[AT] skidding logs with a tractor is a dangerous business

[Rick Weaver]

It's ok to lift and drag logs if you have a boom pole (or other
implement) on the 3pt that extends past the rears.  I use a boom pole to
lift whole trees, and because the boom pole keeps the tractor from
flipping over backward it is as safe as it can be.  If the tractor
starts flipping backward, the boom pole (or tree/log) hits the ground
and the backward flip stops immediately.

I've also skidded logs chained to the box blade.  Benefit there is that
the box blade gives you added weight and more traction with the same
non-flip characteristic.  If you have it lashed short enough, you can
also lift a tree as well with a box blade.

No matter where you hitch a chain, if there is nothing on the 3pt to hit
the ground and cause loss of rear traction, you still run some risk of a
flip.

Rick
 
-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Len Rugen
Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 1:17 PM
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Subject: Re: [AT] skidding logs with a tractor is a dangerous business

Things can happen too fast for operator reaction.  I try to use a "weak 
link" on these things, so if something hangs up, it will break.  You can

drag for days over the same road and get comfortable with faster speed
and 
less caution, then snag something on the next pass.

But, I think some people use the 3pt hitch to lift the log while
skidding 
and I don't think that  is safe.

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Seems to me that either the chain was hooked too high on the tractor, or
driver forgot about the clutch. ( PANICED)  Anyway you are right
everyone
should be careful, and careful who you put in the tractors seat.
I thought I was a careful person and look at my foot.
Dr says will hurt for ever,
Kevin
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From: "David Bruce" <davidbruce at yadtel.net>
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Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 8:08 AM
Subject: [AT] skidding logs with a tractor is a dangerous business


> Another reminder to be careful.
> David
> NW NC
>
>
>      Tractor flips over, killing Wallburg woman, 26
>
> WALLBURG - A 26-year-old woman was killed when a tractor flipped over
> Monday afternoon.
>
> Katie Bullins of 160 Katie Foltz Lane was driving a tractor and
dragging
> a log about 4 p.m. Monday when the log snagged on a stump, causing the
> tractor to overturn, said Lt. Dewayne Miller of the Davidson County
> Sheriff's Office.
>
> It was the second fatal tractor accident in Davidson County this
summer.
>
> Larry Thomas Allen of Welcome was killed last month after the tractor
> that he was riding in slid down an embankment and rolled over, pinning
> him beneath it.
>
>
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