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This story, while funny, makes me have to say... be careful! I know a 
woman who's husband was crushed under a round bale while unloading. He 
lived a few hours, but they could not save him. He had too much 
internal injury. Of course, you can fall out of a hayloft stacking 
square bales too, or have the roof fall on you in bed, or any number of 
other unlikely and untimely deaths. So, I don't mean to put a damper on 
things, just a note of caution. :)

~~Simrat
Simrat Khalsa
Eugene, OR
http://akalranch.com/
simrat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

On Jul 12, 2005, at 6:26 AM, Ed Kilpatrick wrote:
> ?
> ps.? i second the motion on heidi's tip about taking care not to park 
> a round bale on a hill.? i did that last winter, trying to appease my 
> wife, ("oh honey, i think the round bale would look better over 
> there!")???? i have a tractor and hay fork.? when i parked the bale, 
> it took off down the hill!? i tried to get ahead of it with the 
> tractor, but couldnt.? the runaway bale was headed straight for the 
> crossfences between pastures.? luckily, the fences are aluminum 
> hotwire, as it turns out, very flexible.? just before the bale got to 
> the first fence, i bailed off the tractor(pun intended), and continued 
> the chase on foot.? the errant bale rolled right across two sections 
> of the aluminum fence, which didnt break, but snapped right back up 
> into position!? being fleet of foot like i am, i pulled alongside the 
> accelerating bale and managed to throw a shoulder into it, bringing it 
> to a screeching halt, just before it cleared the next fence, where my 
> dad's cows had gathered, watching and saying grace!??? from here on 
> out, i pick the spot.? sometimes a man has to take a stand.

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