newish New Holland FWA, he was raking with. Front wheel laying on the ground looked like the hub was sitting on it. Didn't have time for a pic and it might have angered the operator! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jass1660 Posted June 4, 2020 Share Posted June 4, 2020 4 hours ago, new guy said: Bad day... Daddy the wheel fell off..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new guy Posted June 4, 2020 Share Posted June 4, 2020 That day got worse but i didn't take pics. I will just leave it at that....LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTO Posted June 4, 2020 Share Posted June 4, 2020 2 hours ago, ny bill o said: first load of corn in 2018, after a very wet summer. I couldn't believe how strong the hook loop on the back of the excavator bucket was; I kept expecting to hear Whang!, but it took it. Randy had the excavator standing on its nose before the chopper moved. Local excavator company had a dump truck stuck. Excavator just nosedived trying to pull it out. Owner arrived and spun excavator with counterweight towards truck ,ran the chains/cable under machine and "pushed" dipper out. Truck popped out. Interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete1468 Posted June 4, 2020 Share Posted June 4, 2020 2 hours ago, MTO said: Local excavator company had a dump truck stuck. Excavator just nosedived trying to pull it out. Owner arrived and spun excavator with counterweight towards truck ,ran the chains/cable under machine and "pushed" dipper out. Truck popped out. Interesting. That would surprise me as you have way more pull power then push with the stick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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brewcrew Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 I’ve had a few bad days in my life... lol the blue silage wasn’t me, but the guy I was hauling for’s own truck. The rest I was driving at the time of the incident. The truck that broke the frame was previously stretched, and that very morning it was being welded on. Those welds did not hold.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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brewcrew Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 This last year’s silage season was... challenging.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bitty Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=4301226349902311&id=100000449644064&sfnsn=mo&d=n&vh=i I tried to save it to my phone but I didn't get it figured out. George seeded three fields and then my brother told him to do the food plot that bordered the bottom of the one field. It looked dry on top but it was squishy to walk on ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edwardporter1 Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 my 16 year old daughter nearly slide down a 50 ft ravine. Fortunately the car got hung up on the gravel windrow along the road. Hooked the pickup to the front then winched the back up onto the road. easy out but was humbling experence for her Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1586 Jeff Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 3 hours ago, Pete1468 said: That would surprise me as you have way more pull power then push with the stick. Usually that is the case, EXCEPT when you have the stick almost fully extended and boom down simultaneously. The geometry of an excavator )with gravity assisting) creates A LOT of pushing power for a SHORT distance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wi Ih Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 I was going around a corner and rear axle broke and running gear dug in and over she when Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
db1486 Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 8 hours ago, new guy said: That day got worse but i didn't take pics. I will just leave it at that....LOL I've had far too many of those days lol. I've gotten stuck bad enough that I needed a track hoe, twice........ and I was mad enough to not even take a picture lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike newman Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 ……..I wasn't responsible for the dead MF excavator...….the , new then , D9 fell through an old "greasy back "......so we were summoned with the BTD8 to endeavour to extricate the 9...which we did......those TD (British ) 8's were very nimble...and trod lightly...... Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike newman Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 ...not a very dramatic picture...….a stuck John Deere.....I had to walk the old EX200 FIVE hours to pull that bloody thing...out...….and upon eventually arriving , found the "operator " had a 5U D2 and a 4x4 CaseIH on site.....instead of further burying that JD...all they had to do was chain up and head out at 80 degrees off the JD's port bow.....put the JD on full left lock....and give it a tug.....I was more steamed up than the track motors on the EX 200...….boys...sigh Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IHandJDman Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 Dad blew a tire making a turn off the highway onto a county road. Box wasn't hurt to bad. Had to grab a grain vac, it made for a long evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art From Coleman Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 On the way to here : While driving this: Looking at THIS: Resulted in THIS: North of Dix, NE in 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike newman Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 ...good one, Art.....!!!!!...….nothing like a good yarn with pictures ! Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scraglycat Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 FIL ran out of fuel 10 feet short of the fuel barrel. Decided to push the tractor and mixer to the barrel with the skid loader. He didn't think to cut the throttle off or take it out of gear, it momentarily fired back up, and over the bank it went! Broke the spindle, repairs were less than $500 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NY1468 Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 29 minutes ago, scraglycat said: FIL ran out of fuel 10 feet short of the fuel barrel. Decided to push the tractor and mixer to the barrel with the skid loader. He didn't think to cut the throttle off or take it out of gear, it momentarily fired back up, and over the bank it went! Broke the spindle, repairs were less than $500 That looks exciting... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Downs Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 My last REAL JOB prior to retiring and getting involved in all kinds of crazy things was as a Project Manager to repave and up-grade the lights on a aiirport runway. Runway was 4200' long by 100' wide, our contract was to mill 2" off the existing surface, repave with 2" and new lighting. We milled off the 2" and it started to rain - a lot of rain. When we started to re-pave the trucks feeding the paver (26' wide) started to break through the paving, then the original paving just disintegrated. We had to excavate certain areas 30" deep, replace the TOPSOIL that had been left in place under the paving with compacted stone. 50 some years ago when the airport had been a grass they just paved over the grass!! Original contract was 2.2 million, change order for rebuilding was $800,000.00..... This is the finished product in the area where the tri-axle was stuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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