[AT] Tragic Tractor/Mower accident - Douglas, KS

[Frank]

well said!

Frank
gremaux at tein.net
Central Montana
www.angelfire.com/mt/deeregp/index.html
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cecil E Monson" <cmonson at hvc.rr.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 4:35 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Tragic Tractor/Mower accident - Douglas, KS


> I would say the accidents you read about are due to a lack
> of common sense. I was running a McCormick Deering 10-20 tractor in
> the field at age 11. I never rode on a fender or hung on the back to
> see how things went. My father was the one who hung on and rode the
> fender. He had me on the seat and nothing moved until I understood
> how to operate the tractor. It didn't work that way with the 9N Ford
> because there was nothing to hang on to or a place for a second person
> to ride. You either drove or stayed off. I was only 14 or 15 when I
> was pulling the corn picker and a wagon in the fall. If there was ever
> a dangerous machine it was the corn picker. I have a dread of snapping
> rollers to this day. I remember as clear as can be my father showing
> me a young man who lived north of us who only had part of his arm. My
> father said to me that the young man had left the tractor running and
> got off to try to clear trash from the snapping rollers and had to
> brace himself and let the machine pull his arm off. Talk about scary.
> I don't think I ever ran that machine without thinking of that
> conversation. I guess you could say that my father was a great
> communicator too as he sure got to me. By the same token, I cannot
> ever remember him telling me to be careful. He had already taken care
> of that. I wish he was alive today as I would like to talk to him and
> see what he had to say about trying to run a farm with boys for helpers.
> I never asked him and wish I had.
> 
> Anyhow, I feel sorry for the young man who lost his child and
> wish I could bring him back. It is always too late to say you are sorry
> when an accident like that happens. Better to do a little thinking
> beforehand.
> 
> Cecil
> -- 
> The nicest thing about telling the truth is you never have to wonder
> what you said.
> 
> Cecil E Monson
> Lucille Hand-Monson
> Mountainville, New York   Just a little east of the North Pole
> 
> Allis Chalmers tractors and equipment
> 
> Free advice
> 
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