Farming Fails: 4
Oops.... Looks like this guy was hauling a couple silage bales (which are a lot heavier than straw bales) and tried to slow down. He then flopped it on it's nose. It would be easy to get it back on it's wheels, but I guess this guy just bailed (pardon the pun) and didn't try to self-right. An easy way to prevent this is to have a counter-weight on the rear, or even another bail claw or more bail spikes, so that you could attach bails on the back, therefore being perfectly balanced. But I bet that felt interesting when it went over! Most farmers don't wear their seat belts, so I bet he ate the steering wheel for lunch that day. But I learned my lesson pretty quickly. When I was in the grain cart (it was being pulled by a CAT Challenger), it shifted down a speed as we neared the combine, and I darn near went through the windshield! Since then, I've worn my seatbelt in the farm equipment a lot more.

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