Don't repeat my painful and embarrassing screw up.

[pecanjim]

I caused my old Ford 800 to run over both of my upper legs about a week ago and I am now out of the hospital. I thought I would let you what I did. The first thing I did wrong was bypass the shifting mechanism's safety mechanism that would not let the starter run if it was not in natural. The second thing I did, as an 82 year old, was sit on the ground with legs flat on the ground in front of rear wheel and push the starter button. The tractor started immediately and slowly, it was in first gear, ran over both of my legs. The good thing that happened was that it went a ways further until a strong front axle caught on a good fitting and strong tree that held it in place where it ran spinning it rear wheels until it ran out of gas. The next bad thing I did was forget to take my cell phone with me so I had to drag myself by hand over a hundred yards back to the house and up the porch steps to get my wife to hear me and get us on the road to the hospital.

It turns out that for my age, my bones were quite strong I only have a slight crack in the lower leg bone on my right leg, the first one ran over, so I don't even need a cast. The second thing is not so bad, when they checked me out they found I have very high white blood cell count and had to be in the hospital four days on an IV to get that fixed. In reality, I am lucky as hell, the leg damage was not so bad, the tractor catching on a tree and running out of gas, and they discovered a serious problem when it put me in the hospital. But don't undo the safety mechanism on your tractor hoping for the same kind of good results. I still have tractor tread bruises on my right thigh.

 

[SmallChange]

Wow. Congratulations on surviving this, and with very little damage! Accidents are like that, you don't know you're in trouble until you are. And if it hadn't started, your mistakes would have earned a little minor imagination, if that.

 

[RjCorazza]

Dang dude! Very glad to hear that your injuries were not more severe.
It's always a series of mistakes that end in an accident. Hearing real life accounts is a wake up call for everyone to pay attention!

 

[gstrom99]

WOW! Welcome. What a first post.

Glad it wasn't a worse outcome. I learned (the hard way also) to (at least try to) always carry my cell phone...

 

[arrow]

Its like Providence that an underlying problem was caught as to what causes your elevated wbc.
I have a friend who got into a car accident and banged his head on the windshield. Wasn't wearing a seatbelt.
Upon imaging of his head just as a safeguard, they discovered a brain tumor.
Operated on and now fit as a fiddle 30 yrs later.
Wasn't his time and was provided an avenue for continued life that first appeared as a catastrophe wrecking his 68 Road Runner.
Fast healing bud.

 

[Tpondel]

was sit on the ground with legs flat on the ground in front of rear wheel and push the starter button.

Clearly an attempt to make the 2025 Darwin Awards.

 

[Gregster613]

I caused my old Ford 800 to run over both of my upper legs about a week ago and I am now out of the hospital. I thought I would let you what I did. The first thing I did wrong was bypass the shifting mechanism's safety mechanism that would not let the starter run if it was not in natural. The second thing I did, as an 82 year old, was sit on the ground with legs flat on the ground in front of rear wheel and push the starter button. The tractor started immediately and slowly, it was in first gear, ran over both of my legs. The good thing that happened was that it went a ways further until a strong front axle caught on a good fitting and strong tree that held it in place where it ran spinning it rear wheels until it ran out of gas. The next bad thing I did was forget to take my cell phone with me so I had to drag myself by hand over a hundred yards back to the house and up the porch steps to get my wife to hear me and get us on the road to the hospital.

It turns out that for my age, my bones were quite strong I only have a slight crack in the lower leg bone on my right leg, the first one ran over, so I don't even need a cast. The second thing is not so bad, when they checked me out they found I have very high white blood cell count and had to be in the hospital four days on an IV to get that fixed. In reality, I am lucky as hell, the leg damage was not so bad, the tractor catching on a tree and running out of gas, and they discovered a serious problem when it put me in the hospital. But don't undo the safety mechanism on your tractor hoping for the same kind of good results. I still have tractor tread bruises on my right thigh.

Wow - what a nasty accident to happen! Am glad to hear you survived with such minor injuries though! A good reminder to always double-think and check "before" pushing any buttons that may cause vehicle to move.

 

[JohnP3616]

I am very thankful this ended as well as it did. Thank you for posting. We all need a reminder now and then to be more mindful of what we do. Welcome to the forum.

 

[MossRoad]

I caused my old Ford 800 to run over both of my upper legs about a week ago and I am now out of the hospital. I thought I would let you what I did. The first thing I did wrong was bypass the shifting mechanism's safety mechanism that would not let the starter run if it was not in natural. The second thing I did, as an 82 year old, was sit on the ground with legs flat on the ground in front of rear wheel and push the starter button. The tractor started immediately and slowly, it was in first gear, ran over both of my legs. The good thing that happened was that it went a ways further until a strong front axle caught on a good fitting and strong tree that held it in place where it ran spinning it rear wheels until it ran out of gas. The next bad thing I did was forget to take my cell phone with me so I had to drag myself by hand over a hundred yards back to the house and up the porch steps to get my wife to hear me and get us on the road to the hospital.

It turns out that for my age, my bones were quite strong I only have a slight crack in the lower leg bone on my right leg, the first one ran over, so I don't even need a cast. The second thing is not so bad, when they checked me out they found I have very high white blood cell count and had to be in the hospital four days on an IV to get that fixed. In reality, I am lucky as hell, the leg damage was not so bad, the tractor catching on a tree and running out of gas, and they discovered a serious problem when it put me in the hospital. But don't undo the safety mechanism on your tractor hoping for the same kind of good results. I still have tractor tread bruises on my right thigh.

Good gravy that sounds like a close call! Glad you are only slightly injured and they caught the other thing.

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[CloverKnollFarms]

Can I ask what the hell you were trying to accomplish