Re: Re: Scary Things

Posted by dinky dau on December 28, 2001 at 16:11:49 from (216.66.100.136):

In Reply to: Re: Scary Things posted by John Ne. on December 28, 2001 at 13:21:21:

In the early 1970's I was zipping through town with the Super M and empty flat-rack hay wagon. Ahead was a left-hand turn having a few cars parked parallel along its outside. As I came into it I heard the tongue rattling behind me. The rest happened in a matter of seconds. Thinking the hitch pin had jumped out, I was equally stunned to see that the pin was still there, I was pulling the tongue, without the wagon! Knowing that it would head straight for the cars, I quickly maneuvered squarely in front of it and stood on the brakes and clutch. Those damn disk brakes never stopped on a dime, thus the rear tires were still spinning pretty good when the wagon hit them. The front of the wagon jumped up a couple times, but would fall back away after it hit..., until the last hit. Just as I feared but had to risk it, the wagon then squarely climbed both tires until the front edge of the wagon bed pushed against the underside of the tractor seat, pushing it up until I was "standing," pinned against the steering wheel. Maybe I was the only thing keeping the wagon from going any farther. In a matter of seconds and a matter of thirty feet I had everything stopped just in time. Still pinned, I managed to get the tractor in reverse to back the wagon off me and onto the ground. The long pivot bolt that joins the tongue to the wagon's socket had lost its locknut. A fellow who saw the whole thing came over to help me push the wagon out of the road, saying it was a brave (stupid?) thing I did. I then found the bolt, he got a new nut from his garage, and I was on my way again. Aside of some scrapes on my back and some sore ribs, there was no damage. I've had other close calls, sideways-sliding dozers, slippery silos, mad bulls, gear-jumping johnnies with no brakes, all different kinds of ice follies, and one PTO bite. But all this is nuthin compared to two tours with the armored cav.

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