Man! I was waiting ..... They are born every minute.

Here. I put the link where it should be so people don't have to cut and paste it.

You have to admit; that 'bota sure makes moving dirt and cutting grass easy when you can hang on to your rugrat with one arm and run the entire machine with the other. LOL

Here is a link that might be useful: The link

For some reason you don't have the Link option when you originate a post.

I found that video on an Ebay listing. I hope he sells it soon for that kid's sake. There's another video where he's mowing grass over what appears to be loose rock and the discharge was pointed right at the camera. There were at least two clueless people in that vid production.

Yep, I saw that vid too.

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kids gonna be hard of hearing!!!!!!!!!!!!

Looks to me like hes mowing weeds and dirt. I don't see to much grass. That poor kid will have hearing and breathing issues in the future.

If he lives!!!I did not watch the complete video, didn't want to see if the little guy fell.

I had my own experience. It started out fine and went downhill quickly.

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Well, at least, he didn't chop the kid into itty bitty pieces--although there's always the next time! What a stupid goof! And, driving the tractor up the steep pile of dirt, and then lifting the bucket even higher, just reinforces my idea that some people should never be let loose with any kind of machinery! And, not even a "Golf club" type of weed wacker!

Its a whole load less dangerous than being a passenger in a car.
We dont need to bring our children up in cotton wool as baymee's post suggests.

>>>That poor kid will have hearing and breathing issues in the future.The hearing issues I understand (I wear ear protection when I mow)

Breathing issues... Please enlighten me, since I'm obviously missing something.

What are you worried about, it has RIO and ROPS : ) Can anyone say Darwin?

I watched the vid. again. It wouldn't have been nearly as bad, if he had just been taking him on a "Sunday drive". Instead, he was doing his thing with the FEL and mower, both of which add a ton of risk. If the kid had fallen off, only a miracle would have saved him.

Thinking back, when I was a kid (older than the little guy in the vid.), we stood on the Ferguson axle, while whoever was driving, plowed, mowed or whatever. We had on old 40's something dump truck, with the headlights mounted on top of the fenders, .. we used to straddle them and ride 12 miles to town. The truck had no doors, but it did have running boards, where we could stand.

The kid might grow up to be a very good heavy equipment operator. ?? Maybe, he and his dad will go to safety classes together.

"The kid might grow up to be a very good heavy equipment operator."

If he survives with all his limbs intact. My dad played football with a leather helmet. He agrees new safety standards are a good thing!

Didn't seem that bad to me. Heck when I was a kid, they would have had me sitting on top of the rops, with my brother trying to push me off...