ANDY ANDREWS
Lancaster Fanning Staff
ROCKSPRING (Centre Co.)
Tuff Kelly almost got it right
Even though he knew better
than to move his tractor onto a
slope, especially this slope at 20
M
Tuff Kelly: A Smart Operator-
degrees, he wore his seatbelt.
His tractor was equipped with a
rollover protection structure
(ROPS).
Tuff was prepared for the worst
And in one case, removing that
rock from some wooded ground he
This series of photos from an Ag Progress Days demonstration show
Tuff Kelly overturning. If Tuff, a dummy, didn’t have a ROPS as he rolled
over backward, he could have been killed. Photo• by Andy Andrawa
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was clearing, he had to move high.
Without thinking, he hitched the
chain too high, above the drawbar.
Without realizing it the center of
gravity moved higher as he pulled
away, tipping the tractor over.
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Luckily, the ROPS protected
Tuff from death. In fact, he didn’t
have a bruise!
But Tuff got smart. Next time,
he hitched the chain properly.
After all, it’s tough to re-turn an
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overturn.
The following scries demons
trates what Tuff Kelly went
through the day he tried to remove
a 6-inch stump. Will Tuff ever
learn?
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