Posted by Farmall Farris on January 26, 2008 at 09:37:14 from (75.90.142.224):
In Reply to: ran over posted by TX. Bulldog on January 25, 2008 at 20:13:13:
When I was a teenager, I worked for the local Case IH dealership. A guy had brought in a IH 544 and I was told to fill his rear tires with calcium cloride. I did the usual, I pulled around to the side of the building and I thought I had the valve stem in the upper most position. I killed the tractor and jumped off. After setting up the calcium pump I realized that the tire needed to move back another 18 inches or so. Me being young and dumb, standing on the ground, I put the tractor in reverse gear and was going to use the starter to bump the tractor back. I thought the fuel shutoff was out but I was wrong! As soon as I hit the starter it fired up and completely ran over a new Cub Cadet lawnmower before I could shut it off. I was not only lucky not to get fired but I escaped injury as well. From that day forward I have never started a tractor from the ground or left one running without me on the seat. I have always wondered why the engineers didnt put a PARK gate in the tranny.
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