Tractor accident
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Topic: Tractor accident
Posted By: NickT(Ky)
Subject: Tractor accident
Date Posted: 08 Oct 2012 at 8:05pm
| My neighbor lost his cousin and farming partner last week in a terrible accident. His name was Pat and a great guy and friend especialy to the young farmers who loved to talk to him. He was 63 but looked much younger. He was starting his 185 allis from the ground, I know what you're thinking, and it was in gear and ran him over. It happened in the early afternoon and my nephew and brother found him about 9:30 that night. This tractor had a faulty starter and he would hit the starter with a hitch pin while reaching around to the key. How many times have farmers done that! For what ever reason the tractor was in 3rd high. It hit the grain drill parked in the shed in front of it the same time the rear tire got on his upper back and left shoulder and it stalled. That's the way they found him. He was going to combine that afternoon but decided to wait another day. I wish he hadn't. We are sure going to miss him. Guys, don't let "things " get in the way of knowing that you know that you know!!! thiings are safe. He just was saying a while back that the last few years were the best he could remember on the farm and wished he was a young guy again. BE CAREFUL! Nick |
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Posted By: CTuckerNWIL
Date Posted: 08 Oct 2012 at 8:15pm
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Sad to hear, condolences to family and friends. This is the time of year to be EXTRA careful but be careful ALL the time. Since I have Lena going, I have forced myself into the habit of locking the clutch down before I try to start her. I always check for neutral, but Lena has an electric starter and it is set up the way Bill Long remembers the first WC's with starters. A push button on the starter, so you have to stand in front of the right rear wheel to use it. ------------- http://www.ae-ta.com" rel="nofollow - http://www.ae-ta.com Lena 1935 WC12xxx, Willie 1951 CA6xx Dad bought new, 1954WD45 PS, 1960 D17 NF |
Posted By: Ted J
Date Posted: 08 Oct 2012 at 8:15pm
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Sorry to hear this Nick. My heart goes out to you and your neighbor. Condolences to your neighbor and prayers go out. This is especially a bad time of year for accidents. Everyone is trying to hurry and beat the weather or what ever. Yes, BE CAREFUL!! Use the brain that God gave you. Don't take shortcuts!
------------- "Allis-Express" 19?? WC / 1941 C / 1952 CA / 1956 WD45 / 1957 WD45 / 1958 D-17 |
Posted By: Don(MI)
Date Posted: 08 Oct 2012 at 8:24pm
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Wow, that is terrible news. My prayers are with his family. ------------- Galatians 5:22-24 "I got a pig at home in a pen and corn to feed him on, All I need is a pretty little girl to feed him when I'm gone!" |
Posted By: NickT(Ky)
Date Posted: 08 Oct 2012 at 8:27pm
| Thanks Ted. What is ironic is Pat got stuck in corn in his grain bin last year while loading out grain and Mark heard him yell and shut the auger off. He was shoulder deep in the grain. They got him out by putting a plastic barrel tube over/around him and vacuuming the corn out. We all figured that was his near brush with death. He ended up suffocating in a different way. Too sad. |
Posted By: allischalmerguy
Date Posted: 08 Oct 2012 at 8:34pm
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Ohhhhhh! Man that just is a hard one. I need to quit being lazy sometimes and not start the tractor standing in the front side! I feel so for his family! Oh my. I just wish it would not of happened. God help the family and friends. ------------- It is great being a disciple of Jesus! 1950 WD, 1957 D17...retired in Iowa, |
Posted By: Hubert (Ga)engine7
Date Posted: 08 Oct 2012 at 8:47pm
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Nick, condolences to you, your neighbor and all of Pat's family. Tragic accidents like this are hard on everyone involved.
------------- Just an old country boy saved by the grace of God. |
Posted By: Pat the Plumber CIL
Date Posted: 08 Oct 2012 at 8:50pm
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Condolences from CIl,So sorry to hear of this.We all need to slow down and be more careful around this equiptment . ------------- You only need to know 3 things to be a plumber;Crap rolls down hill,Hot is on the left and Don't bite your fingernails 1964 D-17 SIV 3 Pt.WF,1964 D-15 Ser II 3pt.WF ,1960 D-17 SI NF,1956 WD 45 WF. |
Posted By: Mrgoodwrench
Date Posted: 08 Oct 2012 at 8:55pm
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very sorry for your loss, can't tell you how many times i've done the same thing. Just a reminder to all fix those simple little things like the clicking starter or tricky brake latch before the become something that can't be fixed. so many times it's the things you've been doin for years that can catch you buy surprise. again my condolences to you and the family. ------------- There are 3 ways to do job GOOD, FAST, CHEAP. YOU MAY CHOOSE 2. If its FAST & CHEAP it won't be GOOD, if it's GOOD & CHEAP it won't be FAST, and if its GOOD & FAST it won't be CHEAP!!!! |
Posted By: ctbowles58
Date Posted: 08 Oct 2012 at 9:07pm
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i have a friend that done the same thing with his 185, it put him in the hospital for 6 weeks and off work for 6 mo. his left arm is still scared bad. but he was starting it from the ground, he was plowing and the plow was on the ground and sucked in and killed the tractor just in time.he crowled about 1/4 mi. to the house and called for help. ------------- 190XT 2WD45 WF D15 D14 CA BIG10 302 & 303 bailers 77G rake 80R mower 6 plows and alot more |
Posted By: Bob D. (La)
Date Posted: 09 Oct 2012 at 3:21am
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------------- When you find yourself in a hole,PUT DOWN THE SHOVEL!!! |
Posted By: Jim Lindemood
Date Posted: 09 Oct 2012 at 6:59am
| Sorry to hear - condolences to you and his family -- things happen fast - we all need to stay alert and be careful -- easy to fall into bad habits or get in a rush. You all take care out there, ya hear. |
Posted By: B26240
Date Posted: 09 Oct 2012 at 7:08am
| We have all taken shortcuts -- lets all of us be more carefull !! |
Posted By: NickT(Ky)
Date Posted: 09 Oct 2012 at 8:33pm
| Thanks guys for the kind words. I will pass them along to Pat's family. We have been running beans today. Pretty decent- 60 to 70 bushel. Doubling up on what corn made here. It's tough to see my neighbor out there running by himself. My nephew started running some of my neighbors beans this evening. We're gonna try to get him done. In about 2 weeks we're gonna start on Pat's 400 acres. As of now there will be 7 combines and don't know how many trucks. The farmers around here are like everywhere else I suppose. They'd rather help somebody else than do there own. We found that out 3 years ago when my brother broke his back and we had 1600 acres standing at the time. He's able to farm now and has over 2000 this year. Once again thanks to all. Sincerely yours, Nick |
Posted By: DREAM
Date Posted: 09 Oct 2012 at 8:53pm
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So sorry to hear that. It's so easy to do. I went to start my C this spring. I forgot my son had bush hogged with it a few weeks before. I always take it out of gear and make sure the wheel is chocked when I leave it. I also usually check for neutral before i start it. Just forgot that one time. Stood on the left side, turned on the gas, pulled the choke, reached over the steering tube and pushed the starter rod. Luckily, it didnt start the first roll over like it usually does. Tire still hit me in the right leg when it jumped. It is sooo easy to forget. Prayers for the family and for everyone else to be careful. Take the extra time, or you might not have any left. ------------- I didn't do it! It was a short, fat, tall, skinny guy that looked like me! |
Posted By: Bill Long
Date Posted: 09 Oct 2012 at 9:49pm
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My Sincere Sympathies to the survivors. Yes, I almost had that happen to me. Was starting a WD thinking it was out of gear and it wasn't. I was lucky and quick enough to punch it out of gear. Ladies Gentlemen: DO BE CAREFUL OUT THERE. We do not have an unlimited supply of Allis Chalmers enthusiasts. Good Luck! Bill Long |
Posted By: Tracy Martin TN
Date Posted: 09 Oct 2012 at 10:28pm
| If you really think about it, there are no accidents. The circumstances and their outcome are because not doing what is required safely. I made it through a very close call with a tractor running over my legs when I was a senior in high school. Won't ever forget that feeling. Prayers for the family. God Bless, Tracy Martin |
Posted By: Teddy (punchie)
Date Posted: 10 Oct 2012 at 4:15am
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Yes this makes you think. Prays for everyone involved.
------------- Ac D-19, a Number of WD's, One WD45, Two 444 balers, Ac plows and etc. |
Posted By: Mike(NC)
Date Posted: 10 Oct 2012 at 9:28am
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Condolences and prayers from NC also.
------------- Thank God for another day. Thank Him for being alive and all my many blessings. |
Posted By: macvette
Date Posted: 10 Oct 2012 at 8:29pm
| Prayers and condolences from WI. So very sad for everyone involved. It is difficult for us to remember that funerals are for the survivors, as the deceased has already received his reward in Heaven. |
Posted By: Auntwayne
Date Posted: 10 Oct 2012 at 9:22pm
| Sorry for your loss. The Renko Families, Edwardsville Il. |
Posted By: NickT(Ky)
Date Posted: 14 Oct 2012 at 6:53pm
| We ran Pat's crops this weekend. Ran 200 acres corn Fri. with 3 8 row heads. Ran 240 acres beans Sat. with 4 combines, 2 25' heads and 2 30'. Had a lot of farmers show up with trucks and grain carts. My brother, nephew and I had 1 combine, a grain cart and 1 semi. Owensboro Grain was taking the beans in on free DP. Kept the corn and some of the beans on the farm. His wife Linda couldn't believe how fast it went. Some of the farmers that helped were the same ones that helped 25 years ago when Pat's Dad died on the same farm in a tractor roll-over. She plans to sell all the old allis tractors. I will let you know later. Thanks, Nick |
Posted By: CTuckerNWIL
Date Posted: 14 Oct 2012 at 7:29pm
 Good for you and the neighbors. I remember when a neighbor here blew his knee out right before planting time. I never saw so much big eqipment for soil finishers and planters in one place before. And I got Dad's old disc out and did a little patch that none of the BIG rigs could get into. That was B4 owning a AC though and I used what I had, a JD A Kinda gives you a Fuzzy feelin when you can help someone in need gets things done like that
 ------------- http://www.ae-ta.com" rel="nofollow - http://www.ae-ta.com Lena 1935 WC12xxx, Willie 1951 CA6xx Dad bought new, 1954WD45 PS, 1960 D17 NF |
Posted By: Jim Lindemood
Date Posted: 16 Oct 2012 at 7:07am
| Great kindness and generosity shown by you and the neighbors --- reading your post, I found it kind of freaky that both Pat and his father died in tractor accidents. |