Dr. M.: "The John Deere guy was over here the other day and he told us a story about a fellow who had a 450 just like ours. He had the forks on the tractor, the kind you use for picking up the round bales. He was working in his woods, trying to bring down a big hemlock. He notched and cut it, but left a hinge and the tree got hung up and wouldn't go over, so he tried to push the tree over with his forks. Somehow or other, he got the forks on either side of the tree. The hemlock came over, picked up his tractor, spun it 180 in the air, knocked off the canopy, drove the upright right into his chest, killed him on the spot."
Big Al: "I knew the guy. It was Howard Beck up in North Monroe. He was a low wattage kind of guy. It's amazing he lived as long as he did."
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