Yes, as this was a tragedy, and we all need to be diligent at all times, this accident was not a roll over, it was a mechanical failure. The tractor broke. If he had a seatbelt on it would have still crushed him. I have had near misses and some of those would have been injuries if I would have had a seat belt on. Not to blame anyone but a lot of accidents happen because of operator error, no different than auto accidents. Sure newer equipment is safer, but retrofitting older tractors to modern safety equipment doesn't always make it safer.The media makes it sound bad , but if they got their way all older equipment would be scrapped, cars, trucks, tractors, lawn tractors, guns,All the things we collect would be outlawed and scrapped. At some point common sense has to come into play and safety measures followed so we can enjoy our past. Forget the past and the future will be mean nothing. Be safe and teach safety every day....James
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Today's Featured Article - Tractor Traction - by Chris Pratt. Our first bout with traction problems came when cultivatin with our Massey-Harris Pony. Up till then, this tractor had been running a corn grinder and pulling a trailer. It had new unfilled rear tires and no wheel weights. The garden was already sprouting when we hooked up the mid-mount shovel cultivators to the Pony. The seed bed was soft enough that the rear end would spin and slowly work its way to the downhill side of the gardens slight incline. From this, we learned our lesson sinc
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