Posted by fixerupper on September 04, 2016 at 20:57:05 from (100.42.83.79):
In Reply to: There's still hope posted by 37chief on September 04, 2016 at 19:21:46:
It sounds like your hip is doing OK. Good for you. I hope it continues to mend well.
My dad was pretty careful and mom was a nurse so they were cautious about me running anything at a real young age. I might have been 7 when I drove the tractor slowly while dad rode on the platform behind me. I don't remember how old I was when he cut me loose. Come to think of it when I was 14 and getting my driver's permit I was pretty good at backing wagons up to the elevator for unloading ear corn so I must have had a couple of years under my belt by then at least. In my mid teens I was on the tractor full time when I was home from school but I have never told dad about some of the close calls I had. He made me fix the fence a couple of times after I was less than attentive about where the disk I was pulling was at. He watched me fix it too and it had to be perfect when I was done. He did give me a few pointers on technique but I had to do the work myself. It's a good way to learn to pay attention.
When I was about 17 I helped drag a mortally injured man out from under an overturned tractor and carry him up the steep ditch on a stretcher. I was a much more careful tractor operator after that incident and have been ever since.
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