[Farmall] Tractor rollover

[Andy glines]

Sorry about your friend Bill.  I hope that he heals
quickly.  Maybe you can share the circumstances of the
accident so that we might learn from it.

--- "Bill \"Bear\" Hood" <mmman at netscape.com> wrote:

> Be careful out there
> 
> The Lone Star Antique Tractor and Engine assn show
> was this weekend was this weekend and was the best
> by far for our short seven years.  BUT at the end of
> the day Saturday, we has a tragic accident.
> 
> One of our members was loading a narrow front JD 720
> LP row crop on his high deck trailer and it flipped
> over on top of him.  He was loading forward and
> parked his trailer uphill which both contributed to
> the problem.  He completed a 3 year restoration on
> this one last week. 
> 
> If the tractor had not had the LP tank, it would
> have crushed him completely.  He was able to drag
> himself out from the fenders and was crushed between
> the seats but the steering wheel did not get him.  I
> was announcing the pull and saw the accident out of
> the corner of my eye.  I radioed for EMS/FD who were
> on the grounds and ran to the site.  He was soon
> being taken care of and I was able to cut the
> ignition on the tractor and cut the feul off-- the
> tractor was still turning the wheels in its upset
> position. I had to get loud to get the crowd to move
> back and give EMS room to operate and privacy for
> the patient.   His new wife was standing beside the
> trailer as this happened.  
> 
> Several mistakes were made that contributed to this
> accident, but the bottom line is a friend was hurt
> and and will be a long time recovering.  He had
> lacerated liver, several broken bones, left arm
> lacerated from wrist to shoulder, broken ribs,
> bruised lungs and hip.  He will recover, but will be
> in rehab for a long time.  He was removed from the
> ventilator this afternoon and faces two more
> surgeries on his arm in the next ten days.  We
> delivered the tractor to his shop this afternoon and
> are supporting his family all we can.
> 
> I posted this to remind all of you that this can
> happen and to remind you to be safe in this great
> hobby of ours.  I have loaded tractors on trailers
> for 50 years and I think I will relive this every
> time as we load and use our equipment.   We can "say
> what if" and rehash this, but in a split second a
> man was severely injured.  We have said lots of
> prayers at the show grounds, last night and today.  
> Be careful out there
> Bear
> 
> 
> 
>
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Andy Glines
Evansville, IN

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