Tom,
I am so sorry to hear about the accident. You are always so careful moving pumps. I have watched you at Iowa Gas. All it takes is a slight miscalculation to reach that point of no return. You reached that threshold and could not overcome the laws of gravity. I am speaking from personal experience. Many here on Oldgas posted pages of nice comments to me when they found out about my pump accident that occurred about 4 years ago. I was moving a G&B 66 pre-visible in almost the dark outside in gravel and the wheel on the dolly hit a small rut. The pump started to fall down towards the F-150 truck and I told myself in a spit second I can save the situation from occurring. Guess what? I tried to right it back up and that darn thing got heavier and took me down on my back completely underneath the two rails of the dolly. It came down with vengeance and it bounced off my body snapping my collar bone on both sides. I could not lift my arms over my head for months. Fellow oldgassers at Iowa helped me out when I arrived only two months from the date of the accident. Thank you everyone who was gracious to help me through that rough time.
Tom I will pray that you have a speedy recovery and that you heal well like I did. I have not had an once of pain aftermath from my accident. The doc had said that he had never seen anyone break the collar bone both sides at the same time. BTW I sold that pump really cheap and will never own another like it.
Take Care,
Rob
