The worst of all these in my personal experience is with a fella that took over a caretaker's job (heated house in exchange for taking care of the place, have an outside job if you have the time). He was out on the property cutting firewood and his dog came home without him, causing his wife to call for help.
Near as we (and the sheriff and the coroner) could piece things together, he got his chainsaw stuck in his cut. We found it with the bar unbolted from the motor, both laying next to the stump. Unable to free it, he used the bucket of the Ford Xn to nudge the trunk trying to spring it enough to get his bar back. The trunk snapped and fell back.
What we found was the saw parts laying about the stump with the trunk off to the side, the steering wheel bent, and the tractor out of gas with the tires worn/peeled off with the bucket stuck into the bark of another tree maybe 10-15 yards away. Our friend was laying dead his upper body crushed and sort of flopped and wedged between the seat and the deformed fender, with his lower legs torn off where the tread of the tires caught them.
Sorry for the graphic description. The point is that it is all too easy to over-estimate what all you can or should do with a tractor, and just as easy to under-estimate the dangers.
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