Re: One Dumb Move
- Subject: Re: One Dumb Move
- From: b*
- Date: Sat, 10 Jul 1999 20:23:05 -0800
>Early this afternoon, I just completed the tilling of the garden (other
>veggies) and just completed my last pass around the pumpkins. I looked
>down and thought I saw some movement as it looked like I might have run
>over a small toad. I turned the tiller around, took it out gear, and
>started to look for the toad. The next thing I realized is that the
>tiller was not next to me any more. I looked up and saw it go through my
>968 Sproule 98 and it continued toward another pumpkin. I moved quite
>quickly and stopped it before it did any more damage.
>
>The tiller went about 18 inches from the stump of the 968 Sproule and
>cut right through my secondary main. I had just pollinated a pumpkin on
>July 8 on that secondary main vine. I cut the vine off the stump and
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
George ' thats a good one there are tons of fluke accidents. The one i
hated was dragging a hose and giving it a big tug and it snapped a
pollinated main. Murphys Law it had to be myr best. I am sure nukeing you
plant is one of the most common........those tillers are dangerous
....sounds like a clutch cable....needs tightening....MB
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