And the dangers of hand cranking were not only from "kickback". Everyone on the bridge jobsite tried to start an old welder one frosty morning. The Wisconsin engine would tease us with an occasional feeble sputter. The foreman was a big strong mouthy bruiser, and he was ragging us bad - calling us wimpy and weak. We were all ticked off at him. Finally he announced that he was gonna show us how a man cranks an engine. I have to admit - he could whirl it over - I think we could have welded while he cranked - but as he was whipping the crank, he was also pulling it from it's socket. The end slipped out of the flywheel and spun around and hit him squarely on the chin. He fell like a big oak tree. It was the funniest thing I'd ever seen in my life, and the whole crew laughed so hard we could hardly breath. We finally checked to see if he was still alive - he was - and we drug his carcase over by the burn barrel so he wouldn't freeze to death. Every morning, for the remainder of that job, we'd all holler for old Bill to come start that welder for us. You could almost see the steam puff out of his ears.
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