"It's Easier to Bury a Tradition Than a Child"

[SkyPup]

The future is uncertain.....


and the End is always near.

 

[Soundguy]

Now that is just lame, normally you can at least put a little logic in your posts.

While blunt and bleak.. you must admit is has a certain pragmatic quality to it.

soundguy

 

[RobJ]

Let's use another example. There is a well known stat in the pediatirc community that children who live in homes where guns are stored are umpteen more times as likely to be killed or injured by a gun shot wound as children who live in homes without guns. So, should I tell every parent that I see to make sure they get every gun they own out of the home? Of course not. That would be an unreasonable blanket statement that would not take into account inummerable variables and lifestyles. Yet, if I did make that statement, and every parent followed it, fewer children would be killed by gunshot wounds. But that rational conclusion still cannot justify removing guns from every home in which children lived.

But then wouldn't the risk of getting shot by an armed intruder go up. A verbal warning and a shotgun jack usually does the trick!

 

[RobJ]

let me toss a new idea into this topic. What about the degree of risk. If my grandaughter comes over and wants to ride with grandpa in his cab tractor. I put her in the tractor on my lap and slowly ride around a nice level yard till she gets tired of it. I do not take her with me brushhogging on the pond banks. Nor would I take her out when I am doing something with trees ( i would say what but that is another thou shalt not do according to other posts) I feel I can safely take her on a ride on level ground with her in the cab with me and give her the satisfaction of getting to ride the tractor with grandpaw. Is that going to be considered an unsafe practice ?

Now this is where I draw the line!!! I think a cab tractor is much safer. Friends does this all the time. Again this is a TC100 ir TS100 NH tractor...not a BX. They sit and play in the spot by the door and behind the seat.

 

[N80]

But then wouldn't the risk of getting shot by an armed intruder go up. A verbal warning and a shotgun jack usually does the trick!

This makes sense. And I agree. But I don't think the statistics bear it out. But can't say for sure.

 

[turbo36]

I just looked at the calendar and it IS "Cite a Random Statistic Day"! But apparently only 2.5% of the population even knows that there is a CRS Day.

Now that is funny! But the real humor in this was probably missed by 97.5% of the population.

 

[cwilson]

Great Thread!! I love the saying

 

[turnkey4099]

Now this is where I draw the line!!! I think a cab tractor is much safer. Friends does this all the time. Again this is a TC100 ir TS100 NH tractor...not a BX. They sit and play in the spot by the door and behind the seat.

One would think but:

When I was dispatching for the Sheriff's Office I took a call one night from Daddy who was driving his tractor with cab back from a remote barn. Had his kid in the cab with him. Hit a bump, kid gone, run over by the wheel. Not a good shift for me and certainly not for that family.

Likely to happen? Probably not. Goes to the "Stuff Happens" and there is nothing 100% safe.

Harry K

 

[gemini5362]

One would think but:

When I was dispatching for the Sheriff's Office I took a call one night from Daddy who was driving his tractor with cab back from a remote barn. Had his kid in the cab with him. Hit a bump, kid gone, run over by the wheel. Not a good shift for me and certainly not for that family.

Likely to happen? Probably not. Goes to the "Stuff Happens" and there is nothing 100% safe.

Harry K

Harry that would be an awful accident to work. I am sure the father was devastated. But you only mentioned it happening once. Did you have more of those kind of accident you investigated where the child was riding in the cab with the father and fell out and was run over.

How many accidents have you worked where the father was driving a car and doing nothing wrong when there was a wreck and you found a dead child in the car or maybe the child came out of a safety belt and was thrown from the car.

Would you recommend that all children should stay home and just have the parents bring them food and shelter so that they dont have to take the risk of being killed in an automobile accident.

 

[turnkey4099]

Harry that would be an awful accident to work. I am sure the father was devastated. But you only mentioned it happening once. Did you have more of those kind of accident you investigated where the child was riding in the cab with the father and fell out and was run over.

How many accidents have you worked where the father was driving a car and doing nothing wrong when there was a wreck and you found a dead child in the car or maybe the child came out of a safety belt and was thrown from the car.

Would you recommend that all children should stay home and just have the parents bring them food and shelter so that they dont have to take the risk of being killed in an automobile accident.

You seem to have missed the point. Try re-reading "Stuff happens". I pointed out that nothing is 100% gauranteed safe.

Personally - I would never allow any kid to ride on a working tractor. I came close to being seriously hurt myself when I was a kid on the tractor with Dad. To put one in the cab and ride around, I probably would but knowing what happened I would try to keep them away from the door.

Harry K