Posted by Lmack on April 26, 2012 at 15:58:59 from (24.131.58.167):
In Reply to: Farmall Safety posted by SadFarmall on April 26, 2012 at 05:49:03:
I had an older friend working on his 18-foot harrow hooked to the tractor in the down position. He needed to raise it up so he stepped up to the platform and cranked the tractor from the ground. A younger man may have been able to get out of the way but the tractor had strong batteries and was in a low gear. It did crank and knocked him down and both gangs of the disk harrow rolled over him. He hung on for about 5 days in much pain and then died. He had farmed and ran tractors all his life but one stupid move and he was gone. I have cranked tractors in gear but at 15-years old I was quick enough to swing into the seat and get it stopped. Check, check again, and make doubly sure then proceed, sort of like at a stop sign. The govmet will of course make it impossible to start from the ground with seat switches and or other "failsafe" devices to make the tractors "idiot proof". Like others have said we need a good dose of common sense, not the protection of big brother.
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