[Shop-talk] erratic fuel gauge and a legitimate shop talk question

[Bill Engle Sr]

   I  keep my cell phone in my pocket when I am working alone, that way I
   will never need it.
   Bill
    06:58 PM 2/24/2008, eric at megageek.com wrote:

     >Any  ideas?  What  would  you do if you found yourself immobilized
     while
     under a
     >car in your shop? What precautions do you take while working alone
     in the
     >shop?
     I'll  do  you  one  better.   I was in one of my back fields and my
     dozer track
     came  loose.   I  was  putting it back on the pulley when my gloved
     hand got
     caught  between  the  track  and  pulley.  I was about 200m from my
     house (but
     I  lived  alone back then.)  To make matters worst, the tractor was
     idling
     and I could reach the kill switch to shut it off.
     If  I wasn't able to work my hand out, I guess it would have been a
     few day
     before anyone found me.