Tractor puller having a bad day....

[HEMI6point1]

Ouch, this guy is very lucky.

YouTube - Tractor Pulling Iwan 1996 Crash

 

[Hutch]

What happened to the kill switch that links the tractors engines to the sled. It would have stopped the tractor crash!!!

 

[HEMI6point1]

The kill switch might have worked but I guess there was so much motion by that time it didn't matter. Plus those are turbines, it's kinda hard to stop those on a dime.

 

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What happened to the kill switch that links the tractors engines to the sled. It would have stopped the tractor crash!!!

How would a switch prevent that? Too much tire speed and too much momentum for the switch to do any good at all, that thing was going wherever it wanted until it wound down. Add in the fact that they're turbine engines and there ain't no way in hell a switch would have made it stop any sooner. I'm betting that there was a switch and it worked perfectly, there's just that much force working against it (momentum and tire speed) for it to bring the tractor to any sort of immediate stop.

 

[DrRocket]

Since the year is 1996, I'm not sure switches were req'd yet. even if they were, you guys are right about the turbines still being spooled up. There IS a drive system how ever, and I'm thinking that in addition to cutting the ignition system to the turbines, a kill switch could also force the drive system into neutral at the same time.

I looked at the video a couple of times, and it seems to me that if the front axle hadn't collapsed during the roll over like it did, that thing might have headed right for that grandstand in the back. Another thing I noticed is that the axle isn't the only thing that collapsed. The (rather crude looking) single roll bar collapsed also, which probably rung that driver's bell but good. Plus, look at the way the driver is bouncing up and down in his seat before the roll over. He must have traveled a good foot, maybe more. Modern pull tractors have much more robust roll cages these days. <------(That was a link, folks!!)Plus, according to the NTPA rules, they have to have their cages meet SFI specs. That could have been a disaster. I'll bet the competition director of the event was thanking his lucky stars on that one.

 

[Hutch]

Since the year is 1996, I'm not sure switches were req'd yet. even if they were, you guys are right about the turbines still being spooled up. There IS a drive system how ever, and I'm thinking that in addition to cutting the ignition system to the turbines, a kill switch could also force the drive system into neutral at the same time.

I looked at the video a couple of times, and it seems to me that if the front axle hadn't collapsed during the roll over like it did, that thing might have headed right for that grandstand in the back. Another thing I noticed is that the axle isn't the only thing that collapsed. The (rather crude looking) single roll bar collapsed also, which probably rung that driver's bell but good. Plus, look at the way the driver is bouncing up and down in his seat before the roll over. He must have traveled a good foot, maybe more. Modern pull tractors have much more robust roll cages these days. <------(That was a link, folks!!)Plus, according to the NTPA rules, they have to have their cages meet SFI specs. That could have been a disaster. I'll bet the competition director of the event was thanking his lucky stars on that one.

The tractor pulling event was held in Germany, so l don't know whether they compete under NTPA rules!!

 

[DrRocket]

The tractor pulling event was held in Germany, so l don't know whether they compete under NTPA rules!!

If they don't they probably should!!

Say John, is that a Mk XIV spit in your avatar??

 

[vegasnitro]

Tractor pulls in Germany?!?!? I guess there really are rednecks everywhere.