RichZ
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- Apr 4, 2001
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- Tractor
- Kubota 4630 with cab and loader
No matter how careful you think you are, something unexpected can and usually does happen./w3tcompact/icons/shocked.gif I pride myself with being careful, especially because my full time employment has to do with health care safety. Here's my foolish story:/w3tcompact/icons/blush.gif
I was loading up the trailer that I use with my tractor with horse manure in my paddock. I thought the horses would stay away from the tractor, so I didn't lock them out of the paddock while I was working. While I was shoveling, our three horses had a great time inspecting my tractor, touching it, licking it, even spinning the seat around./w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif When I got the trailer full my wife opened the gate, and I started to drive through. All of a sudden, I realized that the horses were following me, like I was the Pied Piper. My wife tried to partially close the gate to stop the horses from running out. I was watching the horses behind me, and didn't even realize as she was pushing the gate closed, it hit my back wheel, which pushed the gate back open, and knocked her down. Her foot went under the back wheel, and I ran over her foot without even realizing it!/w3tcompact/icons/shocked.gif One of the horses got out, and she was chasing her, but noticably limping. This particular horse lives to eat, so my wife yelled "Get some corn!". I ran into the barn, got a bucket of corn, and the horse followed me back into the paddock. It was only then that my wife told me I ran over her foot! I had seen her fall out of the corner of my eye, but I thought she fell behind me while she was chasing the horse.
I helped her into the truck and we rushed to the local hospital. Luckily she was only bruised, but I shudder to think what could have happened! For the next several days, I kept telling her how sorry I was, but she said that since she wasn't hurt too bad, she thought the whole thing was actually funny.
Well I'm not amused, and I'm kind of freaked out by the whole thing, because I can't believe I was so stupid, when I thought I was being so careful! It just goes to show that you can never be careful enough!!!/w3tcompact/icons/blush.gif
I was loading up the trailer that I use with my tractor with horse manure in my paddock. I thought the horses would stay away from the tractor, so I didn't lock them out of the paddock while I was working. While I was shoveling, our three horses had a great time inspecting my tractor, touching it, licking it, even spinning the seat around./w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif When I got the trailer full my wife opened the gate, and I started to drive through. All of a sudden, I realized that the horses were following me, like I was the Pied Piper. My wife tried to partially close the gate to stop the horses from running out. I was watching the horses behind me, and didn't even realize as she was pushing the gate closed, it hit my back wheel, which pushed the gate back open, and knocked her down. Her foot went under the back wheel, and I ran over her foot without even realizing it!/w3tcompact/icons/shocked.gif One of the horses got out, and she was chasing her, but noticably limping. This particular horse lives to eat, so my wife yelled "Get some corn!". I ran into the barn, got a bucket of corn, and the horse followed me back into the paddock. It was only then that my wife told me I ran over her foot! I had seen her fall out of the corner of my eye, but I thought she fell behind me while she was chasing the horse.
I helped her into the truck and we rushed to the local hospital. Luckily she was only bruised, but I shudder to think what could have happened! For the next several days, I kept telling her how sorry I was, but she said that since she wasn't hurt too bad, she thought the whole thing was actually funny.
Well I'm not amused, and I'm kind of freaked out by the whole thing, because I can't believe I was so stupid, when I thought I was being so careful! It just goes to show that you can never be careful enough!!!/w3tcompact/icons/blush.gif