Re: Near miss report: New tractor owners, read th

Posted by 02 on October 22, 2005 at 01:46:01 from (24.108.118.65):

In Reply to: Near miss report: New tractor owners, read this. posted by Rod in Smiths Falls, ON, on October 21, 2005 at 15:46:11:

We were brand new farmers in 1959.I was standing beside my Dad on the 8-N Ford while plowing.The plow hit a rock stopping the tractor cold.I fell off the tractor flat into the furrow right ahead of the spinning wheel.Luckily Dad pushed in the clutch before the plow jumped free.
About 20 years ago I was putting the loader back on my 420 J.D. It just needed to go ahead just a touch so the loader could engage the front bracket. I gave the starter a quick jab an darned if it did'nt start,It was in first gear and the front end began to rise as it was now hooked into the loader which itself was hooked to the chain hoist.I was standing beside the tractor when this happened and managed to reach the shutoff,however those 2 CYL flywheels take a while to stop.It almost broke the hoist beam and me.

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