Tractors and kids

[rdbrumfield]

Yes, I would imagine so. They all made me a picture of what they liked the best. The pics sere great and what they had to say would make you roll on the floor laughing. Kids are so great. Some like the dog the best, and of course the cat. In the store downtown I get feedback from parents at times. I live in a small community and most people know me, makes it kind of nice.

 

[Turfman]

The bigger kids I can keep off, but the three year old is on it as soon as I turn my back. Makes me cautious about how I leave it setting. I sat him on it with me last year to gave a him little ride as I parked it. Slow and careful. Pulled it up behind the truck and he watched as I lowered the bucket and slid it under the back to the truck to give me a little room. As soon as I'd stopped he grabbed the lever and raised the bucket. /forums/images/graemlins/ooo.gif He knew the lever made things happen and wanted a go at it. When I park it I have to make sure everthing is lowered and the keys are with me or in the safe. Went out back one day and he was on it as it rested in the shade of a tree in the back yard. Had a ring of keys with him that he was trying out to see which one made it go. Finally did the right thing and bought him a tractor (pedal tractor) of his own. Problem is I couldn't find a Kubota and he had to settle for a Deere. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif That seemed to satisfy his desire a bit.

The bigger kids will have a set on it if they think they can get away with it. I make sure the bucket and 3 point are all down, but I worry sometimes.

 

[rdbrumfield]

This reminds me of a time my dad parked his 32 ford pickup on a slight incline so he would be able to start it. It became my first driving leson at 5yrs old. Of course he had put it gear and had a rock in front of the front tire, but with me in there "driving", making the noise, shifting gears and steering to and fro, it got out of gear and the rock got squirmed away and I can still see my mother in total fright as I was headed down the hill. Me and the 32 coasted through a quiet intersection and by the grace of God didn't hit anything and came to a gentle stop.
Kids are like young kittens, they are going to check everything out. We just have to keep them in mind when we park things and not set them up.

 

[frank_f15]

turfman: going to get the same thing for my grandson for his birthday in 2 months, toysrus has a nice one , with a loader and all, generic brand but sure looks spiffy on the computer screen.

 

[19th_VA]

Yea that makes sense in a car, where you are traveling at 60 miles per hour and the weight of an adult can crush a child to death. I wonder about a tractor, however, when it is just your weight and not the velocity of the vehicle that is acting on the child (save perhaps a bit as it goes over). I know that my 165 pounds would NOT kill my 90 lb. daughter in this situation, though I'm sure it would result in some injury. If I have to depend on myself to hold on to her, what if I can't/don't? Yes, I am definitely talking about low and slow but there's always the possibility something could go wrong. I could just as easily (perhaps more easily) concentrate on holding the steering wheel to keep my body weight from crushing her. But the added insurance that she could NOT slip out would the difference. I know I'm getting into some fine points here, but what the heck...

 

[Jeff396]

Why don't you put the seat belt on yourself and then buy an oversize belt or some kind of strap to wrap around you both? Seems like it would solve the problem. I imagine the biggest danger when riding around on level ground is them slipping off and getting under those heavy tires.

I went to a poker run once and saw a guy roll in on this death trap chopper.....it was just built wrong. You know, extended the forks a good bit but didn't rake the frame at all. Anyway, he has this very young child behind him with a belt around the two of them. I don't even want to think what would happen if he ever dumped it! /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

Jeff

 

[19th_VA]

This will probably sound wrong, but anyone who puts a young child on a motorcycle with them on the highway, deserves what he/she gets. Unfortunately, the child does not have a choice in the matter!

Not a bad idea, by the way.

 

[herbenus]

Cowboydoc,

Now you shared this about your daughter driving your tractor but I don't know if she's 3 or 30. How old when she started?

 

[Mosey]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Why don't you put the seat belt on yourself and then buy an oversize belt or some kind of strap to wrap around you both? Jeff)</font>

That's a good idea. The last time we traveled in a plane (and one of the very few times I've been in a plane - I hate flying!) was when the twins were about a year old. They didn't charge for the kids if we had them sit on our lap (last I heard they allow this for kids up to 2 years old). But, they would not allow the belt to go over both us and the kids, we had to put our belts on and then hold the kids in our laps. I heard that some airlines have a special, separate seat belt that you can attach to your own and put around baby or toddler.

 

[19th_VA]

I'm with you, Danny. If man (or woman, to not be sexist) was meant to fly he would have wings. If he was meant to fly at 600 mph in an oversized sardine can, he would have a jet engine strapped to his butt. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif And I don't want to hear about how it is the safest method of travel. My father was an aeronautical engineer at NASA for 30 years, so I've heard it all. Like my feet on the ground, or a nice, large tractor deck (like the one my Branson has). /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif