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texasjohn · Oct 27, 2010

Haymaker, sorry you are having such nightmares....hope your nap makes things all better.

Dorramide, first time poster, anticipating your future posts with photos of projects in progress.

DJ4wd · Oct 27, 2010

While certainly not the most safe practice, it falls under the category of , I'm not his dad.
Without trying to get anyone bent up I will say that all my kids have grown up on and around tractors. Their Grandpa's got them, all of our neighbors do as well. My daughter broke her foot severely(major surgery), and collar bone twice. Our youngest boy broke his leg,and our oldest Im sure has had a finger or two as well. None of these were on a tractor, nor there 4wheelers or dirt bikes. I grew up on the fender of an AC, I've had all of mine on them, albeit it was in a flat field. Accidents happen all the time and who's to say when or where it will be.

Duffster · Oct 27, 2010

DJ4wd said:
, I'm not his dad.

Enough said right here.

Dixie379 · Oct 27, 2010

I kind of agree with all the posters here. Sure, it is/can be dangerous, depends on circumstances and experience, etc etc. I don't have any two legged kids myself, but I've been around/had kids around equipment and animals. Some kids have some of the safety sense, others don't. Just like some adults do, some don't.

One pic doesn't really show me enough to judge 'em. Bout the only thing I'd inject for opinion is that if it were ME, and IF I put a kid on the fender, Id never turn so that my back faces em. I know most wouldn't have a child on the fender at all, but just as it's been said, some of us grew up differently and it really depends on each individual(s) involved.

bigballer · Oct 28, 2010

when i was little i would sit next to my mom on the riding mower and next to my dad on the bigger tractors. i guess she thought the mower was safe but motorcyles and football weren't because i was only allowed to ride a 3 wheelers (yah those are safe) and play baseball and basketball. kooky if you ask me. anyway growing up in ND there wasn't much risk of tipping the tractor over due to slope because there weren't any hills around unless you went to the gravel pit.

kattywumpus · Nov 4, 2010

When I was very young, so many years ago, I use to riding on the tractor like in the picture on Kebo first posting. Unfortunately one day in the field the tractor rear wheel dropped in a hidden hole. The resulting sudden movement caused me to lose my grip and fall backward off the tractor. I was somewhat lucky, in the fact we were towing the fertilizer spreader that day and not one of the larger implement. It looks like a real large version of a lawn seeder and fertilizer spreader. Well before my father could stop the tractor I was run over by one of the spreader wheels. Of course this resulted in a doctor or hospital visit, I don't remember which one and it doesn't matter. Luckily I had no broken bones, but I did have soft tissue damage and was in pain for a few days. If I remember correctly my Mother made sure my Father was in pain far longer then I was. After that incident there was no more shotgun riding for anyone. Kebo concern is a valid one.

The more I think about this the more I remember. I know I didn't have enough experience or knowledge to understand the risks or dangers. And after the accident I did not want to be around any farm equipment for sometime. Even when I was in my teens some of the equipment made me nervous. For example we had an old John Deere model L tractor. I love the tractor but totally hated the firewood saw attachment that mounted to the front of the tractor. I couldn't help visualizing tripping on something falling into the saw or the large wide long belt that drove the saw. Either the saw or belt had a guard. We cut a lot firewood on that tool and to this day I still think it was the most dangerous tool I ever used.

The link before is a picture of a similar firewood saw but this one far safer then the one we used since there are guards on the blade and the belt is not so exposed. I would have been far more comfortable using this saw.
http://s49.photobucket.com/albums/f297/maplehillfrm/?action=view&current=100_3274.jpg God did I hate that saw!