Posted by rustyj14 on May 10, 2009 at 09:25:22 from (173.75.43.19):
In Reply to: Re: Farmer killed posted by RobMD on May 09, 2009 at 21:55:20:
A local farmer had a fairly flat farm for many years, and always had a log chain wrapped around the rear axle of his Farmall tractor. The hooks were always swinging side to side, as he drove around. Never had a problem. Then, he sold the farm to a developer, and moved to a hilly piece of ground, several miles away, and took the tractor with him when they moved. One day, after several years there, he didn't come home for lunch, so his daughter went to find him. She did---with the tractor upside down and him clutching the steering wheel to his chest--stone dead! And, the logging chain wrapped around the axle and caught on one of the wheel spokes! It seems that the swinging chain and being on a slanted hill-side, the hook caught in the spoke, wrapped up, and pulled the tractor over backwards! In an article i read here, you have less than 10 seconds to get your foot on the clutch to stop the action! It sez, by the time you realize what is happening, it is too late to stop it!
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