5 WAYS THAT YOUR TRACTOR COULD KILL YOU! CAUGHT ON CAMERA!

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I walked over to see what my neighbor and his brother were doing one day, and found them digging a hole to set a large post. They'd hit a big root about three feet down into the hole, so they hitched a chain to it and the other end straight up to the three-point lift arm on their tractor. They raised the lift up so tight that the rear tires were compressed, but the root didn't budge. So his brother grabbed a hatchet and leaned down, head and shoulders into the hole, and started hacking at the root. I hollered "Chuck! What's gonna happen when that root breaks?" Chuck got up, looked at the tensioned chain, and said "Ooohhh!" These were two really smart guys, both expert mechanics, but they were so wrapped up in that job that they'd lost sight of the danger.

A smart man learns from his mistakes but a wise man learns from others.

I have said it before, and will say it again, this is always a great reminder to not get complacent for even those of us that have been working machinery for years, as well as helping new operators to learn from the mistakes us older operators may have learned from by doing it the hard way.

Back in my day, we filmed horizontally so you could actually see stuff 🤣 Keep up the good work on these safety videos!

I almost died on my tractor in December. I got close to an irrigation ditch that I could not see due to the weeds. Front tire fell into an eroded hole. I stopped. Put it into reverse. As soon as I let out the clutch the ground gave way. I jumped. Landed in the bottom of the ditch and the tractor flipped twice following me and landed on me. I broke 3 ribs, punctured a lung, and injured my spleen, pancreas and my ego. I got lucky. My son was there and got the hilift jack to stop the crushing force while the first responders came. It was a fluke. I should have been wearing my seatbelt. If I was 1’ forward or backwards I would have been crushed. Luckily my core was aligned with the operators area and the tire pinned my pelvis. I was doing no work just testing the systems and going in 4X low 1st gear. I was 20 feet from my shop. I was so luckily I was walking a week later. By 6 weeks I was back to normal. I wont even drive on the side of my property with the ditch with the tractor any longer.

told my neighbor he shouldn't bush hog his field in shorts. He laughed it off. 30 minutes later he found that hornets nest.

The 1025 guy: WOW holding on to the strap/chain and then crossing under it and trying to “push” the machine to level! He obviously has never seen a chain/strap break and injury someone worse!! All these videos are a reminder that safety needs to be first and foremost…THANK YOU

Thanks for the video. It's not redundant going over this often, appreciate you guys .

Keep preaching that safety Brother. Cuz I missed my father growing up, He have been killed on tractor. If we only had these safety videos back then.

My grandpa was killed by his tractor when he tried to come up out of a field onto the main road. It flipped back because of the upward slope. He could have used the field access which was not far away but he tried to go up the ditch instead. I never got to meet him. Take tractor safety seriously.

Oh that delivery guy with decades of experience was a great guy. Here in Canada the first week in September is a holiday to honour all the labourers who make life possible. Its called Labour day. Yes i know not very imaginative. Eddie, the guy i mentioned who had a 175 Massey role over on the trailer when picking it up as a trade in on a new tractor, back in 1990, was off on Labour day but knew a load of assorted farm equipment had arrived from Ontario and he would be doing deliveries over the next few days. So to get ahead he came in on his day off to help unload. As I said it was a mixed load mostly disks, cultivators and on top a grain packer. When the load was loaded up in Ontario they used two chains to hold multiple pieces of equipment. They were using a pay loader to unload so Eddie climbed up to chain the grain packer but when the chain binder was released the load shifted causing the grain packer to move and this threw Eddie off the load about 10 feet off the ground. He had time to climb to his knees before the grain packer landed on him killing him instantly. In the investigation it was deemed the load was loaded on uneven ground so when the chain was released the load shifted causing it to first move then role off the top of the next piece of equipment. Also every individual piece of equipment should have been secured itself whic had not been done. In the end it was an accident that cause everyone who worked in the industry locally to usea bit more care. For my part i lost a friend who was do to retire in less than six moths along with his wife. It taught me a lot, i was in my early 20s at the time and realized i wasn't buller proof. Never forgotten Eddie L.

Quick tip about the chains. My father taught me this. If you're worried about having too much tension on the chain, you can lay/tie a wet towel (weight) over the middle of the chain. If it snaps, it'll bind where you place the towel and shorten the distance the chain will travel when it whips back. Still scary, but it's saved the back glass in a couple of trucks I've owned. Be safe out there, guys

Yes, it happens in a half second. Ive never rolled over but have felt ice run down my spine as both tires lifted off the ground on the high sideof a slope. If i hadn't had my hand on the loader control, and immediately dropped it, I'm sure i would've rolled. I try to always go straight up/down slopes now, with 3pt hitch and loader practically skimming the ground. Great advice from GWT, as always. Thank you

It is easy to get complacent when you do things over and over again with your machine. These videos are always a good reminder to stay safe and aware of the dangers. Thanks for the reminder!

First guy shouldn't have put his leg out either...his leg isn't going to stop it..only break it

Another good video, I've only got 60 hours up on tractors, you're giving me extremely valuable advice and I appreciate it, thanks.

Good video. These are the reminders that I’m extremely thankful for the lessons my grandfather taught me. Lifelong heavy equipment operator and was a very effective teacher on how to not get killed on a tractor or piece of heavy equipment. Especially when carrying loads, working hills, swinging equipment or when chains and/or PTO shafts are involved. One of those sets of lessons I took for granted until I got out in the world.

Thank you for another important video on tractor safety. Please listen to this 6 decades of experience: especially if you have a loader, but all attachments also, the lowest you can safely operate the bucket/attachment, the better! Keep it as close to the ground as possible!! Another point you made, go as slow as you reasonably can operate.Trying to gain a few seconds by going faster can cost you your life.

Thanks so much Courtney. These safety videos are amazing and show us what not to get into. I remember about three months ago I was helping a neighbor on a slight hill that he had on his front yard with a fence at the top of this hill. I said to myself this is too difficult to go up and down the hill because of the fence. It was only about seven feet up the hill from the dirt road and the angle was at a 20% upgrade. I was not using my 3033R but was using my new Z370R John Deere zero turn all electric mower. So basically I was mowing a bunch of weeds going sideways on this small hill. Well from all of your safety videos I will NEVER do that again. Thank goodness nothing happened except loosing traction on the rear wheels since it only has rear wheel drive. Again because of your safety videos I will NEVER do this again. Thanks so much for these safety videos. Everyone involved here on this video had their tractors 🚜 with all four wells not on the ground, not a good thing. Everyone stay safe out there operating your tractors. 🚜