She's ok! Throttle stuck on 340 enticer and she ended up going though a barbed wire fence.... and the calf sleigh was behind it. Just happened to stand up and look out the window and seen it happen. Grabbed my boots and ran! Found the sled quarter section away across the hwy in the ditch.
Could have been worse!
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plio7
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Glad she's ok man! That's a scary situation right there
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Gunnerthesnowman
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Lucky , scary for both of you i am shore , i have two boys that drive 1987-1990 480 phazers , never had a problem , but always a concern , i tell them if it happens , grap the brake , hit the kill OR jump off , glad she all right .
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after this experience I will definatly implement said procedure!
thegeneral
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Yikes! thats a close call. Glad it ended well.
rsaint
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Glad it all worked out OK very lucky lucky !!!
ACP
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Wow amazing outcome very happy to hear
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One of my pet peaves for years. Tethers should have been mandatory at the manufacturing level. 
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wow. that makes this a happy ending. thinking of what could have happened scares me just as much as what happened.
neilsleder
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Glad to here she will be ok! I seen the other way , have two cousins and myself that had that happen to . One in the mouth one in the neck. Both are lucky to be alive, but have very large physical and emotional scares! I had some head injuries. So this really hits home with me!
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Wow! I think I'll order a tether on Monday. Glad she's ok.
I been through fences before. Frightening situation. Unfortunately a tether isnt going to stop the sled unless they bail. And that is tough decision for a kid to make no matter what they have for experience or mentoring. Tough for an adult.. super glad she's ok
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lucky been their
Teth-Air
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Even installing and using any type of tether does not help if the rider panics and just stays with the machine. You still might consider installing one though as that machine could have been worth something or it could have hit something or someone. You would not forgive yourself if you don't act now that you know.
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Tethers are amost....no question
Training, practice, showing them how to bail, how to fall and making them practice....
This hits home for me as well, had Colleague not survive a fence, he was out riding on his families property, the tracks show hewas running 10 ‘ parallel to a fence line then banked straight into thefence...RIP
Thankfully it didn’t happen to your daughter and the other kids out for some fun.....
Hugs all around
Training, practice, showing them how to bail, how to fall and making them practice....
This hits home for me as well, had Colleague not survive a fence, he was out riding on his families property, the tracks show hewas running 10 ‘ parallel to a fence line then banked straight into thefence...RIP
Thankfully it didn’t happen to your daughter and the other kids out for some fun.....
Hugs all around
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yup. ill be installing one on the enticer. my sons 1980 srv surprisingly already has a tether. she said she tried to hit the kill switch but everything happened so quick she missed it. I will defiantly be going over all of the safety stuff with the kids again. I think the situation opened there eyes as well. she ended up with a broken finger we found out the next morning. on a lesser note the sled took quite a beating and that is visual reminder for them and me also.
when I went back to where it happened for a closer look I hesitate to think how much worse it could have been... I have been thinking of it since Saturday.
when I went back to where it happened for a closer look I hesitate to think how much worse it could have been... I have been thinking of it since Saturday.
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