Quad Bikes Danger

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Just a quick Reminder of the dangers of Quad Bikes to there riders.
A old skiing/shooting buddy of mine was killed on the fell nr his farm yesterday morning when his quad bike somehow landed on him and crushed him as he looked his sheep.
He has left a new wife and 2 kids from his first marriage
Rip Shifty
 
Awful news.
Quad bikes are deadly, we lost a forestry contractor a couple of years back, I don't think she was thirty.
 
Hate the things and will not use one.
I cut back on stalking rather than use a quad.

And I ride dirt bikes. Still think quads are far more evil.
 
Rake Aboot said:
Hate the things and will not use one.
I cut back on stalking rather than use a quad.

And I ride dirt bikes. Still think quads are far more evil.
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Unfortunately our croft is predominantly lazy bed agriculture. You would struggle to drive any tractor across it so realistically quad bike or nothing. All I can do is wear full dirt bike kit and take it VERY easy. ATB
 
Sad news.
I wouldn't fancy a quad on anything too far off flat. I've (accidentally) had a sit-in type ATV (Mule) on two wheels before now and they're more stable than any quad.
 
Sad indeed, must've been 'straight' ground, or a very powerful machine.

Never found them a problem with a stag back and front, much more tippy unloaded IME. Many of the guys half fill the tyres with water to help keep them low heavy, but there are aye limits, to where they should not be taken to, much less beyond.

Been there, had my escapades, luckily for me with bikes much smaller and lower c of g than the later/newer models.
 
Sad news and dangerous machines, I doubt there is hardly a farmer in the land that hasn't couped one and yet we daily see folk haring about on them with no helmet, and we regularly see facebook post of folk with kids on them and letting children drive them (even the "toy" sized ones - brainless
 
Quads are a necessary evil for farmers in the Lake District as mules etc can not get to a lot of the tops .
my mates all run big heavy 450-500cc or bigger quads to get them where they need to go . And unfortunately it all went wrong some how yesterday .
 
A friend of mine nearly lost his life on a quad year’s ago , rolled on him fracturing his skull above all other things.
Only thing that saved him was as it rolled it ended up back on its wheels, where he managed to crawl on it and somehow made it back to the farm house where people where about to call for help.
He would not have been so bad with a helmet on
 
Helmets are an absolute must!....I went on a "Fun" quad experience a few years ago on a Welsh sheep farm, 3 of us
( including the farmer ) were riding at about 25mph on a flat field at about 20 yards apart, 3 sheep decided to run diagonally in front of my quad at the last second which I could not of anticipated, I hit the last sheep and the quad tipped up on the two side wheels, I shifted my weight and luckily the quad came back down on all four wheels, more by luck than judgement! I narrowly avoided it tipping over on me.

The sheep span around, hit the floor and then got up and ran off!.... this made me realise what a dangerous situation I had narrowly avoided.
 
Very sorry to hear this. But it’s an illustration of what can happen. I rolled one whilst reversing down a slope. It rolled over me and ended up back on It’s wheels. I was very lucky, just a few bruises. The amount of serious accidents on quads is unbelievable and what’s more worrying is that they usually get used on soft ground.
 
Sympathies reiver for the family.
It s easy done but lenty FF other dangerous things on farms too.

Just like any other tool have to treat them with respect but still more likely to have an accident in ur car etc.

Bugger wearing helmets, I know I turned work down as they wanted me to wear a helmet.
 
Really sad to hear this, Quads have a lot of accidents, i have one myself, a 450, and they are so capable, yet so dangerous. I used mine as a deer recovery machine, till it rolled on a very slight bank with a roe on it, it slowly tipped over and i basically stepped off. I hasten to add i am no quad expert, though i have a quad "ticket". It is now used for rabbit shooting on flat ground and dog walking and fun. I also have an argo avenger, and it crosses the same place effortlessly, without a thought and i would happily do so with multiple red deer in it. The argo is a very competant tool, and though i have also seen one roll, we really never hear of these accidents with argos, though i am sure they happen. The rops system will help i am sure. So sad when someone is injured in the field, quads are used daily without a problem, but bite hard when they tip. I feel i escaped, and mine tipping was totally unexpected. I feel very much safer in the argo, are these much used in sheep farming? They are more expensive, maintenance is hellish, but they do the job so well
 
Rarely see an Argo in normal farming andd even on hill places I've never seen a herd using 1.
Be to slow and in manuaverable to round stock up. Not very comfy driving them either

Got an Argo too and I do prefer it for some jobs but not all and maitanence is a pita and parts dear. U don't see many Argos with the hours quads do, I used to do 6- 8000kms most years on quad, dunno how many hours that would be.

Seen Argos roll too, I know once grouse keeper blames his tips rops for tipping his Argo, but he is a maniac in it, once there was a bang and his wheel overtook us bouncing down the track when he was driving a load of beaters on nieghbouring shoot.

Dunno if rops wil do much good unless ur wearing ur seat belt or can hang on inside otherwise could get squashed by the tops itself.
 
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