Re: Tractor drivers w/ kids on tractors

Posted by Deas Plant. on September 27, 2003 at 00:07:41 from (211.26.8.47):

In Reply to: Tractor drivers w/ kids on tractors posted by CT on September 26, 2003 at 22:51:33:

Hi, CT.
I love giving kids rides on machines as much as anybody 'cos I remember always wanting to ride on machines when I was a kid and I really enjoy seeing the light in their faces when you make their day for a week or more. I will SOMETIMES do it too, when I have an enclosed cabin with reliable doors.

However, there is still a pretty basic rule in operation here. If it has one seating place for one backside, it carries ONE person.

O.K., so most of us have been guilty at one time or another of either allowing another person to ride on a machine with us without a seat or riding on some-one else's machine without a seat. The fact that we may have been guilty of doing it DOES NOT make it any less dangerous. Even if you have an enclosed cabin with reliable doors, SHUT, it still does not guarantee COMPLETE safety, only an approximation thereto. It only takes one bump to throw the machine around a little unexpectedly or a moment of in-attention on the part of you or your passenger and you could have a head slammed against a window or panel.

I don't want to rain on anybody's parade but I also don't want to see anybody hurt either. That grandfather's second biggest mistake was NOT putting the tractor into neutral and setting the brake before allowing the child to dismount.

Re getting the word out: Dunno, Mate. Some people can be notoriously hard to edumacate. Having said that, I still think the answer lies with education rather than with legislation. And that means education, not only of tractor USERS but also of the manufacturers. See the link below.

It is sometimes said that any changes we want to see in the world, we ought first to make happen within ourselves. Seems like a good idea to me, then maybe the example will rub off on others.

Hopefully.

You have a wonderful day. Best wishes. Deas Plant.

• Chamberlain Champion.

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