Tractor rollover death in Arkansas

[Handloader109]

Local ex state representative died in apparent rollover. Just had lost election for county judge position. Area around here is pretty hilly with a lot of ravens and can be dangerous.

Good guy, rode a horse in all his campaigns. Kind of a character.

Former State Representative Jim House Dies In Suspected Tractor Accident – Fort Smith/Fayetteville News | 5newsonline KFSM 5NEWS

 

[Fade2blk]

Very sad, RIP!

 

[mddorange]

It is a lot easier to flip a tractor than most people think.

It is very sad when it ends this way. We take note when it ends this way and we should, but I wonder how many thousands of tractors flip over that don't end this way and we never hear about them.

I was very thankful that when my tractor flipped over, all of the safety featured worked and I didn't even get a scratch. My SIL was there and we got it upright very quickly and let it sit for several hours before starting it back up.

 

[Wagtail]

Local ex state representative died in apparent rollover. Just had lost election for county judge position. Area around here is pretty hilly with a lot of ravens and can be dangerous.

Good guy, rode a horse in all his campaigns. Kind of a character.

Former State Representative Jim House Dies In Suspected Tractor Accident – Fort Smith/Fayetteville News | 5newsonline KFSM 5NEWS

I didn't realise that those birds were that dangerous... and it's not even nesting season.

 

[Jstpssng]

^^^^
I noticed that. It's got to be a spell check error, computers are going to save the wo(l)rd.

 

[MossRoad]

^^^^
I noticed that. It's got to be a spell check error, computers are going to save the wo(l)rd.

It's not spell check, as the word is spelled correctly. It's more likely to be an auto-complete typing feature or something like that.

As for the rollover death, bummer. Makes you want to see the details to see if there was safety gear or not, and if it was used or not, etc... just to make ourselves more aware of the dangers.

 

[Handloader109]

Ok, smart *****. I try and check spelling for proper use. Ravens is what this stupid cellphone changed my word to. Ravines......... ivegotcppyspellchelcautocomleteonmycelfine.
Get over it. Be safe and quit nitpicking.

 

[ovrszd]

Ok, smart *****. I try and check spelling for proper use. Ravens is what this stupid cellphone changed my word to. Ravines......... ivegotcppyspellchelcautocomleteonmycelfine.
Get over it. Be safe and quit nitpicking.

It was just a comment to lighten the mood. Wagtail isn't the smart "a" type.

 

[ovrszd]

The young man building my house lost his Dad a year ago to a rollover. The tractor he normally hays cows with was broke down. He put the 3pt bale stabber on an old tricycle IH no cab or ROPS. Chored as he normally did.

 

[check]

Ok, smart *****. I try and check spelling for proper use. Ravens is what this stupid cellphone changed my word to. Ravines......... ivegotcppyspellchelcautocomleteonmycelfine.
Get over it. Be safe and quit nitpicking.

God bless Siri.... not!

 

[MossRoad]

Ok, smart *****. I try and check spelling for proper use. Ravens is what this stupid cellphone changed my word to. Ravines......... ivegotcppyspellchelcautocomleteonmycelfine.
Get over it. Be safe and quit nitpicking.

Lighten up. We're with you on this one, not against you. Cell phones and "smart" tech sometimes get the best of us. Hapopen to me earl the term.... :laughing:

 

[Oldoak]

Ok, smart *****. I try and check spelling for proper use. Ravens is what this stupid cellphone changed my word to. Ravines......... ivegotcppyspellchelcautocomleteonmycelfine.
Get over it. Be safe and quit nitpicking.

Yes, I also picked up on "ravens" and immediately figured you must have meant ravines and was nothing to comment about. I don't understand why such a big deal was made of it. :confused3:

 

[John Fitzgerald]

I met Jim a couple of times at community events. Nice guy. The area where the accident happened is "flinty" soil cut up with shallow, steep ravines. I don't have any info on how it transpired though. This area is a relatively hazardous place in general to operate heavy equipment.

 

[MossRoad]

It was humorous because it said there are a lot of ravens and can be dangerous....

 

[MossRoad]

Good grief, people. Have a laugh once in a while.

 

[ovrszd]

Good grief, people. Have a laugh once in a while.

Yeah but what about the ravines?? I'm guessing they didn't think it was funny!!!!

 

[MossRoad]

Yeah but what about the ravines?? I'm guessing they didn't think it was funny!!!!

Kinda funny, the word "ravine". We had a ravine near our house growing up. Supposedly, it's where the French explorer LaSalle came up the river from Lake Michigan and met with the local native Americans at the Council Oak Tree about 1/4 mile away. The area was a portage between the great lakes watershed and the Mississippi river watershed via the Grand Kankakee marsh.

Anyhow, back to the word "ravine".

When you're a kid, and you tell someone "Let's go down to the lake through the ravine", most kids don't have a clue what a ravine is. It was like secret code to kids that lived in our neighborhood. There were 4 ravines and when we were ditching some adult(for various nefarious reasons), we'd yell something like "RAVINE 3!" and we'd all scatter. It sounded like nonsense when yelled fast. Kinda like a football play called out by the quarterback. Then there'd be 4-5 kids running in different directions. One of us would inevitably get caught, but the others would escape and meet at ravine 3, then contemplate the fate of the captured. :laughing:

 

[MossRoad]

Ravines are also great places to dig for history. They are natural dumping grounds from the first native Americans right up to today. We'd find arrowheads, spear points, garbage, pots, pans, bottles, cans, car parts, etc.... great places to explore as a kid. Received many a tetanus shot because of things in ravines as well, like boards with rusty nails, sheets of old metal, farm implements...

 

[D2Cat]

If you have a really good ravine you may even find an entire car there along with the bottles, cans, etc. !

 

[MossRoad]

If you have a really good ravine you may even find an entire car there along with the bottles, cans, etc. !

We did! It was a Studebaker Hawk! :laughing: