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Don't Let This Happen To You!
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Safety is an important and often overlooked topic. Make safety a part of your everyday life and let others know how much you care by making their lives safer too. Let the next generation of tractor enthusiasts benefit from your experience, and maybe save a life or appendages.
Safety is an important and often overlooked topic. Make safety a part of your everyday life and let others know how much you care by making their lives safer too. Let the next generation of tractor enthusiasts benefit from your experience, and maybe save a life or appendages.
- Barnyard
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Don't Let This Happen To You!
This afternoon I took my Kubota with mower and front bucket down to our 4x4 grounds to do some work in preparation for our race this weekend. As I walked past the hitch after loading to go home I saw this.
The other day I had used my smaller trailer with the 2" ball, but today I needed the bigger trailer with the 2 5/16" bal. My hitch has a ball on top and one on the bottom that is rotated to select the ball size needed. I had forgotten to rotate the bigger ball to the top and put the 2 5/16" coupler on the 2" ball.
I had driven ten miles from home to where I was using the tractor and I am guessing the trailer dislodged after pulling onto our grounds.
I will now color coordinate the tip of each hitch to match the color of it's respective ball so I know I have the right one whenever I switch trailers.
The other day I had used my smaller trailer with the 2" ball, but today I needed the bigger trailer with the 2 5/16" bal. My hitch has a ball on top and one on the bottom that is rotated to select the ball size needed. I had forgotten to rotate the bigger ball to the top and put the 2 5/16" coupler on the 2" ball.
I had driven ten miles from home to where I was using the tractor and I am guessing the trailer dislodged after pulling onto our grounds.
I will now color coordinate the tip of each hitch to match the color of it's respective ball so I know I have the right one whenever I switch trailers.
There are two ways to get enough Cubs. One is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less.
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- 10+ Years
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Re: Don't Let This Happen To You!
Yes, I can see where it might be difficult differentiating shades of Ferric Oxide
- Barnyard
- Team Cub
- Posts: 24264
- Joined: Tue Aug 07, 2007 3:39 pm
- Zip Code: 45030
- Tractors Owned: At This Time
40 Farmall Cubs (Round Hood)
2 Farmall Cub (Square Hood)
2 IH Cubs (Square Hood)
5 Lo-Boys (Round Hood)
2 Lo-Boys (Square Hood)
2 Farmall 404's
1 Farmall H
1 Ferguson 20
1 Cub Cadet 125
1 Kubota B-7100 - Circle of Safety: Y
- Location: OH, New Haven (Hamilton County)
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Re: Don't Let This Happen To You!
Bill E Bob wrote:Yes, I can see where it might be difficult differentiating shades of Ferric Oxide
Yeah, each ball will be painted to match the tip of the trailer tongue too.
There are two ways to get enough Cubs. One is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less.
- John *.?-!.* cub owner
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Re: Don't Let This Happen To You!
Many years ago when I had not had a lot of experience pulling a trailer I made a trip to my wife's folks pulling a camper. Coming back, when I got on some of the rougher roads, I thought that trailer is sure making a lot of noise. Finally back home I backed the trailer in to it's parking spot and went around to unhitch it to discover I had not closed the hitch. Only time in my life I was glad it had that much tongue weight.
If you are not part of the solution,
you are part of the problem!!!
you are part of the problem!!!
- Bill Hudson
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Re: Don't Let This Happen To You!
You lead a charmed life.
Bill
Bill
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Re: Don't Let This Happen To You!
Hope your chains were crossed that's important when they unexpectedly disconnect, I put a pintle ball hitch on my truck that gives two points of lock for added safety
- Steve Butram
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Tryke
Rat Cub - Circle of Safety: Y
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Re: Don't Let This Happen To You!
Probably happened when you unloaded. lucky for you the coupler didn't ride up and destroy the tailgate.
Be prepared to be unprepared Seth Goden
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Re: Don't Let This Happen To You!
Guilty!! Much like your story, I too had been using my 2" ball for my small trailer. Not thinking, I hooked up my big trailer and drove to a friends house, about 15 miles away, to load a tractor to bring home. As I drove the tractor onto the trailer, the hitch lifted off the ball. I backed the tractor off the trailer, unhooked the chains & light cord and drove the truck back home to switch ball mounts. No damage was done, but I was sure glad no one was watching. John, I too have stopped to check my load and discovered that I hadn't locked my coupler down. A few potentially bad situations, like this, have made me extra vigilent with trailer hook up.
- Stanton
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Re: Don't Let This Happen To You!
It's a valuable lesson to be learned when an accident shows itself before it happens. Glad to see that was all that came out of it--no one injured.
- John *.?-!.* cub owner
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Re: Don't Let This Happen To You!
For the last 20 or so years I have used the Tow-Power convertible ball mounts. Very handy but do require some maintenance, mainly periodic removal of the ball and oiling the mechanism. Never have to wonder if I have the right size trailer ball, and using it I have more of a tendency to check that the right size ball is on the hitch.
They are still available, but I think the manufacturer has discontinued them, however, Convert-a-Ball still makes a similar version.
http://accessories.etrailer.com/search? ... &view=list
They are still available, but I think the manufacturer has discontinued them, however, Convert-a-Ball still makes a similar version.
http://accessories.etrailer.com/search? ... &view=list
If you are not part of the solution,
you are part of the problem!!!
you are part of the problem!!!
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Re: Don't Let This Happen To You!
I have a lot of knuckleheads in my neighborhood. So when I leave a trailer hooked up overnight, I always check the hitch, chains and lights before I move it.
Russ
Russ
1979 International Cub (Artie),193 plow,22 sickle mower,144 cultivator,54a blade,59" belly mower,wheel weights
1944 John Deere B , A-3 B-3 two way plow.....Grandpa's Deere,Still can't find his FARMALL A
1944 John Deere B , A-3 B-3 two way plow.....Grandpa's Deere,Still can't find his FARMALL A
- Denny Clayton
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Re: Don't Let This Happen To You!
Gary Dotson wrote:Guilty!! Much like your story, I too had been using my 2" ball for my small trailer. Not thinking, I hooked up my big trailer and drove to a friends house, about 15 miles away, to load a tractor to bring home. As I drove the tractor onto the trailer, the hitch lifted off the ball. I backed the tractor off the trailer, unhooked the chains & light cord and drove the truck back home to switch ball mounts. No damage was done, but I was sure glad no one was watching. John, I too have stopped to check my load and discovered that I hadn't locked my coupler down. A few potentially bad situations, like this, have made me extra vigilent with trailer hook up.
I now always use a clip pin in the closed hitch when I hookup the light cord.
- John *.?-!.* cub owner
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Re: Don't Let This Happen To You!
Also, make sure they are the rights size pin. Some of the hitches are designed for 1/4 inch pins, and some for 5/16 inch pins. I put a 1/4" pin in a hitch made for a 5/16" pin, and discovered the coupler could be opened and closed with the pin in place. The hitch I was dealing with used a plate with a notch for the pin to go through, and the smaller pin would slip out of the notch.Denny Clayton wrote:.........I now always use a clip pin in the closed hitch when I hookup the light cord.
If you are not part of the solution,
you are part of the problem!!!
you are part of the problem!!!
- Mr E
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Re: Don't Let This Happen To You!
Gary Dotson wrote:Guilty!! Much like your story, I too had been using my 2" ball for my small trailer. Not thinking, I hooked up my big trailer and drove to a friends house, about 15 miles away, to load a tractor to bring home. As I drove the tractor onto the trailer, the hitch lifted off the ball. I backed the tractor off the trailer, unhooked the chains & light cord and drove the truck back home to switch ball mounts. No damage was done, but I was sure glad no one was watching. John, I too have stopped to check my load and discovered that I hadn't locked my coupler down. A few potentially bad situations, like this, have made me extra vigilent with trailer hook up.
Hmm, I'd never admit to doing this.
In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity. - Albert Einstein
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Roy Edenfield
Deep South CubFest #10
February 14 & 15, 2020
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Roy Edenfield
Deep South CubFest #10
February 14 & 15, 2020
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Re: Don't Let This Happen To You!
At least I can see that you have safety chains on that, around here I cant count the number of people I see that dont have any safety chains on at all, they usually just clip the chains around the trailer toungue and never use them.
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