I feel for you. Hope you feel better soon, pride also!! Although it was not a power trac, my story is of my 4500 power reverser JD.
It has been 2 years now, around Nov 20 of 2002. 200 gal 3 pt sprayer on back of tractor filled, ag tires with about 80 hours on machine.
Tractor sitting on cement, 1/2 throttle, b3 gear range. just got done pulling on drive & checking tips.
Left running, just climbed off and was on entrance side and reached back thru the station to lift up the 3 pt to put the sprayer legs up. Now mind you the forward reverse lever sticks out & moves pretty freely, although I have tightened it.
Well my left shoulder hits the reverser into reverse and we are off.
16' x 20' shop door in closed so into the door goes the sprayer, My initial thought was crap there goes the door, i gotta stop this.
I am still standing on the concrete. and instantaniously I say i will put it in nuetral as the machine in sitting there wheel hopping & just shoving my shop door in.
Well nuetral it is but as it moves so freely the reverser goes into forward and out hurls the hopping mad 4500 knocking me down with the rear wheel, I think? it was a blur and I really dont remember all from here.
The story goes on but I do no if this ever happens just think & shut the **** tractor off. or make sure you crawl up on the thing. I had left it in all ranges when I got off.
Well anyway, it knocked me down & the 4500 was just sitting & a spinning on me!!!! Yes me!! Now mind you I am not small 6'3", 275, but I do not faze the mad Deere.
It is not scared and just sits and spins the left rear tire on me.
How does this happen? Well, the legs on the sprayer were not up so it just so convieniently stayed stuck in the door when it went in reverse so it just continued to spin on me. You could see where the other 3 tires were spinning.
Oh yes, it just so happened that the FWA was engaged also.
The guy that was working for me was over getting the trailer ready so the Deere could go on. He saw what was going on & made my day when he ran over & got the raging mad Deere off of me.
Boy what a relief.!!!
I got up very slowly, and gingerly went home & took what was left of my pants off. I kept them as a memento.
I can make fun of it now but it was no laughing matter & I am licky to be writing this.
It only spun on me from my waist down. But it did a number on me, bruised everything & it was not just balck & blue. My ankle got beat into the cement. I was not going to do anything but go home & change my clothes & go back to work, but I was feeling a little sore about a half hour later so I called the wife from work & thouhgt she may want to come home & take me to the DR in Atlantic. Well she does not like to go there & she thought we needed to go to the ER in Des Moines which is 45 min away & Atlantic is 20 min away. I said fine to DSM but no Er, just to walk in. Just like you, I told them was run over by tractor & I was shoved to the front of the line.
I got xrayed & all. NO internal injuries just very very (10times) sore!!!all over.
Could hardly move. Took about 15 min of just moving around in bed the next morn just to get out of bed.
Worked the next day about 10 hours & the following 3 more than that. Not bragging but just stupid as I had work to do & when self employed you do what you have to.
I am still sore today & hips still swelled.
I just say to all be carefull, & THINK!!!!!!!!!!!
