Be carefull out there
20 miles east of here Sunday, a family was having a Halloween hayride riding on a utility trailer behind a tractor.  They pulled out of a county road onto a state highway and were rear ended by a small compact car. Five on the trailer were in critical condition as they were thrown free.  Most of the children and infants were hurt but released as they were on the front of the trailer.  The wife of the tractor owner/driver is not expected to live.  No lights or SMV emblem on the combination.
The car driver was only slightly injured.  Impact at 65 mph.  

A few years ago a local school borried a tractor and trailer and had 2 classrooms of 5th graders on board with no adult supervision.  The driver had never driven a tractor or pulled a trailer before.  One boy fell off and was ran over by both axles.  He was in the hospital and rehab for over 18 months.  The legal battles are still going on today.  My wife uses hayride trailers at the Outdoor Learning Center where she teaches, but they have high sides with expanded metal and a let down tailgate that accomodates wheel chairs.  They are also never allowed on even a county road.
Bear

--- "Herbert Metz" <metz-h.b@mindspring.com> wrote:

From: "Herbert Metz" <metz-h.b@mindspring.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 08:03:36 -0500
To: <AT@lists.antique-tractor.com>
Subject: [AT] Hayrack ride

Where can I find a photo of a loaded hayrack where the hay was touching the ground on all sides of the hayrack?   The first time I saw such photo was in Life or Look magazine an estimated fifty years ago.  
We are having a family hayrack ride this evening and I wanted to provide some history primarily for the grandchildren.   Wish I had thought of this sooner.
TIA, Herb
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