Chirotractor

[bigbull338]

personally i dont know a farmer or a cattlemen with a good back.most every1 i know has probs with their back from living on the tractor.you spend your life on a tractor an you will tear your body up.ive seen my friend step wrong an kink his back hooking equipment up,an his back was blown out.

 

[bigtiller]

I'm glad (well maybe not) to hear it is not just me. Some days I spent 12 hours or more moving snow in a JD 644 articulater similar to this one. I always spent my breaks walking around inside to get loosened up.

 

[Learning to Farm]

After posting to ask if I mow slow, I was informed that I can mow as fast or as slow as I want. This past weekend I mowed in a gear slower and what a difference. Took 30 min longer, but nicer cut and not hardly sore at all. I notice I am more limber after 2 hours, but if I go much past 6 with out a break I am sore-ish. My co-workers always wonder why I come in tan, sore and tired on Monday, I think I always have the better weekend

 

[Mace Canute]

personally i dont know a farmer or a cattlemen with a good back.most every1 i know has probs with their back from living on the tractor.you spend your life on a tractor an you will tear your body up.ive seen my friend step wrong an kink his back hooking equipment up,an his back was blown out.

From growing upon a large mixed farm,I doubt it's seat time that buggers up their backs, it's more likely a result of all the other heavy grunt work that has to get done.

 

[CompactTractorFan]

Uh...My back hurts after using the tractor for a few hours, and I go to a chiropractor...:confused3:

 

[kg7il]

Retired from Boeing 2 years ago. The desk job was really hard on my back. :laughing:

 

[YesDeere]

Man CTF. Your too young for all this. Guess that's why you wanted that auto connect. Gonna be a long row to ho dude

 

[Denwa]

A friend of mine (a mechanic) has said the same thing. His back bothers him sometimes and he says a bit of seat time does wonders for it!

Some good old rock n' roll dancing does a pretty good job of unkinking the back too. Not on the tractor though.

Dennis

 

[Ursa Major]

Tractor time is my psychologist. Had 6 hours on the tractor Saturday with the I Tunes and really enjoy it. My mid back is a different story.

As a crackyourbacktor (that's a new one :laughing prolonged sitting is awful for the back. Bar none, worst backs are truck drivers followed by salesman who travel and farmers.

A gunbelt and a vest on a 6'2" guy crammed into a crown vic is no picnic for 8-10 hours a day either! Suited up with boots etc I weigh 227. In a birthday suit, 210! What a relief it is to get onto jeans and a T-shirt and get some seat time. Definitely theraputic for me!

 

[Baby Grand]

After posting to ask if I mow slow, I was informed that I can mow as fast or as slow as I want. This past weekend I mowed in a gear slower and what a difference. Took 30 min longer, but nicer cut and not hardly sore at all. I notice I am more limber after 2 hours, but if I go much past 6 with out a break I am sore-ish. My co-workers always wonder why I come in tan, sore and tired on Monday, I think I always have the better weekend

Yes - that's what made the difference for me. As long as the ride is rolling and not jarring I can stay in the seat all day. Once it gets choppy my time in the saddle is limited. If I work at a hurried pace I wind up all achey for the next 2 days. My co-workers think I'm nuts because I "work in dirt" all weekend and don't even get paid. Little do they know ...

 

[CompactTractorFan]

Man CTF. Your too young for all this. Guess that's why you wanted that auto connect. Gonna be a long row to ho dude

Yep...:laughing::laughing::laughing:

 

[TripleR]

A gunbelt and a vest on a 6'2" guy crammed into a crown vic is no picnic for 8-10 hours a day either! Suited up with boots etc I weigh 227. In a birthday suit, 210! What a relief it is to get onto jeans and a T-shirt and get some seat time. Definitely theraputic for me!

Boy ain't that the truth, my son had three sets of cuffs, baton/ASP, extra magazines, flashlight, keys, taser, pepper spray, tactical knife, radio and back up to his backup. Then he had his vest with a G27 in it and Lord knows what all else; don't see how he could stand it.

My G27 or G23 with cuffs, pepper spray and one mag pouch was about all I could handle. When I retired I quit wearing belts and just drop a .38 in my pocket if I don't forget.

 

[Ursa Major]

Congrats on your retirement TripleR. Belt-wise, I wish it was similar to 30 years ago. Too much stuff now! I don't know how a thin person can do it today. With a 35" waist I have just enough room to buckle my 'keepers' and that's about it. Like your son, I'm maxed out. Had my second hernia a couple years back, got both sides screened up now. My Doc and I figured it was the belt. Oh well, what are you gonna do.

Nice tractor in your avatar! How long have you had it? I like your Johnson quote too!

 

[TripleR]

Congrats on your retirement TripleR. Belt-wise, I wish it was similar to 30 years ago. Too much stuff now! I don't know how a thin person can do it today. With a 35" waist I have just enough room to buckle my 'keepers' and that's about it. Like your son, I'm maxed out. Had my second hernia a couple years back, got both sides screened up now. My Doc and I figured it was the belt. Oh well, what are you gonna do.

Nice tractor in your avatar! How long have you had it? I like your Johnson quote too!

Thanks, I have been retired almost four years now and wish I would have sooner.

You and my son are the same size and didn't have any spare room on his belt and was always trying to find a good balance.

My son was already a bit banged up from jumping out of aircraft with the 82nd, so after a few years on the force quit this year while he could still get around; seems like there is no longer any respect for the police or fear of consequence anymore and everyone wants to run or fight.

Parole Officers don't have to do all that stuff, so I made it through 32 years.

Thanks for your service and hang in there.