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One of a series: Shake Hands with Danger
It's being willing. I found out early that most men, regardless of cause or need, aren't willing. They blink an eye or draw a breath before they pull the trigger. I won't. ~ J.B. Books
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Wow
I deal with big farm equipment daily. Yupper, I know how things can happen in the blink of an eye. I've seen the results first hand and know just how dangerous these things can be. Used to be lots of one handed or one armed farmers.
The days of open chain drives and unshielded PTO shafts are pretty much past but now there's all sorts of high pressure hydraulic lines and solenoid operated valves that can be every bit as dangerous.
Volunteer fire departments around here teach farm machinery extraction classes . Aint a lot of fun removing body parts out of wood chippers and hay bailers
Dad was using a stick to poke at a weed jamming in his cotton stripper back in early '60's. I was in the wagon shoving the cotton into the corners when I heard the slipcluch pop and I was halfway to the tractor by the time it popped a second time.
Killed the tractor, got the pto clutch disengaged and pulled him out.
I could see the bone in his arm but it wasn't broken.
Loaded him in pickup ( I had just gotten my drivers license) and took him to town doc who checked the bleeding (not bad) and told me to take him to the hospital 30 miles away. No pain-killer because he was taking some medicine
Surgeon later said he was the third cotton stripper case that season and he was the only one to keep the limb.
Dad was a tough ol' bird -- he had to be hurting but didn't make a sound until he decided to take advantage of the opportunity for some counseling. He talked about how important it was that when I started dating I not say anything that might hurt the girl's reputation.
Funny thing to me was at that time I barely recognized females as part of the human race.
just one of several accidents I was aware of a close friend of mine (ted) and a job Forman and a few others including my dad and the fellows son on a job site . ( I was on the same crew just several miles away on another site )
any way end of day the fellow rode the backhoe bucket down into the hole to cover a hole in the wall to keep every one and thing out with a sheet of ply wood , the operator a long time friend was at the controls they also rode together lived close to each other . some how , we well never know the bucket swung and crushed my buddy's head between the wall and the bucket his son had to watch his dad die, my dad said Ted's body was shaking trembling for a minute or two ( nerves maybe ) but they could not save him . the operator lost it for some time after wards he was devastated at the funeral he looked like a walking zombie drugged up I would guess
when I worked construction several friends and a few I had not met all were killed several had serious injury's I had a few minor and close encounters , sad all could have been avoided if just a little more " be safe while working and not being so compliancy " would have taken place
there is a youtuber lives maybe 30 miles from us calls him self the harmless farmer . lost both arms and a shoulder when he was about 5 or 6 yrs old . look him up some time watch some of his post . he for the most part taught him self how to survive and use his feet for every thing . one amazing fellow