wacocowboy
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Seems like everything to do with farming and ranching is dangerous, and accidents happen so quick. Glad he wasn't hurt any worse than a broken arm. Don't be so hard on yourself.
D2Cat":3t69008d said:Some things some folks don't seem to know when helping back a trailer.
If the driver of the truck has the window down, it doesn't mean he can hear what you're saying when you're 35' away at the back of the trailer. If the driver can't see you in the mirror he can not see your hand signals.
dieselbeef":3bis1bi7 said:thing is for us we had done this many times..gage knows if he isn't making eye contact with me n the mirror I cant see him..
it is funny tho how some people just cant seem to even be a decent helper...I know he knows..thats why it was hard for me to figure out how this happened....
heck ive even got gage where he can back in a trailer. he uses the tractor and can back a 16ft flatbed into a 10 ft wide slot in the barn... I know adults cant do that...
he told me we are still a team..that made me happy...im still a proud daddy!
Nesikep":2np8kk8f said:Years of practice playing 42 pickup if I got the bale wagon backed up wrong taught me really quick how to do it right.. I've got it down pat now, my turn around time is probably about a minute, and a lot of that is waiting on slow hydraulics.
pdfangus, I've seen lots of "professional" drivers that were completely inept.. I've never backed up a 53' trailer on a tractor, but dollars to doughnuts says I'd have run laps around them.. I don't know how I'd do with a B train though..
As for helpers, I do what you do, if you can't see the driver's face in the mirror, he can't see you.
dieselbeef, glad to hear you're still a team