Posted by Negligence on September 26, 2011 at 09:08:39 from (173.195.49.2):
Had a close call. Neighbor was combing oats and crossed a ditch at the wrong place, got stuck real good. Grabbed my tractor, hooked on to the combine and snapped my heavy chain twice.
Decided to run back to his place and get a heavier chain and his JD 4955 to get it out. We hooked on, I climbed into the 4955 and pulled until the chain was taught. Inched forward a bit more and suddenly, chain let go of the drawbar pin it was connected to and whiplashed back towards me, shattering the rear window and deafening me for a few minutes. Thank god the window wasn't open or I would have eaten a very heavy chain traveling at God-only-knows what speed, square in the face.
Learned a few things: the chain was too long for what we were using it for, and we should have used a heavy clevis pin (which we used on the next try and we got it out) instead of a drawbar pin.
That, and don't drive combines into ditches! Stay safe out there guys
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