</font><font color="blue" class="small">( If I'm back in the pasture on the tractor, I usually just come to a stop, idle down a second, and stand off the side... no need to even dismount the tractor... unless there is a good wind...
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I hear that! /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
Although, that can be dangerous too. A few years ago (like 30 /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif) I was working a summer job on a grading crew for a paving company. The grader operator used to do the same thing from the cab of the grader. He was always careful about looking around before he did anything, especially if we were working in a more urban area.
Well, one day after getting home from work, I'm relaxing while reading the paper, and lo and behold, here's a picture of the grading crew preparing the parking lot for the new store that was being built. Yup, there was the grader operator standing (with his back to the camera) in the cab of the grader! /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif The caption to the picture said something like "Grader Driver Checks His Work".
Oh boy, if they only knew! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif Because the way he was standing, I knew he wasn't just checking his work! /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
What was really funny was that the next day at work, every guy on the crew came in with a copy of the picture and asking the grader operator to explain how he was checking his work! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif