Pulling a 45' paddle elevator down a country road. JD G going flat out at about 13. The elevator was balanced perfectly on its 2 wheels. we were going down a slight incline and the pin in the clevis came out. The front gently came up about seat height. There was zero possible speed increase available as the slope was no steep enough to coast faster. the elevator hung there like a battering ram for 5 seconds (an eternity) then started catching up. I had been running with the right elevator wheel next to the grass. The crown of the road influenced that wheel to slow a tiny bit. The front of the elevator gently moved to the right away from my back, and the tire started into the grass. That slowed it more, and it swung right over the tire and toward the ditch. There was some terrible noise and ripping as the elevator got caught in a barb wire fence. It took out 5 fence T posts, and ripped wire off of 8 posts up hill from the impact. The fence was being used to contain 20 heifers, so we were obliged to make haste with repair and triage. Our follow car was used to go get a chain and fence posts, wire, clips, and a post driver. We pulled and untangled the elevator (which was unscathed) back into the road and attached it with a bolt/nut!! The next 2 hours were spent making the fence better than it was. The farmer who's fence it was came home as we finished. and was impressed with our cleaning of the fence row and restringing it with new posts. When we told him what happened all eh said was was there a lesson here? We said there was. Jim
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