I was hesitant about telling you guys because it was totally embarrassing!!!, but it might stop someone from doing the same thing. while backing up on the trailer I fell off!! to the right side. The right wheels fell first then slowly continued, in slow motion, until the rig was laying on it's side!!. I immediately turned the engine off and climbed out, tried to right it with my F350 but just spun the tires. I called my buddy who has a roll back and with the winch he put her back on all fours. lost about 3 gal. chain case oil and 1 gal. hyd fluid. I didn't notice but my right front tire was very low on air and it was muddy, when I was about half way on the trailer, the tires started spinning, and she slowly slid to the right until it was too late. No damaged to my 853 and a valuable lesson learned.
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I let it set overnight and topped off hyd. and chain case oil for the reason you mentioned. I checked engine oil right after righting and it was fine, cranked right up the next day. The fall was slow and into soft soil, guess that's the reason for no damage or panic....just embarrassment......
Glad everthing is ok. I've slipped off the ramps and that's pretty embarassing. Lucky enough not to go all the way over. Always some sort of damage on the trailer that I did not want. Scott
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Done that too, guess my lucks been pretty good. Your trailer must be fairly high?
Ken
It's not that high, about 2' and 4' ramps. looking back, it was the right front (flat) tire, that and me being in a hurry.
