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DUMFRIES David Jackson, 57, of Ruthwell, near Annan, was killed when his vintage tractor overturned and crushed him.
Mr Jackson had been loading the 1948 Field Marshall tractor, valued at £15,000, on to a lorry at the 30th annual Dumfries and Galloway Vintage Machinery Club event on Sunday. It is believed that the recently restored vehicle fell off a slippery ramp after rain. Mr Jackson died in Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary.
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When you load a tractor on to a lorry its best to drive up backwards or beter still if you have an electric winch running off the lorries battary. Winch the tractor up backwards. Reamember, Always take a Field Marshall up backwards when you load it up.
O.J.Goldsmitho, deal, uk
The thing is that if you understand what you are doing and the forces involved you would see this comming a mile away. The lorry is on a slight slope and sideways. If I was loading at that spot I'd rearange the lorry to drive down hill and with the lorry level from side to side. it would avoid slipping of the ramps sideways and dropping and tipping over backwards. These field marshal tractors weigh around 4 tones (if I'm correct) so if this goes wrong you don't stand a chance !. Next, always use ramps that have side rails!. The picture shows there are no side rails to stop you sliding off ! (lorry also) The picture to me looks like the tractor is of center of the lorry to the left, slope of the ground is to the left (so is lorry) so he lost traction on a slippery ramp, the slope made him slide to the left and off the ramps. The backend dropped to the ground and the momentum overturned the tractor. looking back it's easy I know but still THINK before you act even if you did this before
R. de Bruin, Vollenhove, Netherlands