Back in the early nineties, I had moved my herd from a rented farm to this one, which I own. In August of that year, I bought a TD9 with a Drott loader on it and dug a trench in a hill for silage. I was firming up the dirt on the side when it collapsed, causing the right track to drop, and the whole tractor slid into the trench. When it hit bottom, it rolled over to the right. I grabbed the tank fill and tried to go over the back, but wound up face down in the dirt with the tool box pinning me from the waist down to just above my knee. When they found me a bit later, I was taken to Shock Trauma at the U. of Md. Medical center in Baltimore. I had a broken pelvis and ischeum (tail bone) and turned purple from my neck to my toes. I was there for a week, off from work for 6 months and on light duty for another six. And while one doc told me I might never walk again, I was up and walking in a month. But, I still feel the effects of it every day. My right but cheek still has damaged nerve endings that get uncomfortable when I sit or walk. I've just learned to live with it and let it remind me constantly to be careful with what I do.......
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Today's Featured Article - The Nuts and Bolts of Fasteners - Part 2 - by Curtis Von Fange. In our previous article we discussed capscrews, bolts, and nuts along with their relative hardness and thread sizes. In this segment we will finish up on our fasteners and then work with ways to keep them from loosening up in the field. Capscrews, bolts and nuts are not the only means of holding two parts together. When dealing with thinner metals like sheet tin, a long bolt and
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