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David in Ga.

04-20-2004 04:40:32




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I attended a show last year and was horified to see that no kill switches were used. During the barrel race the barrel from the left lane turned and went under the left rear of the right lane tractor sending it up on one rear wheel. The driver was thrown and as he fell and grabed desperatly to hang on pulled the throttle wide open.the tractor went into the stands,climbed about for rows and then turned and headed across the fair grounds. It finally flipped when it ran into a very pristeen restored tractor.Lucky every one got out of the way. I was told they didnt like the saftey switches as the were not "original" and they like to keep them that way. Is this a common way of thinking? Personaly mine will have a kill switch if I compete or drive in a parade. Both tractors would have no damage had they had a switch. But both were severly damaged as well as many lives nearly lost.

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Dave in Ga

04-20-2004 16:14:39




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 Re: Kill switches in reply to David in Ga., 04-20-2004 04:40:32  
In the big high powered pulls they have one hooked to the sled so if you break loose it kills the engine but I think any time you can fall from the seat there needs to be a dead man lanyard type kill switch.In the arena monster trucks they even have remote operated switches controlled by transmitters that 2 or 3 officials have so any one of them can kill it if they see a problem, thats kool but way too costly.

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Polish Mike

04-20-2004 07:33:30




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 Re: Kill switches in reply to David in Ga., 04-20-2004 04:40:32  
You guys :

I think Dave is referring to a kill switch like they put on newer outboard motors, or snowmobiles, where you attach a line from the switch to your belt, and if you get thrown off the vehicle it grounds out your ignition by pulling out a plastic "key". Good idea if you're competing in close proximity to a whole buncha people...



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Alberta Mike

04-20-2004 05:34:57




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 Re: Kill switches in reply to David in Ga., 04-20-2004 04:40:32  
I saw my first barrel races last summer and I couldn't believe how dangerous they were (at least I thought so). More than anything, I was amazed how those tractors just zig-zagged from side to side on the track chasing the barrels and people were sitting right alongside the track. I didn't think of a kill switch but some of the tractors almost got tangled up with one another. I'm not sure what you exactly mean by a kill switch, someone down below asked if you meant a dead-man's-switch like they used on the railroad. I don't think a regular dashboard kill switch would do much more than a regular ignition switch if that's what you mean.

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Jerry

04-20-2004 05:06:39




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 Re: Kill switches in reply to David in Ga., 04-20-2004 04:40:32  
Are you thinking about Dead man throttles?



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