Man I love this truck

[Leonard Russo]

First Glad that your ok ! Second Kudos to such a great truck the Ram is! Third stuff like that happens when your not on a Deere!

 

[Tracy in IL]

close one. Is there a seat/shoulder belt on the tractor? Did you have it on?

 

[Kevin06ram]

I second the seat belt
I usually only go downhill on the Kubota on dry days but a full bucket can put me on 3 wheels on a side slant pretty easily

 

[stevenP]

Wow....You are very lucky. I have a similar set up. My tractor is a bobcat version just like yours.

 

[Phylodog]

close one. Is there a seat/shoulder belt on the tractor? Did you have it on?

Five minutes before this happened if you'd have asked me this question I would have said I didn't know. I know now and don't plan to get kicked off again.

 

[SRich2015]

Do you have your rear tires filled with water and antifreeze or anything for ballast? I read what happened and glad you are OK but was just wondering.

 

[Phylodog]

I don't yet but plan to. I don't know if it would have helped or hurt in this situation though.

 

[GsRAM]

Thanks for the update. I can see now what happened and why.

Again, glad your ok and the tractor also. It is nice!

 

[bbandbowhunting]

1626, that's what I meant...Inverted the numbers. I have only had mine a few months, needed a loader and couldn't find one for my JD 850. Great little workhorse. Funny we have the same tractor and both had to be rescued by our HD Rams!

 

[Lionfish]

Phylodog said: ↑
Had an incident this morning and got very, very lucky. Limped back to my truck, grabbed a tow strap, put her in 4wd Low and she pulled the tractor back up on the hill with very little effort. I'm not sure I even hit 1500rpm and it was up. I've got 37k miles on her now and have yet to find anything I don't love about her.

Wish I'd have had the presence of mind to video it but I think I was still in a bit of shock from the impact. Flipped ass over tea kettle and landed/slid on the corner of the bucket. No cuts, no broken bones, just some bruising. Would have been a very different story had it rolled.


Glad you're doing well, looks like you could have been badly hurt!
Always feels good when the truck you've paid such big $$ for does what it has been designed for. My 2018 2500 is my second, the first was
a 2006 2500. Both impressed me, from pulling 3 horse warm blood trailer full of big assed horses (my Friesian alone was 1845 lbs). to pulling our 5th wheeler, both would fly up I-70 into the Colorado mountains. Love those trucks!

 

[Tim Pederson SD]

How do you like that 1626? I'm in the market for a new tractor, and I tested one of those. I really like the features and value for the price. I break and train horses, so I've been bucked off my fair share. I've never been bucked off a tractor! I guess I should never say never.

 

[Rlaman]

Glad you're ok. Big dog to the rescue !

 

[Phylodog]

Phylodog said: ↑

Glad you're doing well, looks like you could have been badly hurt!
Always feels good when the truck you've paid such big $$ for does what it has been designed for. My 2018 2500 is my second, the first was
a 2006 2500. Both impressed me, from pulling 3 horse warm blood trailer full of big assed horses (my Friesian alone was 1845 lbs). to pulling our 5th wheeler, both would fly up I-70 into the Colorado mountains. Love those trucks!

Mine pulls a hefty beast pretty regularly as well. This is Murphy, 18 hands of goofy but lovable Percheron (I'm 5'9"). He and a 15.2 hand quarter horse paint are pulled behind my Ram regularly.

 

[Phylodog]

How do you like that 1626? I'm in the market for a new tractor, and I tested one of those. I really like the features and value for the price. I break and train horses, so I've been bucked off my fair share. I've never been bucked off a tractor! I guess I should never say never.

So far I've been happy with it. Shifting between H-M-L on the gearbox is a bit sticky at times and I've yet to find the sweet spot as far as the valve for the 3 point hitch. My Kubota was almost set it and forget it but this one I've had to adjust it regularly.

All things considered it's been a workhorse so far. I've had it maybe a month and have over 40 hours on it. Moved a lot of dirt & manure, mowed pastures, dug a handful of stumps out with the backhoe. All is well thus far.

 

[Dgriffi2]

Did your wife and daughter see what happened? I often joke I could be outside working and they wouldn’t notice if I tore my arm off. I have literally cut the grass before and later that day or the next we’ll be leaving to go somewhere and my wife will say, “did you cut the grass?” Me: “yeah, yesterday.”

 

[Phylodog]

No one was around. My wife was in the shower and my daughter hadn't gotten up and started her day yet. I texted the pic of the tractor to my wife and she came out to see how I was and helped me get the tractor out.

 

[GsRAM]

Mine pulls a hefty beast pretty regularly as well. This is Murphy, 18 hands of goofy but lovable Percheron (I'm 5'9"). He and a 15.2 hand quarter horse paint are pulled behind my Ram regularly.

Beautiful horse man! Very nice. They are a lot of work so I'm sure your busy most of the time (not a bad thing)

 

[Sherman Bird]

Had an incident this morning and got very, very lucky. Limped back to my truck, grabbed a tow strap, put her in 4wd Low and she pulled the tractor back up on the hill with very little effort. I'm not sure I even hit 1500rpm and it was up. I've got 37k miles on her now and have yet to find anything I don't love about her.

Wish I'd have had the presence of mind to video it but I think I was still in a bit of shock from the impact. Flipped ass over tea kettle and landed/slid on the corner of the bucket. No cuts, no broken bones, just some bruising. Would have been a very different story had it rolled.

You should have video taped it and written a narrative and tendered it to RAM Truck for consideration of an advertisement! People just love that!

 

[22hemi13]

Mahindra tractors are pretty tough lol. And we know a ram will pull almost anything out

 

[turkeybird56]

Good Looking Ride (Hossie). Nice truck and work dog tractor. Glad U R OK. U gonna feel it in the morning, LOL. My 15.4 hand gelding has thrown me more than a few times. I would not want to go sailing off of a 18 hand hossie, such a beautiful giant. My deceased wife's best friend runs a carriage business and they Use Percheron's and Bichons.