I'm an idiot again

[widmn]

I\'m an idiot again

Yesterday I was mowing and clipped the edge of my loader on the house rain gutter downspout bending it. Then later in the day, I changed to my backhoe and was doing a lot of work digging a hole and moving dirt. It started to thunderstorm so I hurried toward the barn to get out of the lightning. I clipped the door and busted the hinge and broke an edge of the door so now it won't shut. Now I have 2 repairs that will probably take me several hours. AGAIN, I must write one thousand times..... haste makes waste.
haste makes waste.
haste makes waste.
haste makes waste.
haste makes waste.
........

 

[Richard]

Re: I\'m an idiot again

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( AGAIN, I must write one thousand times..... haste makes waste )</font>

One nice thing about doing that here is "copy/paste" will make short order of it.

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[Junkman]

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Not an idiot at all....... just a new tractor operator that has yet to learn where the corners of the house and tractor meet. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[trlong]

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widmn,

Don't feel too bad. It's all a learning experience. It is amazing how much damage can be done with just a little haste and misjudgement of where the corners of the attachments are, w.r.t. houses, deck support posts, etc., etc.,,...

I'm still trying to live down having creased the front bumper of my wife's "Highlander". Now when I start the tractor, she moves it down the driveway and gives me "One of those looks" /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif. I definitely feel pain and embarrassment /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif.

I'm working near the deck and house now, trying to grade for new topsoil, seed, and lawn. It's pretty slow when you have to keep your eyes on all four corners, every second.

Remember, downspouts and doors can be repaired. Better inanimate objects than family or friends.

Tom

 

[SkyPup]

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Our basic principle while tractoring is to never be in a hurry.

 

[Deerlope]

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Do you need eye glasses? Could it be that your depth perception is not good? It demishes with age.

 

[thcri]

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Well, I am glad I have never done anything like that. I mean even the time I back into the garage door was my wife's fault. Yeah she hit the down button as I was backing in and didn't see it coming down. Did about $250.00 worth of damage. I even had a garage door opener in my hand and wasn't able to click it fast enough before I did damage. I even had it in my hand when the door started going down. /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif Yeah it was my wife's fault alright.

All's I can say is, "they are battle scars and join the club".

murph

 

[Junkman]

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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( .........All's I can say is, "they are battle scars and join the club".

murph )</font>

Think of them as memories to be carried forward to the next generation.... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[deere755]

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I posted the other day my mess up under (new gate in the fence). Yesterdays mess up was dropping my cell phone in the lake. It happens to the best of us. Ihave many more but not enough time to post them all.

 

[PineRidge]

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We all make mistakes, it doesn't make you any less a human being for having made it. This is the type of mistake that a few bucks can make right again.

Unfortunately some of the mistakes that you read about here in the safety forum are a bit more serious and even at times life threatening. I would consider this a learning experience, count my blessings and move forward.

 

[frank_f15]

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I NEVER DID ANYTHING LIKE THAT /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif WELL except for the time i hit the house with the loader, OH yeh and then there was the time i hooked the tree limb with my ROPS and then AH FORGET IT YOU GET THE DRIFT /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif just be happy they are repairable mistakes.

 

[TractorLegend]

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I never make mistakes---it was my WIFE who left the rops up when I was parking it in the storage container.

It was my WIFE who let me loose the rops pin spring and while I was driving the tractor down to look for it, she failed to remind me to install the hitch pin---so the rops pin fell out and chipped the fender.
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[Phred]

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Don't feel to bad about it beacuse it happens to us all.

For example I damaged the paint on my dump trailer with a bucket full of gravel, just one of those moments when I was not paying attention and rushing to finish a job. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

But the "best" one for me was the day I almost put the forks through the passenger side door of my pickup. And I am not talking about gently. I am talking about spiking the side of the truck while turning hard at a couple miles per hour.
Regained my senses and managed to miss it by a hair.
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Fred

 

[dliston]

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I think we all probably have those kind of skeletons in our closet. Was backing out of the building one day, no problem. Put it in forward and started turning but misjudged the turn. Barely caught the corner of the doorway with the FEL, but moved the concrete block wall about 2 inches on the foundation.

Took three guys with blocks and a sledge about 30 minutes to move that sucker back to its proper position so that we could close the overhead door again... /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

Doug

 

[GoodGuy]

Re: I\'m an idiot again

Years ago when I was turning wrenches for a living, I was installing a 2nd brake on a driver's ed car & when adjusting the unit I hit the gas petal unstead of the brake petal. The car promply went into the workbench smashing the grill, hood & fenders. My service manager came out, gave me a pat on the back & promptly said, congradulations, you've got your first one behind you. He then said, the longer you're in this business, more will happen to you, it's just life ! I've never forgot that & when I nick a downspout or garage trim, I justify my boo boo's by just saying the more seat time I get the more chances something's gonna happen. Thanks Albert (SM) it was good advise that still makes sense 30 years later.

 

[escavader]

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I always try to sneak around something but forget those darn stabilizer legs on the back hoe.took out 2 2by 4s and some lattice plowing beside the woodshed the first week i had her.
Cut off the wifes new lillac bush 5 minutes later,boy didnt she have a hissy fit. /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif
In my woodlot there aint a tree near a road way i havent dinged with the loader.Dont know why i selectively cut....i kill
em all with my tractor!!! /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif
We ought to start a new post....What did you destroy with your tractor today? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
ESCAVADER