Re: Whats your close call on a tractor?

Posted by Rod Keirns on December 05, 1999 at 20:40:23 from (199.3.14.195):

In Reply to: Whats your close call on a tractor? posted by Highboyford on December 05, 1999 at 16:42:04:

Dad has had a couple. The worst was sometime in the late '50s with a fenderless, narrow front Farmall H and PTO driven 45 baler. While baling on a hilly field the twine broke on a bale. Dad set the brakes with the tractor headed downhill and the baler still running. Standing behind the baler he was feeding pieces of bursted bale into the pickup when he saw it move forward.

The rocking action must've loosened the brakes. Dad ran to the left rear of the tractor and started to climb on. That's about as far as he can remember. Somehow he ended up in front of the tractor. He think's he probably got against the left rear tire and it threw him forward over top of the hood. Both the tractor and baler ran over him. Broke his back, three ribs, and nose. The tractor rolled, broke the front end off and one rear wheel. Can't remember what the baler looked like but it was busted up, too.

After a couple days in the hospital the doctor asked Dad how he was doing. Dad told him his nose was crooked. The doctor got him in a headlock and reset it. Dad said that hurt more than the broken back! About three days later the doctor asked how the nose was. Dad: "That sonuvabitch is just fine!"

He recovered after what seems like six months in a back brace. The brace was made of chrome steel and padded leather. I can still remember its smell and how it squeaked. It sort of clamped around his torso from his hips, to his chin, to the back of his head. He could walk in it and move his arms but his head and back were locked straight ahead. He recovered and the tractor and baler got fixed.

The tractor and baler are long gone. Dad is now 71, likes to drink a few beers, play cards, and can outwork me!

Tomorrow I'll tell you (what I consider) my closest call.

Rod

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