Tractor fell off of jack! GRRRRRRRR
 

Lucky man.
Did not fall on you.

I'm often a bit lazy, but you should always block your vehicle before working on it. Or, even if you have the jack for support, have the blocks under the vehicle.

Those scissor jacks are for emergency use, not routine maintenance.

I ruined a nice aluminum race jack last year when it shifted under a good sized tractor. And I had it blocked for safety. Scary stuff!

Glad you're okay.

-Matt

Glad to hear you didn't get squashed, Hondo. :)

When I work on the family cars, thoughts creep into my mind of someone finding me squashed under 4000 lbs. of automobile. So, I use jack stands and I'll even slide a tire/wheel under the frame if a tire is coming off for any amount of time.

Long time ago, I pulled a drive shaft from a truck and I failed to chock the wheels of the truck or set the parking brake. Well, that truck started rolling back on me while I was underneath it. Learned my lesson right then and there. :o

Glad you didn't get hurt....lesson learned.

Have a good friend nearly died in Moab crawling under a poorly supported 4x4. I'm originally actual Kansas kid. Know of too man incidents like that. Balers, combines, PTO belts... Glad you are OK...

Happened to me as well.. Only it was a '72 LTD. I was taking the driveshaft u-bolts off the rear, and once the driveshaft popped loose, I saw the differential yoke start turning. Fortunately, I had crawled under the car from the rear so legs didn't get run over, but I couldn't wiggle myself back out fast enough. The car rolled forward off the ramps, and the trunk floor swatted me against the concrete driveway as the suspension bottomed out as it came off the ramp as a reminder to BLOCK THE FRONT WHEELS NEXT TIME!!!! Knocked the wind out of me, but good!

Hadn't done hat with my tractor but a couple of years ago I got it stuck in a couple feet of mud. That was a chore to get it out!

Geez. That was a close one, Cougrr. :)

My one non-dangerous tractor event was mowing a dried up lake bed during one of the droughts years ago and
running the tractor up on a hidden stump. Both rear wheels in the air and mower behind. Not much around
close to hook the come-along and chains to for winching it off. Also became aware of the occasional dips and holes
where the rear of the tractor would get into and the mower would then hangup and stall the
tractor by reducing traction but there was always a nearby tree unlike the lake bed.

I move a fair amount of heavy machinery.
Good advice:
Always have a healthy sense of paranoia about your equipment failing....
Jacks, lifting straps, chains, tires, ground underneath.
All those things have failed at times.
And it's best to work with someone else who's knowledgeable.
We all need watching at times.

Btw, yes....I have broken myself & other things before.

Foo-worthy.

Years ago the father of a coworker died after his car fell on him.

I have always been careful to use jackstands, but the one (fortunately minor) scare my son and I got was when were replacing the rear brakes on his (now my) Audi A4 quattro. A front drive car with the automatic transmission in park will not roll more than a couple of inches as long as the front wheels are on the ground -- not so with all wheel drive, because of the center differential. Standard practice at home now is to use jackstands, block whatever wheels are still on the ground, and throw the spare tire or any removed wheels under the car.