Had a couple uncles that shouldn't have survived - one rolled an 8n brush hogging and broke his back; another had his clothes ripped off on a pto shaft, got away with just a broken arm.
Myself? Nothing major, yet. It's tough to remember all the minor things, but here's a few: - the widowmakers dropping standing dead trees that "just missed" (one 8' length of limb just 4 days ago - it's getting so I spend a lot of time looking up, before, during and after a cut); the time I laid open my right thigh pulling the knife from a 9' NH haybine; the 4" gash in the other leg when I slipped off a baler tire in a packed machine shed and ripped it open on a bolt (both should have had stitches, but got butterflies instead); getting beat up sorting calves just in off pasture in the autumn; kicked / stepped on by horses and cows; getting laid out on my butt or back smacking my head in a low clearance barn (at least 4 times - love/hate those ball cap brims); the dung fork I put through my boot, right between my toes; the wood chip splitting wood with a maul that hit me in the left eye (went to the ER for that); the wagon tongue that fell off the tractor drawbar and landed on the arch of my foot (ER for that too - nothing broke, but it was over a week before I was walking good again); etc, etc. In the close but no cigar category: the Allis WC bringing a trailer load of fire wood down a hill with wet fall leaves that took a 100' slide before catching a tree with the right rear that nearly threw me off...
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Today's Featured Article - Timing Your Magneto Ignition Tractor - by Chris Pratt. If you have done major engine work or restored your tractor, chances are you removed the magneto and spark plug wires and eventually reached the point where you had to put it all back together and make it run. On our first cosmetic restoration, not having a manual, we carefully marked the wires, taped the magneto in the position it came off, and were careful not to turn the engine over while we had these components off. We thought we could get by with this since the engine ran perfectly and would not need any internal work. After the cleanup and painting was done, we began reassembly and finally came to t
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