An expensive mistake

Jpshostr · December 3, 2001

I was sent these pictures by another guy, so no, this is not ours. It happened in Oregon during wheat harvest, the operator got too close to the edge on the top and slid off, rolling several times. He was thrown from the cab and had the machine roll over him, yet somehow he survived. The combine was almost new, had less than 150 hours on it, price, only about $175K.

chevy4x4trucks · December 3, 2001

Wow, It's good to hear that he survived, that looks like a gnarly fall and that combine is mussed up badly.

Shaners · December 3, 2001

OUCH!

Stepside Z · December 3, 2001

Wow, I am glad that he survived. I hope he will be OK. Do you have insurance on those things for this kind of stuff.

Kansas Kid · December 3, 2001

Yeah, all you can say about that is WOW. He tore that combine

up big time. He is lucky to be alive to say the least. I wonder

how deep that ravine is? Looks like a pretty good sized wheat

field as well.

HillHound · December 3, 2001

Wow! Glad to hear he lived to talk about it. A similar incident happened here with a coal miner at a strip mine. His dump truck lost it's brakes on a strip grade-he jumped out before it rolled and lost his life.

silverado man · December 3, 2001

:0 That is one expensive mistake.

MountaineerTom · December 3, 2001

Man, that's ugly! Glad to hear the guy was survived.

December 3, 2001

I don't know which would be worse; getting killed in the wreck or facing the boss afterward!

pacodiablo · December 3, 2001

i remember those jp! u said the first time that it was a $150K mistake, not a $175K mistake!

Jpshostr · December 3, 2001

i remember those jp! u said the first time that it was a $150K mistake, not a $175K mistake!

I forgot to account for the demolished $25K grain head!

Torque Junkie · December 3, 2001

OUCH!!!

pacodiablo · December 4, 2001

I forgot to account for the demolished $25K grain head!

whats a grain head?

Jpshostr · December 4, 2001

whats a grain head?

The wide cutterbar that mounts on the front of the combine to cut the grain and feed it into the combine so it can be threshed. It is at the very top of the top picture, sitting where it broke off when the combine rolled over the first time.