What's so funny about that 
My wife got a Simplicity 7119 with power steering 
She wanted something Grose and Yeller 
But NOT in my yard 
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Re: On the funny side of the street
What's so funny about that My wife got a Simplicity 7119 with power steering She wanted something Grose and Yeller But NOT in my yard Gordy
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Re: On the funny side of the street
I think it makes fun of those city women who want anything with a diamond on, remember those tv ads "diamonds are forever" ? My wife grew up in the country side but they had no access to any tractors of any kind, and doesn't want to have anything to do with them now either. I'm fine with that and I'd buy her a diamond if money wasn't a problem.
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Re: On the funny side of the street
2 observations:
1. My adult son got to watch his then-65 year old grandfather --not nearly as robust as this fellow-- do the very same trick. But it was a tilting trailer parked going up a slope. So he drove uphill to meet the trailer, and then when it tilted it went WAY uphill, and physics took over from there. An ambulance, a brief visit to the ER, no major deal in the end. But my son is scarred for life for having watched it happen!
2. The dude has the cables removed so that his tailgate is bent past flat, laying/buckling down on the ridge of the bumper. Even if it worked, he was going to do $500 or more damage to his shiny truck! What was he thinking???
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1. My adult son got to watch his then-65 year old grandfather --not nearly as robust as this fellow-- do the very same trick. But it was a tilting trailer parked going up a slope. So he drove uphill to meet the trailer, and then when it tilted it went WAY uphill, and physics took over from there. An ambulance, a brief visit to the ER, no major deal in the end. But my son is scarred for life for having watched it happen!
2. The dude has the cables removed so that his tailgate is bent past flat, laying/buckling down on the ridge of the bumper. Even if it worked, he was going to do $500 or more damage to his shiny truck! What was he thinking???
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Re: On the funny side of the street
It's not like me to laugh at other people mishaps, hopefully the guy didn't get hurt. But really, it baffles the mind how people think some stunts like this will work. 
One of the greatest finds for me is a manual winch that I take with me when I get another tractor. Even so I stay out of the trajectory in case the steel cable comes undone or snaps. When I was young I worked for one year in a coal mine. That taught me all kinds of things about being around heavy things that can crush you.
Let's stay safe everyone!
One of the greatest finds for me is a manual winch that I take with me when I get another tractor. Even so I stay out of the trajectory in case the steel cable comes undone or snaps. When I was young I worked for one year in a coal mine. That taught me all kinds of things about being around heavy things that can crush you.
Let's stay safe everyone!
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Re: On the funny side of the street
Saw one of those incidents yesterday on one of those "Fail" shows, except it was a aerial view.Do you suppose those guy's will invest in proper ramps, or at least those Z shaped plank ends?
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I can vouch for that