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Re: Whats your close call on a tractor?
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Posted by BUCK on December 06, 1999 at 15:52:49 from (209.240.200.36):
In Reply to: Whats your close call on a tractor? posted by Highboyford on December 05, 1999 at 16:42:04:
Been a lota good post on this so mine may be sorta simple. Had the NAA parked in the shop and occasionally I'd start it up ad let it run so on this day I went over and hit te toggle switch and that thing has never started so soon. I jumped back just as the rear wheel passed my leg, made kindling wood out of the shop door and headed for an 18" pine tree. It died 6" from the tree. As I sat there laughing my fool head off my wife comes out and said."Are you stupid" Answer YES and the next day I put in a switch and neutral start switch and a few weeks later I put on a front bumper. I must be stupid sometimes because I think I was worried more about that tractor climbing the pine tree than running over me. Had a friend who said that the sweetest sound he ever heard was the rods knocking as he lay under a JD with a 14' batwing going full speed.
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