During harvest, when I was a kid of 12 or 13, I'd take 300-400 bu. single axle gasser grain trucks to the yard and back them up to an auger to fill a bin. Out of three trucks, none had a park brake that would work. When you were by yourself, you had to back up the truck, hold the brake, kill the engine, leave it in gear so it wouldn't roll, get out and kick a board under the tire, get back in, take it out of gear and let the tire settle against the board, get the hot engine started again, then raise the hoist and now your in business. Whew! When backing up under a full load, if you didn't ease the clutch just right and work the gas pedal just so, the engine would easily stall and not want to start again. This was much easier if someone was there to "kick" the board under the tire for you. Now the interesting part. Some lady from the city whom I didn't know, was visiting up at the house and had a kid my age along. They sent him out to "help" when I pulled into the yard. It never crossed my mind when I told him to stick that board under the tire when I back up, that he would be dumb enough to place that board under the tire with his hand instead of his toe. And wouldn't you know, I backed up about eight inches and the engine died just as that kid stuck the board under the tire with his fingers. You never heard such hollering and yelling in your life. Mind you it's 95-100 degrees during wheat harvest and this old truck is near overheating already and is not likely to start. After cranking for about 5 seconds (seemed like an eternity) and praying I don't flood the engine, she came to life and I promptly backed her up again. Had that truck not started, that kid would have been stuck there for 10 or 15 minutes until the engine cooled. I took that kid back to the house and the women put ice on his fingers and told me he'd be alright. To this day I never heard if he kept his fingers or not and I've never asked. I didn't really want to know as I felt enough guilt for his stupidity because I "presumed" he would know not to put his fingers in there and I didn't warn him otherwise. Funny how at the ripe old age of 12 or 13, we farm kids were expected to use our heads and have a little common sense and be wise enough to stay out of trouble, yet my inexperience showed by my presuming every one had common sense. Lets see now, A 10,000 Lb truck with maybe 20,000 Lbs of grain = 15 Tons all resting against four fingers holding a 2x4. Ouchiwahwah.
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