Logger cuts of his toes...all 5 to free himself !

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All I can say is OUCH!
 
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I guess digging underneath his foot was out of the question?

I mean, it just seems like breaking your driver's side window to get your keys when the passenger door was open.
 
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My guess would be that his foot was caught between a rock and a hard place on the trailer! I think I would have ripped my foot away and see what I left behind instead of cutting off all my toes! Double ouch!! Or is it another internet hoax?

Rick
 
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Fish, I agree, back up and yank with all my might..see what was left? Like the guy and the rock, with scout knife, he was all out of options.
 
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When it comes down to it, a human being's survival mode is activated to the tenth degree when faced with a dire situation. We can all say what we think, but there had to be an inmense amount of pain involved in the amputation. I remember a similar case that happened about a year ago. It involved a man working in his basement. I hope that I have all the facts correct. The man's arm became trapped while working on either the plumbing, heating or AC equipment. After exhausting all possible options of escape, he had to amputate most of his arm to free himself. I saw this on the Evening News. The network also did a follow up story after his rehab. The best of luck to anyone confronted with similar situations. Happy Tractoring.:tractor::tractor:
 
   / Logger cuts of his toes...all 5 to free himself !
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creekbend...You are exactly right as far as I am concerned...anyone that has ever had a really bad tooth ache knows that if they had not been able to get to a dentist they would have yanked the offending tooth out by any means necessary...You do what you have to do..but I also agree with others...I was not there but I would have tried and maybe he did, to first yank my foot out of my boot...then try to yank it out with all my might and accept what was left...the very last resort would be to amputate especially after only 30 minutes which is what I heard on the news was all the time he waited..he said he knew his wife would eventually come looking but did not want to wait...I may have manned up and waited..who knows..fortunately it was not me...I get to Monday morning quarterback...easy thing to do...I know..LOL
 
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All I can say is OUCH!


In many of these cases the area around the toes is so numb from the original trama especially when an appendage is smashed there is no pain.

I believe this was the case in the guy out west who got caught in a canyon wall and he cut off his own arm after being trapped for several weeks.

Regardless if there was no pain it would be hard mentally to wack off your own limb.
 
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This comment below the story gave me a good chuckle...

If he had simply chanted 'Obama' over and over a small 'ripple of hope' would have come his way and he would have been saved...
 
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Unable to free himself, Hutt said he hollered for help but after 30 minutes realized "no one was coming," and he needed to take drastic action before shock set in.

I know the guy isnt the brightest bulb in the pack when all he waits is 30 min.

in FD training class on AG equipment rescue. had a guy come in and talk about his first hand experience in getting sucked into a round bailer and looseing both his legs. Man layed there half sucked into the bailer (with it still running) for something like 6 hrs before help found him.

The guy with his arm stuck in the rock was there for FOUR DAYS! before he acted.

30 min! sheesh....
 
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I also noticed he said "it felt like being caught in a bear trap." wonder when he did that?
 
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Was wondering about the 30 minutes thing myself. If pain was so severe you would think he would pass out and then be found unconcious anyhow? Maybe he did not dig out as he thought the landing gear would have just followed the digging, but in reality they are prolly wide enough to excave an area and the rest of the pad would still be on solid ground. I dunno, he prolly will take wife with him and leaver her in the cab nextime!
 
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This comment below the story gave me a good chuckle...

Quote:
If he had simply chanted 'Obama' over and over a small 'ripple of hope' would have come his way and he would have been saved...

Yea but if Bush hadn't of dropped the trailer on his foot in the first place.................:laughing:
 

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