Posted by Mike (WA) on January 16, 2009 at 12:27:57 from (69.10.199.180):
In Reply to: Re: Tractor stories posted by Larry59 on January 16, 2009 at 08:03:40:
I borrowed the neighbor's JD 70, and I was trying to back up to the baler, with wife standing there to put in the pin. Pushed the clutch handle the wrong way when trying to slow down, sped up instead, figured it out just in the nick of time and pulled back as hard as I could- stopped the tractor with the implement tongue lined up perfectly. Wife dropped in the pin, congratulated me on being pretty nifty with that thing, and went back to the house. I never told her how close she came to losing her life. To this day, when I'm backing up an unfamiliar tractor with someone in harm's way, I "practice" a little bit first, so I know when to zig and when to zag.
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