child add on seat

[Bob_Skurka]

Henro you will get no arguement from me. I use reasonable precaution most of the time. Some might say I am too cautious. Perhaps it is my frame of view, but I ride a bike for fun, and I don't ride far, and I've not been chased by a dog. So while my daughter does wear a helmet, I do not. Now if I was communting to work, or taking a bike vacation across state, then I would probably wear a helmet. And I would probably wear those silly little mirrors on my glasses so I could see behind me without turning my head. And there are probably other things that I might do that I currently consider to be silly looking . . . but again, it is my frame of reference that is the liesurely ride on a private dead end country lane that I am coming from.

I grew up in the world before mandatory seatbelts . . . and I survived. And while I would have ridden in the back of a pick up truck when I was young, I would not let my daughter do it today. I guess I am a hypocrite in that I look out for my kid more than I look out for me. I would not put a kid on that John Deere Child Add On Seat and mow my lawn either. . . and I think that is something most of us on TBN agree on.

 

[Junkman]

Henro......... we need the rest of the story..... what happened to Ralph???? /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

 

[Henro]

Ralph continued to run free and chase cars.

I think he may have got his legs in the spokes because the owner told me the fur was skinned off both of his legs in the front a bit...

I don't think I got back to commuting to work by bicycle after that, because my plant was shutdown about a month of so after I got back to work. Funny thing was during that month I was recovering, Ralph enhanced his chasing skills.

I had a little Suzuki that I used to drive around, one of those real small ones. Ralph used to chase it too, but he began running down the road in front of it, rather than behind. Or beside me. He was running one day (I could have hit him anytime I wanted if I were the kind to hold a grudge) he drifted over to the left and I pulled up beside him. I started to wind down the window to say something, as his head was at about my face level...Then decided that was a dumb thing to do...and just waved goodbye as I sped up... /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif Didn't need him grabbing on my ear or something like that!

By the way this was a road that followed along the river and lead into the old grounds of a large steel plant. It was travelled mostly by employees and not a highway or anything, so chasing cars was safer there than it might have been elsewhere.

I don't get down that way much anymore. Almost 4 years has passed. My guess is that Ralph has probably slowed down a little by now...if he is still around. Some large trucks also travelled that road, slowly, but those wheels are dangerous...

 

[AndyM]

<font color="blue"> Ralph continued to run free and chase cars...
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And that, my friends, is the rest of the story.

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[Junkman]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( <font color="blue"> Ralph continued to run free and chase cars...
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And that, my friends, is the rest of the story.

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But is it.... as we all now know...... sometimes Paul Harvey made up some of the stories that he told..... /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

 

[beenthere]

Hmmm? What does this have to do with Deere?

Looks home-made, and put together for sale on e-Bay (and didn't sell). Or does someone think Deere is making and selling these? I doubt that. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

The 'comments' on this thread were really interesting to read.

 

[AndyM]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( The 'comments' on this thread were really interesting to read. )</font>

Yep, Paul Harvey News and Comment, at your service.
Good day! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[keeney]

I showed the photo to my wife (daughter's mother).

"Guys are crazy. They think they are watching a kid when they have their back turned!"

- Rick

 

[LarryD]

<font color="blue"> </font> I wonder if there is nothing in the Deere manual about this "Add on".

I see tools and equipment used in some of the strangest ways in my job and my response to anyone who says "we do this all the time" is show it to me in the owners manual. /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

 

[TOMDUALLY]

I don't know but when I buckle my grandkids in thier "crash" seats located in the back seat they can be unbuckled and playing a game before I can get into the front, so just imagine if they unbuckled and the operator hit reverse really quick, sitting on those slick plastic seats they wouldn"t have a chance /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif