Market Farming

[Ron Malor <rmalor AT bigpond.com>]

I couldn't agree more with this. Turning downhill
is safer but the best advise that I ever had was just to bail out ON THE
UPHILL SIDE immediately you felt that something was about to go. Haven't
had to do it on a tractor but have have had to part company very rapidly
from an ATV dragging a smudger which got caught on a hidden rock. Forget
the machinery. It's easier (and probably cheaper) to repair than you.
Just my $AUD0.02 worth.

Regards,
Ron...

At 07:07 14/10/2002 -0500, you wrote:
> > 
> > More important to me, 'casue I really do not know (and quite
> seriously need
> > to know).........when running along a hill, ditch, etc. and you
> start to
> > tip, just which way do you turn, up hill or down hill?
>
> I hope everyone here realizes that operating a tractor on un-even 
> ground is VERY dangerous business.  Statistics are not at hand, but
> I 
> believe that farm work in general and tractor driving specifically is
> one of the most dangerous activities one might engage in.  I will
> contend that it far exceeds the dangers of pesticide exposure.
>
> In answer to the question, by the time you realize you are going over, I
> believe it is too late; though going down hill is much safer than going
> up hill, due to the drive torque lifting the front end.
>
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Ron Malor

'Roslyn Lea'
Scotts Road
South Mole Creek
Northern Tasmania