Another Tractor Related Death
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Industrial Toys
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I've watched my Dad run equipment and it's scary. Watched my Mom drive her car, same thing! Just saying that AGE can play a part in accidents. I had a near catastophic accident a few years back, and some quick reaction saved the day. My seventy year old friend was with me and said he has never seen anybody move that quickly. It can make a difference!
buickanddeere
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Actually not. The roll over happens too fast and has gone too far to jump clear from once the operator realizes what is happening. Unless you have legs like a lemur , it's not possible to jump far enough.
Before operating an excavator I took the time to clean up and lube the seat belt so the latch would work. Glad I did because four days later I was hanging by the seat belt when the embankment caved in.
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Very few folks would have a quick enough reaction time to jump off a tractor roll over. Years ago, when I had a lot more stupid, I tried to pull down a huge pile of pine bark with the front end loader of my tractor. The tractor was small enough that I had to drive up onto the pile and it collapsed and the tractor went sideways and started to roll over. I ended up with my back on the concrete slab and my feet in the air holding the tractor up at a precarious balance. After about 20 seconds my strength gave out and I thought I was a dead meat. Lucky for me my younger brother saw what had happened, ran up and shouted, "I'm going count to three, and on three I'm going to yank you by the arm pits as fast as I can. We both tumbled back on the concrete and the tractor landed on its side right next to us. Lots of scrapes and bruises but I am alive to tell the story. The tractor was still running on its side when we turned it off and oil was spilling out the air intake. We got another tractor and chain, righted the tractor, took out the saturated air filter and started the engine up. It smoked tremendously for about 3 minutes and we ended up using it for another 8 years before trading it in. Lucky for me and lucky for the tractor. I have been much, much more cautious since that incident......
HEC
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What a sad story , it just makes one think of all the close calls in ones own life .
My dad had one of the Kubota L235's and decided to start it standing next to it . It was in gear at the time and he didn't know it and it ran right up on top of his hip . I jumped on it and pushed in the clutch and backed it off him , the reason was he had a roto tiller on the back . If I hadn't been right there to do that I can only imagine what that tiller coming down on him would have done even though the pto was off . He was only bruised up a bit but okay . Stay Safe
My dad had one of the Kubota L235's and decided to start it standing next to it . It was in gear at the time and he didn't know it and it ran right up on top of his hip . I jumped on it and pushed in the clutch and backed it off him , the reason was he had a roto tiller on the back . If I hadn't been right there to do that I can only imagine what that tiller coming down on him would have done even though the pto was off . He was only bruised up a bit but okay . Stay Safe
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Tragic story for sure. But... did anyone notice this other story below the one originally linked??
Hueytown man dies after tree falls on tractor | AL.com
Hueytown man dies after tree falls on tractor | AL.com
