Loader FEL diving board

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There are plenty of "what-if's" in life... or what could go wrong. I my mind, the only thing that would have gone wrong is if those kids *didn't* have a diving board. It would have been just a normal swim day.

Yes, one in a million chance the loader line could have burst... as I was told growing up "play big boy games, suffer big boy consequences" I got the broken bones, scars but I also got plenty of memories from them. I don't remember the days I didn't hurt something, as well as the ride to the hospital!

There is NOTHING wrong being on the safety police squad... hopefully, it will keep at least one other person from doing a stupid mistake...:thumbsup:

I guess I shouldn't tell anyone about the time I let a 9 and 12 y.o. drive my tractor... at least they had their seat belt on! Pretty sure, by the smile on their face... they will remember that for a long time.

 

[Forgivenpagan]

Good Thing I didn't post the picture of my 5 year old driving the tractor with my 2 year old in the bucket:thumbsup:... I ran out of ice tea and had to go inside to get some
I'm joking of course for those of you who are thinking of calling CPS.
I actually think the pool itself is the most dangerous thing we have in the back yard.
It's a dilemma for me.... do i let them play with matches while i'm around so the novelty wears off and they learn safety or do I yell at them and punish them for looking at them. It's like the story of the hotel that was over the water and had a problem with people trying to fish off the 4th and 5th floors. so they took down the signs that said DONT FISH OF THE BALCONY! and the problem went away.

To keep this about tractors I filled the back tires with the $10 part i bought at TSC, thanks to yall's advice, and went down to start digging out the pond that I thought was dry. Well I drove into the middle of it and finally got out an hour later. I will have to approach it from a different angle. My next search is going to be pond digging techniques.

 

[Tom_H]

I appreciate all of the information contributed on this forum; however, I wonder if the self proclaimed "safety police" recognize the general uselessness of their arrogant and judgmental comments. This is an open forum, keep it that way!

You say it's an open forum, yet when someone else's comments are not in agreement with your own opinion, you call them them arrogant and judgmental. I don't see anybody being safety police on here; all I see is some people gently urging common sense. Have you ever known of someone diving straight down from a height, hitting his/her head, breaking the neck, and dying. I have, and it's a tragic and sad thing when that happens to a child whose death could have been prevented by a supposed adult exercising just a little common sense. If you really do believe in an open forum, then it is not cool to label those whose opinions differ from yours as being arrogant and judgmental.

 

[CinderSchnauzer]

I guess I shouldn't tell anyone about the time I let a 9 and 12 y.o. drive my tractor... at least they had their seat belt on! Pretty sure, by the smile on their face... they will remember that for a long time.

When I was 6 - 8 years old I regularly drove the old Ford 8N around the farm and during harvest time, Father / Grandpa loaded hay / grain / etc and I drove. There was also an old Fordson Major, but I couldn't reach the pedals. That and two horses and they worked a 250 acre mixed farm.

How times have changed. I have to chuckle to myself now when guys with 25 acres think a 75 hp tractor is too small.

 

[TripleR]

When I was 6 - 8 years old I regularly drove the old Ford 8N around the farm and during harvest time, Father / Grandpa loaded hay / grain / etc and I drove. There was also an old Fordson Major, but I couldn't reach the pedals. That and two horses and they worked a 250 acre mixed farm.

How times have changed. I have to chuckle to myself now when guys with 25 acres think a 75 hp tractor is too small.

I was thinking of that yesterday, we farmed 160 acres with a 1955 Ford 600. Occasionally we would borrow our neighbor's Case and he would borrow ours, but most of the time it was one tractor.

 

[20 20]

I support the FEL diving board. As with operating any machinery, such as a common vehicle, it is the behavior of the operator that has the most significance upon safety. Every time I drive with the kids in the car, not only do I have to worry about my own driving behaviors, but more so, the behaviors of other drivers, of which I have no control. In the event of an accident, the results could be tragic. Relatively speaking, I don't see the FEL diving board as being explicitly more dangerous. It just depends on how the activity is conducted.

I appreciate all of the information contributed on this forum; however, I wonder if the self proclaimed "safety police" recognize the general uselessness of their arrogant and judgmental comments. This is an open forum, keep it that way!

A divingboard is made for diving a FEL is made for hauling dirt, hay, rocks, etc.... My point is, is that there are proper tools for each activity, would you say it would be safe to tow a 5 ton dump trailer with a motorcycle as long as the operater was paying attention? FEL's can be very slippery especially when wet, diving boards are built special to hopefully stop slipping.

IMO your last paragraph is way out of line{arrogant}. The so called "safety police" have only offered something to possibly think about so others wouldn't be visiting the hospital or worse.

 

[blueriver]

May I suggest that Diving board seems to be one point ... pointed out here.

To the OP .... to avoid this try bolting a 2x12x12' in the bucket ... thus a diving board !!!

Safety is always priority ...

 

[TripleR]

May I suggest that Diving board seems to be one point ... pointed out here.

To the OP .... to avoid this try bolting a 2x12x12' in the bucket ... thus a diving board !!!

Safety is always priority ...

Good idea, that way you can effectively use the curl/dump to flick them a little higher and/or further.:laughing: