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A lady in our county died yesterday due to an accident involving a tractor powered post hole digger.
Details are unavailable but what I have heard (from one of the EMTs) is that one arm got hung in the auger and she tried to free it with the other and it also became entangled. Both arms were ripped off before her husband could disengage.
Shuddering
I rode a post hole digger for two summers as my dad and I put up more that two miles of fencing. Old Ford didn't have enough down force to push digger down so I held it straight as it started to dig and rode it all the way down. Had to wear slip on shoes, tight jeans, no belt, and a very tight too small t-shirt. Parent would be thrown in jail for that now. Dad always had his foot on the clutch and one hand on the throttle so he could shut it down in a hurry. I was 14 and 15 years old during those summers.
This scares the H E double L our of me.
Details are unavailable but what I have heard (from one of the EMTs) is that one arm got hung in the auger and she tried to free it with the other and it also became entangled. Both arms were ripped off before her husband could disengage.
Shuddering
I rode a post hole digger for two summers as my dad and I put up more that two miles of fencing. Old Ford didn't have enough down force to push digger down so I held it straight as it started to dig and rode it all the way down. Had to wear slip on shoes, tight jeans, no belt, and a very tight too small t-shirt. Parent would be thrown in jail for that now. Dad always had his foot on the clutch and one hand on the throttle so he could shut it down in a hurry. I was 14 and 15 years old during those summers.
This scares the H E double L our of me.