beenthere
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fordnh3930
Welcome to the forum, and glad to hear from our youthful members.
With all that we do, safety should be utmost on our minds. If one is unfamiliar with what they are doing, being more careful or not doing something at all is probably a good option. However, sitting in the truck (machine) is usually not an option and figuring a way to get out of trouble is usually important and necessary. At 13, not doing anything is probably an option as you've had someone caring for you for at least 13 years. That however will change in a few years.
Don't expect to go through life sitting in the truck waiting for help.
So learn how things work, how things can happen (such as the chocks not working for whatever reason), and how to get things done safely. Often, knowing how things can happen and cause hurt is useful in avoiding larger 'hurts'.
Had a friend who was loading logs on his trailer that was on the back of his Suburban. He was standing on the tongue of the trailer to crank the winch to get the next log onto the trailer. Had the vehicle in park and the emergency brake on. But when the log came up on the tail of the trailer, it lifted the rear wheels enough that the trailer and Suburban started off down hill on a city street. The man fell under the trailer tongue and was dragged down the street to his death. He had a lot of experience but failed to calculate that one thing. Most times, jumping off would have been a solution, but he became caught and couldn't.
Welcome to the forum, and glad to hear from our youthful members.
With all that we do, safety should be utmost on our minds. If one is unfamiliar with what they are doing, being more careful or not doing something at all is probably a good option. However, sitting in the truck (machine) is usually not an option and figuring a way to get out of trouble is usually important and necessary. At 13, not doing anything is probably an option as you've had someone caring for you for at least 13 years. That however will change in a few years.
Don't expect to go through life sitting in the truck waiting for help. So learn how things work, how things can happen (such as the chocks not working for whatever reason), and how to get things done safely. Often, knowing how things can happen and cause hurt is useful in avoiding larger 'hurts'.
Had a friend who was loading logs on his trailer that was on the back of his Suburban. He was standing on the tongue of the trailer to crank the winch to get the next log onto the trailer. Had the vehicle in park and the emergency brake on. But when the log came up on the tail of the trailer, it lifted the rear wheels enough that the trailer and Suburban started off down hill on a city street. The man fell under the trailer tongue and was dragged down the street to his death. He had a lot of experience but failed to calculate that one thing. Most times, jumping off would have been a solution, but he became caught and couldn't.
