Posted by Billy NY on March 04, 2009 at 06:44:03 from (74.67.3.238):
In Reply to: sad accident posted by railhead on March 04, 2009 at 05:42:26:
That is a terrible thing to hear of, and I'd be the first one to condemn the practice of riding on the fender, no matter how safe it seems, but I did the same thing as a kid, just not that young. 4 years of age, you're still not very strong, don't take much to get tossed off. Thinking back, the fields were clean, just weeds, chuck holes were not as abundant, (we kept after em) and as safe as it seemed, it was still a dangerous practice to ride the fender, which I did quite often with my father until I was capable of running the tractor and mower myself. The whole time you knew it was dangerous and knew that mower meant business. I can recall some situations back then that could have turned out differently, there is a learning curve with this all this equipment, you take a huge risk by carrying a rider on a fender, there is no doubt about it. Knowing the potential hazards, no way I could do that today and carry a rider while mowing. I can remember riding in the seat of our old D7 caterpillar, at that young age, but the seat was like a small sofa, lot of room, still dangerous if a kid were to not pay attention, but not like a fender. You just can't take chances like this, no matter how safe it seems.
One thing I can say, is the previous generations around here really did not tell you too much about the dangers of things, just the bare basics, you figured it out on your own, when you got hurt, you did not get taken to the hospital or a doctor unless you needed stitches or it was real serious, things have changed a lot, but tractor safety is no joke at any time. As a kid, about the only things that were told to us, was the results of what happened, newspaper article, kid climbed a high voltage tower, news photo showed a burnt pair of rubber sneaker soles, all that was left, yep I never once climbed on the ones here, another one where a guy baled up his kids, yep stay the heck away from that baler, really got a good look at it when we had to bale stationary at the barn, but that was it, no lectures, no training, nothing, just the results, kind of worked too, if you did not see these things, you may not have feared danger so much.
We lost a guy, on the other side of the hill next to us, a few years ago, he got bumped off the tractor and ended up under the rotary cutter, was a 640 ford, and some overgrown area, turned out to be too rough to negotiate, not sure why he tried it or was not aware, you have to keep your mind on what you are doing and make decisions that keep you safe, or it could end up like this.
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