Re: Whats your close call on a tractor?

Posted by Jeff on December 06, 1999 at 22:39:01 from (134.126.200.243):

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

Well, the closest call I have ever had wasn't very impressive. I almost ran Granddaddy's Case VAC into my dads truck. I learned that if you leave a tractor sitting by itself, you probably shouldn't be so worried about forgetting that the brake is set when you go to drive again. Luckly the back wheel hit a block of wood and stopped it. Hey, I was young. I learned my lesson the easy way.

Just the other week the man who farms the land beside us flipped his tractor, which i think was his 5000 series John Deere, while pulling a liquid fertilizer spreader. My dad said the tank was probably half full and sloshing around and he might have had his front end loader up too high. I think it was more the fact that he might have been going sidways on a hill. We haven't actually heard all the details, just me and my dad speculating. But they laid him to rest on Sunday afternoon, that I do know. Its a sad thing.

I hate it that my dad had to get out of farming, but when I think about things like that, I am kind of glad he did. Be careful on those hills and silage bunkers men, we don't need to lose any more good old boys.

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