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Posted by Rich)Wi) on December 06, 1999 at 00:00:24 from (156.46.128.166):
In Reply to: Whats your close call on a tractor? posted by Highboyford on December 05, 1999 at 16:42:04:
About 10 years ago I had a Farmall C with a Woods L306 mower under it. There's about 3/4 acre of land down by the river that a bunch of us cleared and turned into a spot to fish and have picnics. One Saturday afternoon I was mowing it. The wind came up, but it didn't look like rain so I kept mowing. I was mowing along, looking at the wind blowing the trees, not really paying attention when out of nowhere a 14" diameter Boxelder trunk came crashing down across the gas tank. Another 18" back and I would have had 2 broken legs. Another 3 feet back and I would have been dead. Seeing as how the battery of a C is partially under the back of the gas tank, I will never understand why it didn't blow up.
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