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Here I am when my daughter was two and we were headed out to clear driveways.
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42" wide clears a lot of snow. Those Honda track driven snow blowers are pretty cool (literally and figuratively).
I got a "taste" for the power one winter. I put it in reverse and hit the Drive Handle which promptly got stuck in my jacket keeping it in the "Go" position.
The Blower drove me backwards into a snow bank and the tracks started climbing me - the augers and impeller spinning at about 1100 rpm's - Thank God for
God/Adrenaline and sheer panic. All I remember was thinking " I am not dying like this".
I must have grabbed the Blower and threw the whole machine sideways because it flew one way and I flew the other and it was all over but while it was happening time moved s l o w.
Flashback to when I was 11 years old and a similar thing happened with our lawn tractor but with a much worse ending. Dad taught me how to drive it but... Forgot
about the stopping it part. I went to park it in the garage and when I swung in and saw the wall I realized the omission in my lesson.
Tractor hit the wall and started climbing, I held on until it went vertical and fell straight back with me holding on for dear life.
Smashed me right into a concrete floor. My oldest Brother found me unconscious under it still running. Broke more stuff than I can list.