- Location
- Herefordshire
Many years ago I was locked in a combine for about 5 hours.A new to us combine had been delivered on a Friday and after Sunday lunch my 6 year old son and I decided to have a play with the combine in the yard.We looked around it ,checked behind guards and then decided to have a sit in the cab.My lad slammed the door and a guard,we had not reattached correctly swung round on its hinge and jammed against the door.We drove the combine to a couple of farm cottages on the drive and tonked the horn,no one was in.Drove to the farmhouse,could not get too close because of a walled garden with a small entrance, tonked the horn again but ,alas,the wife could not hear.I was seething,my boy started crying and patience began to dissappear quickly.There was a hammer in the cab to break the glass in the event of an emergency but I could not bring myself to do it,it was after all a 2 year old shiny combine.
We entered the cab at around 1.30pm and eventually at around six my wife came to see how we were.5 bloody hours ! It was a MF 30 and my neighbour went on a MF combine course the following year where he was told to always check this guard as some plonker had it jam against the door locking him in.
True story.
We entered the cab at around 1.30pm and eventually at around six my wife came to see how we were.5 bloody hours ! It was a MF 30 and my neighbour went on a MF combine course the following year where he was told to always check this guard as some plonker had it jam against the door locking him in.
True story.