Rescue Missions

Bob_Trevithick · Mar 28, 2002

Hi Pete,

...I have a big old pine beam (very soft wood) that I hang from my bucket with chains. Put that up against the bumper and heave!

All I have is a front blade. And I don't want to scratch up anyone's paint (at least on new cars /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif). I'm thinking more of a bunch of silk pillows! /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

Golfgar4 · Mar 28, 2002

"Of course with courts who find a farmer guilty because a criminal running from the police on a stolen motorcycle crashed in his field, I'm sure this wouldn't protect me! Did you read that thread? Unbelievable!

Bob,

I want to keep the record straight. I'm the one that posted the comments about a criminal running from the police. I had read that story in an insurance trade publication that I received a few years back. One of the other TBN'ers (an attorney) questioned the accuracy of the story and asked if I could find the case number. I said that I would certainly try, but that I had never had a problem with this particular publication.

I did contact this publication and explained what I wanted to find out. I've not gotten a response since then. The individual that I spoke with said something about not being able to track down the notes from the story, etc. I said it shouldn't be that hard to find out from the story what jurisdiction it supposedly took place in, then I could contact the local court records department. They said they'd get back to me if they could get any information.

I now have to say that that story was, in all likelihood, an exageration of some less than colorful story. Who knows? All I know is that I will not utilize this publication any longer, and I regret posting something on TBN that was less than accurate.

Bob_Trevithick · Mar 28, 2002

...I now have to say that that story was, in all likelihood, an exageration of some less than colorful story.

Thank God! Maybe there's hope for us afterall.

Thanks for the clarification..

Bob

Bob_Trevithick · Mar 28, 2002

You should start painting little cars on the side of the tractor, like they paint the planes that they shot down on the side of their planes! 

ROFL!!! Not a bad idea... /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

Knight9 · Mar 28, 2002

I don't know Golfgar, there are several references inside of what appear to be legitimate case files to the "farmer and the trespasser" incident. For example: . If you search for "farmer" in the text it refers to the story you spoke of (or some variation of it) as backup for the case in question. I found several references to this on the web. Also <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.amclaw.com/Tort_law.html>Tort Law refers to the case in the other link.

Now I don't believe everything I read /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif/w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif...but this could be a REAL story!

Kevin

Egon · Mar 28, 2002

Golfgar4:

You saying you want to be different from the rest ?

Egon

JJT · Mar 28, 2002

Bob, A nylon ratchet strap works great. Easy on/easy off and the tire doesn't budge. JT

Jag · Mar 28, 2002

Bob T, one of the trick I remember from my college days at the UofArkansas. We would get a nice snow and the dorm parking lot I was in you could only go out by going up hill. One smart chap had a jeep, put chains on the front wheels and had a large wood frame of two by's on the front that he tied on a intertube, and would push people out all night long for $5 a pop... The tube I believe was an aircraft tube of some sort...

EdKing · Mar 28, 2002

You might try putting inner tubes in 3 tires, and hang them across your blade. Maybe strap them in the tire somehow. This will give you a little more cushin/little less compression of the tires.