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1968 Tucker 442 New to Me

Dude ... you're one lucky SOB. Glad your around to share your story with us -

Note to self, never ever start the snowcat from outside it again!
 
I'm in good spirits. They fixed me up real nice dr thinks I will be on planks by February . Believe it or not no cast and already weight bearing on it.

Thanks everybody. Thinking cat was in 3rd or 4th and with the ignition fixed touches off real quick!

Kids are having fun with it
 

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Brian,Well thats a tough mistake !!:sad: Glad it wasn't worse. You take it easy,those drugs make you feel better then you really are. Don
 
Back hope modern medicine is amazing! Got a little time to design the neutral safety switch. Maybe clutch switch ?
 

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You need a older tucker with the dodge flathead engine! they have to crank a bit before they fire off !!:mellow: My brother got his legs run over twice with a 3700 thiokol on a concrete floor, the only real damage was where the carbide ice cocks put holes in his legs.myself i got my left arm tangled up in my franklin skidders winch drive shaft for about 1 hr, thank god for torque convertors. still got nerve damage after 14 years. A lot of us here have had bad experiences, some of us have been lucky !!!!!!!:biggrin:
 
Jovan Tucker is here rubbing salt in the wound with his no track Tucker!

Should have left the faulty coil took forever to start now just look at the key and it runs you over.
 

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Surprising no cast. I guess they are pretty good with screws and bandages. That sure looked like a gnarly break but looks like you're all straightened out. Really amazing what they can do now. :wow:

And not to pour salt on the wound but they are calling for a 3-5 feet dump by the weekend here...
 
Ok. Last two pics of the injury you may or may not want to see. Graphic

Getting this out then moving on. Back to positive Tucker interactions with an emphasis on safety going forward.

Guy at Nashoba ski area lost his life to a groomer yesterday. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family. Everybody be careful!
 

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Oh dang, I thought it looked like the bone poked through in your xrays!
It's a good lesson for all of us. Hope the healing goes well.
 
When I broke my femur like that they reset it before putting it in traction for a couple weeks. When they reset it the skin hooked on to the bone. The bone eventually healed but the skin remained attached permanently. All the muscle had to now form around the skin. Basically it left me with permanent muscle deformation in my right femur.

living the dream
 
Damn that will leave a mark for sure. Good friend of mine did the same thing while working on his Bronco reached in and hit the key folded him and the door around the garage door post as it backed out of the garage on it's own. Get well and see you at McCall!!!
 
I returned to OZ to be thankful for everything and review my error with the family.

Was hoping to just add a momentary switch under the pedal through the floor but the pedal doesn't get close enough. So here are some pics of what I have to work with and use the linkage or pedal to actuate the switch.

Open to input on a nice clean safe design :
 

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On some of my tractors the switch is on the front side of the pedal so that when it's just sitting the switch is "open" when depressed it closes the circuit.

That does mean if the master is out of fluid its disengaged though the best is to go to the clutch arm itself to really know it's depressed. But even then if rusted to the flywheel it can move. And a double redundant system would incorporate neutral switch in the transmission
 
Water is a concern. Other option is a new shift knob with momentary switch. That will make me and others check for neutral and be in it. You would have to push the button and turn the key.
 
I hate to be the Mr. Obvious here but I'm pretty damn sure Addict will never, never ever start his cat again without sitting right in the seat!! Just saying!!
 
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