A 'cataclysmic' mechanical failure.
 

Have a look here.

Singing along...
 

Keith..
The driver was singing along to the Alberta National Anthem when this occured...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSM4p...elated&search=

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Great rendition of a Great Canadian Classic!! :D :D :D

Good one, Alex!

:drunk:

NOTE - NOT WORK, WIFE OR CHILD-SAFE! :yappy:

You can 'kn say that again! :eek:

brakes
 

must be those new brake buckets ! :D

What the......???
 

Was pondering how the hell this could possibly have happened. There's got to be more to this story than what is reported on the farm magazine website.

On close inspection there is a huge trailer on a dolly A frame, and I suspect in this application that it was un-breaked. Judging by the prongs on the top of the bucket ( now dug into the road infront of the tractor ), the guy probably uses this combo for hay carting. The added weight of the trailer would have been the driving force to push the tractor over its bucket like this. The question now is did the bucket accidently dig in to the road or did the driver do it on purpose to stop this lot in a hurry.

My supposition of this situation is that the farmer was unbelievably lucky. Without the trailer, the tractor may have followed through and squashed him underneath.

Pedr

This is the trailer
 

This is the trailer that he appears to have been towing.

Pedr

:kangaroo well officer a kangaroo jumped out in front of me and not seeing many of those around here I panicked:doh:

Re: What the......???
 

The road surface is typical of a secondary back road in Alberta,and better than most,as it has an oil coating on it rather than the usual gravel on a true gravel rd.
These are quite smooth and can stand lots of weight and reasonable speed..The bucket would have to abruptly drop ,tines first and a a steep angle to cause such a dilemma..a hydraulic failure or an accidental movement ,for what ever reason,of the bucket angle and height control would be my guess..




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I've seen a few tractors break hydraulic lines and drop the bucket but never with anywhere near this kind of result. People just don't seem to catch onto the idea that you should have the bucket curled up at the front so in case of a failure liike this it just skids on the ground and doesn't hurt anything. When those tines penetrate the oiled road surfane at 20 mph with 15000 pounds pushing them you just know you aren't going to be having a good day!

Canadian emergency brake
 

Ah, this is the new Canadian emergency brake system. Very efficient!

Regards
Andreas
-German automotive engineer-