Cautionary Story Using Older Tractors With Leaf-Spring Seats

Cautionary Story Using Older Tractors With Leaf-Spring Seats TRACTORS Hitches This is a cautionary story for your readers who still like to use older tractors with leaf-spring seats An older farmer in our area liked mowing around his farm with an old Deere tractor with a spring seat that hung over the back of the tractor He was pulling a bushhog mower when the seat spring broke dropping him into the path of the mower and killing him It took his family a few hours to realize he was missing and needless to say it was a very grim sight for the medical rescue team Please be careful on your “old iron” and inspect all components regularly Ray Henderson Newport N J

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