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Posted by AH in Ark on December 09, 1999 at 13:42:56 from (204.180.108.81):
In Reply to: Whats your close call on a tractor? posted by Highboyford on December 05, 1999 at 16:42:04:
While returning a neighbors tractor and round bailer. A trip of about 5 miles with over a mile of that being down the side of the mountain which is about 10-15 degrees grade. Knowing the tractor did not have real good brakes I stopped at the top of the mountain and placed it into low gear and let the motor hold the tractor back. A little over half way down the mountain it kicked out of gear and from there on down things were a blur. Standing up on the brakes I managed to keep it slow enough to prevent a wild runaway but at about 100 yards from the bottom of the mountain is a right hand hairpin curve(Good for about 15 MPH in an auto). I had decided it was going to be a close call to make the curve or go straight ahead and through a pipe gate across the logging road. Didn't want to wreck the tractor but at last second decided to try and make curve. Swung out to left and hoped no oncoming auto traffic was anywhere near. Managed to get around curve on two wheels and the bailer up on one wheel. Got it back on right side of road and auto came up over little hill. I was then on straight away and just gentle slope but still runniing at about 20-30MPH and passed woman jogging and to this day she still didn't know how that tractor and bailer got by her so quick as all you could hear was the lug wheels humming on the pavement. O'yes the tractor died when it kicked out of gear. From then own when I helped neighbor move his tractor I kept one foot braced on the gear shift.
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