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Old 08-23-2015, 11:16 PM
J-Mech J-Mech is offline
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Too bad the guy towing you didn't get a pic of your o-s*** face as you rolled backwards. LMFAO.

I'm sorry for the morbid sense of humor, but because your ok, I feel I can laugh. I've had those moments too... just glad you weren't hurt. (At least not badly) We live and learn, and live to tell. Wisdom is gained from experience.....even if it's a bad experience.


Tim, I heard you tell that story when it happened. I still laugh reading it too. I bet that was a wild ride!


We had a BIG A on our farm. (3 wheeled dry fertilizer spreader.... BIG thing) Anyway, it had basically no brakes, and was a manual. I started driving it when I was about 14. It had a 351 Ford gas engine in it and straight pipes up the side of the cab. Point is, with no brakes, spreading 6-8 ton of ag lime, downhill..... I went on a couple wild rides. Never any accidents.... but some close calls. I can remember more than one time grabbing the steering wheel and literally standing on the brake to get what little it had to work. I must have been a heck of an operator at that age for dad and grandad to put me in it.... because sometimes I wonder why they did let me drive it. (They were actually very safety conscious.)
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