Posted by Chris in SK on August 21, 2009 at 10:37:27 from (72.37.171.116):
In Reply to: Run Away Hay feeder posted by JRT on August 20, 2009 at 22:16:21:
One occasion custom combining, I was parked outside the farm’s shop, grinding rivets off to change a knife section on the header. They had parked an old Ford 5000 (with bad parking brake) and loaded wagon about 100 yards up the hill from me. I caught sight of it as it rolled down the hill into the back of the sideways on combine…just managed to jump out of the way, as it hit the combine in the straw chopper area, lifted the back end and spun it around a quarter turn. That did a bit of damage!
Also saw a few runaways at one place where we dropped semi trailers. The trailers were lined up on a loading bank with a slight down hill grade away from it. Saw a few drivers back under trailers, pull on the pin to make sure they were hooked, then jump out without applying the park brake. Then up on the catwalk, as soon as they hooked the red line and opened the tap, the whole thing would start to roll away. It was amusing to watch the shock on their faces, as they’d jump down and run for the cab beside their now rolling tractor trailer, to get the brakes on. Fastest those overweight guys ever moved. For some reason, panic probably, most never thought to just drop the red air line back off, which would have instantly locked the trailer brakes back on.
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