Picture this if you will. We have a Yamaha Grizzly 700 that we use for hauling wood. No, the snow blade is not on now nor do we have any snow. Mud, but not snow. And you can see the trailer we use for hauling the tools and then hauling the wood. Now picture a half crippled up old man who has a terrible mess in his spine, has 2 store-bought hips and has had several surgeries on his back plus other surgeries. Mostly because of the low back and the new hip joints, most times it is a bit of a struggle getting on and off the machine. But when I am on and want off, most times the easiest way is for me to lean backwards and swing one leg over the gas tank and then just sort of roll off. Now picture I have a full load of firewood on the trailer and am heading out of the woods to the place we'll keep the wood until splitting time. Also, this being the last load of the day, the saw was on top of the load along with other tools. Everything was strapped down...except the saw. It sat in such a way as to lead me to believe it would hold good. Our lanes are not exactly smooth in many places. I was going slow then suddenly I heard this strange noise and immediately stopped. Ah ha. The saw fell off. It is in a case so the plastic case made quite a racket because it hit a small birch tree on its way to the ground. Okay, not bad. Swing my left leg over the gas tank like I've done hundreds of times and of course I'm leaning even further as the leg is about over. Dang! Suddenly the atv takes off like it is a drag strip or a dog with turpentine on its rear end. It seems that my heel caught the throttle! You can imagine what happened to me. But the atv just stopped...soon. All I could do was to lay there and laugh. Oh that would make a nice video...
Chit, thank goodness the trailer full of wood didn't run you over! A good laugh now that's it's over, but still....
... can't... breathe... ... that'll teach ya to show off Hot Roddin'... Hope your OK. Gawd that's funny stuff. Take some IBU and call us in the monin' ...
No harm was done guys. It was a short spurt of throttle then nothing. Just had to laugh. What else could one do?
Laughing with you not at you cause I myself have done worse. Better start mounting that Grizzly like one would a horse
Come on Dennis....................please tell us that your wife was filming....................please!!!!!
Yep, been there done that . Glad your okay dennis but im guessin you needed a new pair of undies after that one...
Dennis, I know you are a little older then me but I am starting to realize as we age things just dont work like they use to. Take care of your self and keep that sense of humor.
The adventures of a wood cutter. Could've been worse if the machine had cruise control . Can see you grabbing the trailer after it runs you over, dragging you until it hits a tree. atv digs a hole spinning, then runs out of gas. 2 hour later Judy comes out , sees you on the ground , muddy, snowy, wet & cold. "You OK ? " LOL You say: "Yea , glad I wasnt pulling a brush hog" . LOL
Actually, there was nobody there but me. I did tell my wife about it later and she bent over laughing.
This reminds me of a medical procedure my Dad had recently. They had to "put him under" for this and after he was out of recovery, the nurse took him to use the bathroom. Dad gets in there and sits on the throne and then proceeds to faint. I'm on the phone with him as he's telling me this, and I'm laughing as he tells me that he has a black eye, a fat lip and big knot on his five head as he fell off the throne!!! He still doesn't know why the nurse left the head while he was in there!!!! Anyhow; he's fine and you cannot even tell that he fell off the toilet anymore!!!!
Funny stuff there Sav, you've got many replacement parts but were all just glad you don't have a wooden leg or you might load it in the stove by accident the way things go for you my friend.
If you can laugh at yourself your still in good shape Dennis. I can only hope to do what you do at your age, if I even get there. If you rest you rust.
