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RayP(MI)

07-06-2005 14:52:47

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Stole this off the WOOD TV (Grand Rapids, MI) website - this is the report they aired on the evening news:

(Lowell Township, July 6, 2005, 3:24 p.m.) A 44-year-old Lowell man was injured after the tractor he was riding on flipped over and landed on top of him. Police say Charles Brinkert was using a 1940s tractor to pull a stump out of the ground near his home on Alden Nast in Lowell Township on Tuesday. That's when the machine flipped over backwards and landed on top of him, impaling his lower body. As the tractor was flipping over, it hit a 100-year-old brick outhouse and got stuck, which prevented Brinkert from being crushed. Brinkert was trapped for two-and-a-half hours. He was then airlifted to a hospital where he is listed in fair condition.

NUFF SAID?

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Tim B From MA

07-07-2005 09:44:20

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Re: Another tractor near tragedy in reply to RayP(MI), 07-06-2005 14:52:47

I have a freind whose dad died a few years ago pulling stumps with the 3-point hitch; and you hear about it pretty regularly. Sounds like a bad idea, I'll never do it (but my tractor has a front loader).

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07-06-2005 19:09:25

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Re: Another tractor near tragedy in reply to RayP(MI), 07-06-2005 14:52:47

A brick outhouse - -now there's something we should all have!

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Vern-MI

07-07-2005 13:43:55

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Re: Another tractor near tragedy in reply to 23, 07-06-2005 19:09:25

Yeah. The stump must have been under or in that out house for the tractor to flip backwards and still land on the outhouse.

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Davis In SC

07-06-2005 19:16:31

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Re: Another tractor near tragedy in reply to 23, 07-06-2005 19:09:25

I thought the same thing, I have heard that term all my life, but never saw one.....

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Not only tractors...

07-06-2005 18:10:38

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Re: Another tractor near tragedy in reply to RayP(MI), 07-06-2005 14:52:47

This was a close one, and our thoughts go out for Mr. Brinkert.

Yesterday, an area airport manager that also piloted a spray plane (680 HP Ayres Thresh) clipped a 345,000 volt transmission line. Sadly, this story didn't have a good ending, as the pilot was killed in the crash.

No matter what we operate...we can't be too careful!

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Coldiron

07-06-2005 17:32:58

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Re: Another tractor near tragedy in reply to RayP(MI), 07-06-2005 14:52:47

Let`s pray that Mr. Brinkert has a speedy recovery and thank the Lord that his injuries were not worse than they are. In most cases they are fatal in this type of accident.

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Pepper

07-06-2005 15:08:05

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Re: Another tractor near tragedy in reply to RayP(MI), 07-06-2005 14:52:47

When that front end leaves the ground, you are teasing the angels.

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chris sweetland

07-06-2005 19:15:40

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Re: Another tractor near tragedy in reply to Pepper, 07-06-2005 15:08:05

you gotta be quick on the clutch i am too quick on my pulling tractor i have wheelie bars and all but i dont wanna test my welding skills with my life im sure i could win more pulls if i didnt but i do it for fun and not the wins thats what everyone should do when pulling

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