Summer Safety
Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2012 11:16 am
Wasn't going to share this embarrassing info, but I just read Dennis' new post about a man who flipped his tractor and died. What a tragedy!
Accidents, both major and minor, are waiting to happen all around us. Here's a picture of what happens when I was watching the lower portion of your post hole digger feed screw and I should have been watching the upper...
As the Cub was moving forward, the feed screw caught and whole front end of the tractor came up about 12" off the floor. A quick slap of the clutch stopped the forward drive, but the damage was already done. As it turned out, the top end of the feed screw was just barely taller than the garage opening. If the feed screw had been further up, it would have bent it and/or flipped me backwards. And to think I wrote an article for a national magazine which included two interviews with men who warned me about bending the feed screw on overhead doorways!!!!!
Thankfully, only the aluminum trim over my garage (and my pride) was injured.
Having head knowledge is not enough. Focusing on the task at hand and application of that knowledge is what helps prevent accidents. Thanks again, Dennis, for the reminder.
Accidents, both major and minor, are waiting to happen all around us. Here's a picture of what happens when I was watching the lower portion of your post hole digger feed screw and I should have been watching the upper...
As the Cub was moving forward, the feed screw caught and whole front end of the tractor came up about 12" off the floor. A quick slap of the clutch stopped the forward drive, but the damage was already done. As it turned out, the top end of the feed screw was just barely taller than the garage opening. If the feed screw had been further up, it would have bent it and/or flipped me backwards. And to think I wrote an article for a national magazine which included two interviews with men who warned me about bending the feed screw on overhead doorways!!!!!
Thankfully, only the aluminum trim over my garage (and my pride) was injured.
Having head knowledge is not enough. Focusing on the task at hand and application of that knowledge is what helps prevent accidents. Thanks again, Dennis, for the reminder.