The idle musings of a former military man, former computer geek, medically retired pastor and now full-time writer. Contents guaranteed to offend the politically correct and anal-retentive from time to time. My approach to life is that it should be taken with a large helping of laughter, and sufficient firepower to keep it tamed!
Monday, November 6, 2017
More fun (?) with tractors
Following Saturday's video clip of an antique steam traction engine outpulling a 110hp. modern tractor, I found this collection of tractor pull errors, mishaps and disasters.
Breaking things, crashing, and fires are all part of vehicle racing. What got my attention was the badly organized safety responders, some/most of them not very clear on the operation of fire extinguishers.
The other problem was the clear lack of understanding of what it takes to restrain the mass of the tractor and sled when (not if!) they get out of control. Along with this is the lack of shut-down/overrun at the end of the track. It was horrifying to see the sled weight fly up the sled track, launch off the sled and impact the driver's cage (about min 7). So many fails there.
Overall, that video collection was an indictment of the promoters involved. Idiots all.
let's burn up metal and throw engines. 101. no credit
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Ouch, that's some significant $$$ up in smoke!
ReplyDeleteBreaking things, crashing, and fires are all part of vehicle racing. What got my attention was the badly organized safety responders, some/most of them not very clear on the operation of fire extinguishers.
ReplyDeleteThe other problem was the clear lack of understanding of what it takes to restrain the mass of the tractor and sled when (not if!) they get out of control. Along with this is the lack of shut-down/overrun at the end of the track.
It was horrifying to see the sled weight fly up the sled track, launch off the sled and impact the driver's cage (about min 7). So many fails there.
Overall, that video collection was an indictment of the promoters involved. Idiots all.
"We may experience some turbulence...and...then explode."
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