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Paul: It is rather unfortunate that a tractor gets the rap when something like this happens. I remember one Sunday afternoon about 35 years ago, a neighbor sent his 16 year old son who worked for me, to borrow my tractor with loader for his dad. I said sure, really never asked why or what they were going to use it for. Well, my curiousity got the best of me, thus I walked through 7' high corn to see what stupid thing his dad did to require a front end loader on a sunny Sunday afternoon. I might have guessed, his dad got the notion the rear wheels on his Pontiac should be on opposite side of the car. He had jacked one side with bumper jack then placed blocking under that side. He then had put bumper jack under other side, and at the point he had both wheels off, the car went sideways and to the ground. Luckily no one got hurt. He needed the front end loader to pick the car off the ground again. A few years later this same individual decided to change a U joint in his pickup drive shaft. Hadn't chocked wheels or even applied park brake. As he took the joint apart the truck took off with him under it. He grabed the frame and hung on until the truck stopped. Luckily, nothing more than scraps and bruises this time. He's kind of like the cat with 9 lives, except in his case it must be 99 lives. He's now about 83, I think I could write a book if I told all about him. The worst injury he ever sustained was a broken leg, and that happened breaking wild horses. Some folks are just an accident looking for a place to happen. It's unfortunate they ever use tractors.
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