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Advertising Member Seatofmypants Posted August 21, 2020 Advertising Member Share Posted August 21, 2020 Funny you should post this. Circa last Monday, not a very good fucking evening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dz246 Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 Damn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted August 21, 2020 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted August 21, 2020 22 minutes ago, Seatofmypants said: Funny you should post this. Circa last Monday, not a very good fucking evening. Goddamn....how in the hell did that happen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertising Member Seatofmypants Posted August 21, 2020 Advertising Member Share Posted August 21, 2020 1 minute ago, Jimmy Snacks said: Goddamn....how in the hell did that happen? Drive belt on my mower drive pumps went and in a really shitty spot. Replaced the belt and put the deck belt back on. Started it up, engaged the PTO no travel, turned the deck off, set the break and idled it down so I could have a peek. Noticed that the clutch wasn't super free when I was replacing the drive belt, so naturally I went to tap on it (couldn't see very well with the mower being were it was) about 3 taps in, she went live......with my fingers. Turns out on the last knock I tapped a little too high. Sucked. Did keep my fingers, but I do have two pins in them. Pays to live with-in 1 hour of some of the best trauma centers in the country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted August 21, 2020 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted August 21, 2020 1 minute ago, Seatofmypants said: Drive belt on my mower drive pumps went and in a really shitty spot. Replaced the belt and put the deck belt back on. Started it up, engaged the PTO no travel, turned the deck off, set the break and idled it down so I could have a peek. Noticed that the clutch wasn't super free when I was replacing the drive belt, so naturally I went to tap on it (couldn't see very well with the mower being were it was) about 3 taps in, she went live......with my fingers. Turns out on the last knock I tapped a little too high. Sucked. Did keep my fingers, but I do have two pins in them. Pays to live with-in 1 hour of some of the best trauma centers in the country. Wow...glad they saved your fingers! 👍🏼 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertising Member Seatofmypants Posted August 21, 2020 Advertising Member Share Posted August 21, 2020 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Jimmy Snacks said: Wow...glad they saved your fingers! 👍🏼 Me too. Knew as soon as it grabbed I was fucked. Over the past year I've fucked three fingers on that hand. Last year I was pulling a knife roll (read that as knives tucked into a wax cloth roll individually) out of my catering trailer and it unrolled because the buckles weren't fastened. Cut the top of my pinky to the bone, had to put a pin in that for 10 weeks. I'm not on a good run. Edited August 21, 2020 by Seatofmypants Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spin_dry Posted August 21, 2020 Author Share Posted August 21, 2020 4 minutes ago, Seatofmypants said: Drive belt on my mower drive pumps went and in a really shitty spot. Replaced the belt and put the deck belt back on. Started it up, engaged the PTO no travel, turned the deck off, set the break and idled it down so I could have a peek. Noticed that the clutch wasn't super free when I was replacing the drive belt, so naturally I went to tap on it (couldn't see very well with the mower being were it was) about 3 taps in, she went live......with my fingers. Turns out on the last knock I tapped a little too high. Sucked. Did keep my fingers, but I do have two pins in them. Pays to live with-in 1 hour of some of the best trauma centers in the country. I bet you won’t do that again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertising Member Seatofmypants Posted August 21, 2020 Advertising Member Share Posted August 21, 2020 Just now, spin_dry said: I bet you won’t do that again. That shit happens fast man. Totally seemingly harmless tasks can bite you quickly. Very curious how much the fix is going to cost insurance.....my bet is 20k billed, settle for about 8k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spin_dry Posted August 21, 2020 Author Share Posted August 21, 2020 1 minute ago, Seatofmypants said: That shit happens fast man. Totally seemingly harmless tasks can bite you quickly. Very curious how much the fix is going to cost insurance.....my bet is 20k billed, settle for about 8k It’ll be a chunk of cash, no doubt. I’ve managed to avoid any serious injury over the years from working on moving mechanical gizmos. Knock wood. Yep, happens fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry ginger Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 2 hours ago, Seatofmypants said: That shit happens fast man. Totally seemingly harmless tasks can bite you quickly. Very curious how much the fix is going to cost insurance.....my bet is 20k billed, settle for about 8k Yup. got my pointer with a hedge trimmer 6-7 years ago now. Still no feeling in part of it but they sewed it up. luckily the bone was thick enough to not get cut through Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voodoo Posted August 22, 2020 Share Posted August 22, 2020 Concrete mixer truck at work. Had my hand on the lower edge of the main chute after I tossed up the flip chute up...well it flipped back down. Stupid rookie mistake 12 years in. Doing 3 things at once while chatting with the contractor. I was featured in the company wide, what not to do safety brief. Could have cost me my hand. First thing I did after I pulled it out was try move my fingers, Yay they respond! Almost no issues at a year later, %90 of the strength back and only slight range of motion degrade. Sooner or later my Wolverine like healing abilities are gonna run out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DriftBusta Posted August 22, 2020 Share Posted August 22, 2020 Jesus you guys....trying to keep my breakfast down here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted August 22, 2020 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted August 22, 2020 28 minutes ago, Voodoo said: Concrete mixer truck at work. Had my hand on the lower edge of the main chute after I tossed up the flip chute up...well it flipped back down. Stupid rookie mistake 12 years in. Doing 3 things at once while chatting with the contractor. I was featured in the company wide, what not to do safety brief. Could have cost me my hand. First thing I did after I pulled it out was try move my fingers, Yay they respond! Almost no issues at a year later, %90 of the strength back and only slight range of motion degrade. Sooner or later my Wolverine like healing abilities are gonna run out. Holy fack that is gnarly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voodoo Posted August 22, 2020 Share Posted August 22, 2020 (edited) 27 minutes ago, Jimmy Snacks said: Holy fack that is gnarly. Squish and rip injury. Good news was it was an older truck. The pins were sloppy and that gave some wiggle room. It was pretty nasty. Only one broken bone so we managed to keep the gubernment people out of it...we'd had a bad year already. One guy, newbie, got his arm darn near ripped off by the mixer, shirt got caught on the drum as it's rotating...contractor had to grab the remote and back the system up to release his arm. The truck wouldn't have even puffed smoke as it ripped his arm off.... I grew up on a farm, run big, powered shit all my life..I know better. ER doc was a pretty cool dude, helped him out with gauze dabbing as he sewed that shit up. I thought the white stuff I originally saw seconds after I got my hand out was bone. Nope, tendons. That's better. If it was bone, that meant the tendons are gone and you're fucked. Think we were a couple hours all in. LOL, self help instructional video attached. IMG_0534.MOV Edited August 22, 2020 by Voodoo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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