8 year old hurt

[hockeypuck]

Tractor Runs Over Girl - Local News Story - WMUR Manchester

Fortunately she is going to be ok. I hope she was not operating that thing by herself.

Puck

[Bedlam]

I was just going to post that link
After seeing it , It seems that the 'cop' investigating is going to go throught the 'old' statues to see if there was a law against her driving it. The trouble could be it was town property by the looks of it.
Hope this doesnt turn on yet another good willed volunteer .
Thank god she is ok.

[RoyJackson]

Any idea of what brand ad model tractor she was operating?

[mboulais]

Originally Posted by hockeypuck

Tractor Runs Over Girl - Local News Story - WMUR Manchester

Fortunately she is going to be ok. I hope she was not operating that thing by herself.

Puck

It sounds like she was. It also sounds like it was a freak accident. I have caught levers dismounting. Even broke the handle off my loader valve. Something I really like about my tractor over the old ones is I can put in nuetral in three places at once and Ussually use at least two. Where I grew up that would not have been uncommon at 8. I don't think I started driving tractor till 12 though. My oldest is 10 now, and I will be teaching her around 12 or 13. I hope She recovers fully and doesn't grow up afraid of tractors because of this.

[mboulais]

I saw Kubota LA272 on the loader in the video. So maybe a Kubota B7500?

[tractorworks]

There is a video in the link that shows a small kubota TLB. Loader model was la272. I'm guessing bx model.

[MikeD74T]

I've also caught clothing on levers. This is why my son was never allowed to start the tractors or dismount a running tractor when learning. Knew an older & experienced farmer that reached back to shut off a dismounted tractor & bumped it into gear. He was disembowled by the rear wheel & lived 3 months in the hospital before dying. MikeD74T

[Ductape]

Tractor looked to a b7500 or so. Definitely larger than a BX. She was helping her father clear the lot a the town fire station.... he is a fireman, and i believe he was volunteering some work as the town is putting an addition on the building. Regardless of what the state trooper said about researching state statutes.... looked to me that he was giving lip service to the reporter. I don't believe there will be any charges filed in the incident. When i fisrt saw the story on the news.... i thought, what fool would have his eight year old running the tractor?? Then i thought about the stuff i used to do with my father.... when i was not much older. Would i let my kids drive my tractor? Maybe. Important thing is the girl will be ok.

[dmccarty]

My JD4700 has three levers and they all have to be in gear to move the tractor. It is easy to snag a lever though. On my tractor if I get off the seat and put the tractor in gear the engine turns off. I have done this enough that I have gotten pretty good at falling back on to the seat to keep the engine going when I start to hear it stall.

I wonder if the tractor in question had a safety switch on the seat and if it was working.

Later,
Dan

[hockeypuck]

Originally Posted by dmccarty

My JD4700 has three levers and they all have to be in gear to move the tractor. It is easy to snag a lever though. On my tractor if I get off the seat and put the tractor in gear the engine turns off. I have done this enough that I have gotten pretty good at falling back on to the seat to keep the engine going when I start to hear it stall.

I wonder if the tractor in question had a safety switch on the seat and if it was working.

Later,
Dan

Good point. It should have shut off when she was not on the seat and the tractor went into gear. Now why didn't I think of that. Nice going sherlock mccarty.