TripleR
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- Joined
- Mar 5, 2009
- Messages
- 18,615
- Location
- Missouri
- Tractor
- Kubota M8540HDC, L5740HSTC, BX2200, BX2660, John Deere 425&1025R, Case, Massey Ferguson, Ford
She's a very very lucky lady!!
She must have heard the branch an dove off that tractor just in time. If she had been in that seat when the branch hit it, she'd likely have suffered broken bones (at least).
Roy, I may be over analyzing this, but in looking at the pictures, it looks like the tree may have gotten in a bind between the tree next to it, the ROPS and the other end and that may have slowed it down enough for her to get out as she was traveling. She doesn't know much about the mechanics of a mower as she was concerned that it died when she jumped off, so there was a brief period of time that she was off the seat before the tree hit it which triggered the operator presence switch.
She truly is a lucky girl as she had major back surgery a couple of years ago. Of course she is a country girl and she is pretty tough.