Posted by KenB_Texas on March 29, 2009 at 21:29:41 from (12.147.132.252):
OR put another way WHY do some have to learn the hard way? Have been playing with tractors for about 5 years now. (cars for 30 years before that). Have read the horror stories of accidents and now I am working in a hardware store in a small ag community, I see the guys with mangled or missing digits and limbs almost daily. (these are the lucky guys that weren't killed) Yet I continue to make those STUPID mistakes. I was playing with my new quick hitch just before dark. I knew I wouldn't have time to install it, I just wanted to see what it would look like installed. I had disconnected the cultivator and decided it would be easier if the link arms were a little higher. So what do I do? Do I mount the tractor sit in the seat and raise the 3 point? NO WAY. I ALWAYS leave my tractor out of gear and never even have to check it. I walk around to the right in front of the rear tire, reach up and turn the key. Not only had I left it in gear, I had left the throttle advanced as well. (another thing I never do) She roared to life in first gear. I don't think I ever let go of the key but by the time I got her shut down she had moved 15-20 feet and all the time those 13x38 ribs were smacking me in my back. MAN did that feel good... Better than getting run over I recon...
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