bluedog333
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Everything's starting to get a bit sore now after this afternoon's near-squashed experience... To cut a long story short - I was working at a small farm today, parked up in the 110 with a converted Rice horse box trailer on the back, the drive was one-way, uphill, with the farmhouse to my left and an old brick building behind. So I jumped in and got ready to reverse down the drive, popped her in low box and then the back door popped open ( not due to t/box selection! ), handbrake on I jumped out to close the door, as I am slamming it shut the fookin Landy starts to roll towards me! I quickly start panicking, a good 3t of Landy and trailer are now rolling down the narrow drive, veering towards the house. I'm a bit stuck between the trailer and Landy and I'm sh*tting myself, all I was thinking was I'm going to smash through the side of the house! Attention quickly turned to the fact I was stuck between the Landy, the jack-knifing trailer and a bit brick barn. Within what seemed like milliseconds the Landy had me up against the brickwork and, like a scene from a film, suddenly stopped! The trailer had jack-knifed and thank f*ck halted the 110 in her tracks. I quickly jumped in and pulled her forward ( all I was concerned about was the embarrassment if someone saw me! ). It soon became apparent that both me and my Landy had suffered, my foot and shin were bleeding as was my forearm, hurt like buggery now, fortunately, the poor old girl only suffered a gash to the rear wing and a knackered foot plate.
The cause of the roll-back? T/box popping out of gear into neutral. I always double-engage when changing the t-box, this time I was distracted by the open rear door, so low box was not properly engaged. I learnt a very big lesson today, a lesson I won't forget in a hurry!
The cause of the roll-back? T/box popping out of gear into neutral. I always double-engage when changing the t-box, this time I was distracted by the open rear door, so low box was not properly engaged. I learnt a very big lesson today, a lesson I won't forget in a hurry!
