Another accident

[farmaholic]

Not on your life!

But it has been a cold hard fact for decades.

I am now bowing out, out of respect for all farming accident victims and their families.

[JDGreen]

I am exactly the same way as furrow has stated.. No children allowed unless on a supervised buddy seat for a ride with a responsible adult. Working on the oil side for many years in supervisory roles has greatly increased my respect for safety and have tried my best to do a better job in my farm business for my family and employees. For the life of me I cannOT understand children 10/11/12 years old running around in today's modern high HP farm equipment. When I look back at the foolishness at 11 years old myself with a 4020 and 36' rodweeder fuel truck hooked behind and barrelling down 7 degree hills wide open transporting it makes me shake my head.. What were my parents thinking??? To save a few bucks they allowed me to do such things?? Wth is wrong with parents?? Personally i am a supporter of legislation which bans children from operation of farm machinery. As I watched the news today and the video of the father so proud his 8 year old was driving the combining got me to thinking again wth is wrong with parents?? Obviously this father has never flipped a small stone into the windshield on a 9770 to have it blow into a million pieces instantly. The 8 year old Yanks the hydro back, they all fall out thru the front as none are wearing seatbelts. Game Over!!.. Such a scenario is not an accident, it is a preventable incident. I have yet to see any real farm equipment with TONKA stamped on it. Not toys people. High HP deadly equipment if not respected . My heart aches for this family and their loss. A loss which if happened to myself im not sure how I could bear the pain.

[fjlip]

Absolutely correct furrow and JD, our boys NEVER "played" near machinery when in use. One of us never let them out of sight when they got a ride. Simply can not understand parents that allow that. Shame on you for taking the RISK! No body is responsible at those ages. Terrible tragedy but I am afraid they have only themselves to blame. So sad and it will take a mental toll on those responsible for ever. Please use common sense! Agree I ran stuff way too young, wonder about my parents too.

[sumdumguy]

I know a guy who is an aerial applicator, flying 170 mile an hour 5 and 10 feet off the ground. What were his parents thinking? Kids do what kids do. You can't be with them 24-7.

[tweety]

Jd furrow fj, thank goodness there is at least 4 of us that think that way.

[furrowtickler]

No you can't be with them 24/7 but they can be away from working machines 24/7

[blackjack]

It was a sombre day as my son and I finished up our combining here in west central Alberta yesterday.Normally what is a day of celebration our thoughts and prayers were for the Bott family not many miles up the road.

[bluefargo]

I cried when I read the report of this tragic accident. The sorrow and grief this beautiful family is feeling is unimaginable.
In memory of these 3 children all of us must look at our farms and make sure we have a safety plan in place. I have been slack here and that is going to change. Grandpa is putting some tough new rules in place.

[bluefargo]

I cried when I read this story yesterday. The sorrow and grief this family is feeling is unimaginable.
In memory of these three children all is us must look at our own operations and make sure we have a safety plan in place. I know I have been slack and that is about to change. Grandpa is putting some tough new rules in place and they will be enforced.

[grefer]

There seems to be a need to find fault when tragedy such as this strikes. I would be shocked if these parents didn't do everything they thought was necessary to protect their children. Without knowing exactly what was the situation and laying blame is very unfair and heartless. I would be willing to bet that if a safety audit was done on most people's farms there would be things that could be improved upon. Things change as time goes along and so do dangers. What we know are dangers now never existed years back. As hard as we would all like for terrible things like this not to happen it seems it will find a way. This does not mean we can't all learn and do more to make it safer on our farms but don't be too hard on the families who have more than they can handle without people playing the blame game.