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    I never thought I would be a nagger, but our club members have had 2 seperate accidents and one serious saftey issue.
    The first one had a rare/very desirable JD 2010 gas, beautiful restoration. Drove it out of the shed to the fuel barrel. Thinking the motor was cold, he left it running while he topped it off, just a couple of gallons. He put the gas cap on, and it exploded. Luckily he was on the opposite side from the spark plugs, so he didn't get hurt. He tryed to extinguish the flames, but the wireing was shorting reigniteing it. Had to call the fire dept. burn the tractor bad.
    The second one cranked a WC with culivators without checking the shifter. Ran over him. The cultivaters toar him up pretty bad. Is in the hospital.
     If you have a slow JD do not put a road gear in it. I dought this member will ever go on another tractor ride. Beautifully restored JD 530 Awesome. The JD does not have enough back pressure to control it on hills. The tractor ride was on a rolling countryside. He burned the lining off of the brakes, burned up the brake drums, and the motor and transmition now has several oil leaks. And he was pure terrorized.
     Maybe if he had test drove it befor the trip he could have driven something else.

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HaroldOmaha Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Access Joined: 11 Sep 2009 Location: Omaha Points: 862	Post Options Post Reply Quote HaroldOmaha Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Safety Posted: 30 Jul 2012 at 1:30pm
	I never thought I would be a nagger, but our club members have had 2 seperate accidents and one serious saftey issue. The first one had a rare/very desirable JD 2010 gas, beautiful restoration. Drove it out of the shed to the fuel barrel. Thinking the motor was cold, he left it running while he topped it off, just a couple of gallons. He put the gas cap on, and it exploded. Luckily he was on the opposite side from the spark plugs, so he didn't get hurt. He tryed to extinguish the flames, but the wireing was shorting reigniteing it. Had to call the fire dept. burn the tractor bad. The second one cranked a WC with culivators without checking the shifter. Ran over him. The cultivaters toar him up pretty bad. Is in the hospital. If you have a slow JD do not put a road gear in it. I dought this member will ever go on another tractor ride. Beautifully restored JD 530 Awesome. The JD does not have enough back pressure to control it on hills. The tractor ride was on a rolling countryside. He burned the lining off of the brakes, burned up the brake drums, and the motor and transmition now has several oil leaks. And he was pure terrorized. Maybe if he had test drove it befor the trip he could have driven something else.

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Ted J Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Joined: 05 Jul 2010 Location: La Crosse, WI Points: 18943	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ted J Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 30 Jul 2012 at 3:26pm
	It only takes a second! You get no warning nor a second chance. Just have to think!
	"Allis-Express" 19?? WC / 1941 C / 1952 CA / 1956 WD45 / 1957 WD45 / 1958 D-17

HaroldOmaha Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Access Joined: 11 Sep 2009 Location: Omaha Points: 862	Post Options Post Reply Quote HaroldOmaha Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 30 Jul 2012 at 6:40pm
	These guys are all older. They always warned the kids.

427435 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Joined: 18 Nov 2010 Location: SE Minnesota Points: 18637	Post Options Post Reply Quote 427435 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 30 Jul 2012 at 10:19pm
	That's something I hadn't heard before----------that the 2 cylinder Deere's didn't have good compression braking. Learn something every day.
	Mark B10 Allis, 917 Allis, 7116 Simplicity, 7790 Simplicity Diesel, GTH-L Simplicity Ignorance is curable-----stupidity is not.

DMiller Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Access Joined: 14 Sep 2009 Location: Hermann, Mo Points: 33993	Post Options Post Reply Quote DMiller Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 31 Jul 2012 at 6:58am
	My cousin always warned us of the dangers on tractors, such as never reaching in to start, to always get on and depress the clutch, he never trusted a brake lock or the brakes on any of our tractors to risk running them on the road with a real load at any high speeds. His cousin was not as scrutinizing, saw corn building up under a pto driving a leg and decided he could just reach in and scoop it out, got caught in the pto and lost an arm almost died. He was lucky that his wife was standing close and shut the tractor off, his boys learned that lesson the hard way watching it unfold and neither ever took up farming.

LoggerLee Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Silver Level Joined: 14 Nov 2010 Location: Lewiston ID Points: 118	Post Options Post Reply Quote LoggerLee Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 31 Jul 2012 at 10:09am
	LOL, farming wasn't the danger, putting his arm near a spinning PTO shaft was. Everyone has a gravity storm sometimes...that's why I stay away from stuff that will kill me when its rotating. (PTOs in particular)

bitburn Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Bronze Level Joined: 07 Jun 2012 Location: Indiana Points: 36	Post Options Post Reply Quote bitburn Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 31 Jul 2012 at 8:33pm
	Always use a PTO guard shield. http://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLFBA6942495319F86&v=ACaB8fWkMUg&feature=player_detailpage Now if someone could make a certified ROPS system for B, C, WD tractors, that would be great.

patrickmull Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Joined: 11 Jan 2011 Location: Casey IL Points: 893	Post Options Post Reply Quote patrickmull Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 31 Jul 2012 at 9:35pm
	My high school ag teacher preached safety every day he had trouble with the hoist on his truck he had rock on it with the bed up it would not go down he reached under to pull the cable he had his head between the bed and the frame on the truck when it came down it got the top of his head we buried him two days later you cant be to careful around equipment