"CWatters" wrote in message
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"Muddymike" wrote in message
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I borrowed one of these about 20 years ago to put up 100yards of fence
at
the old place. First hole fine, second a bit tough going, on the third
the
drill jammed on a rock about a foot down. We could not hold the machine
and
had to let go. It continued twirling round and round with the drill
jammed
firmly in the ground acting as an anchor. What to do? Thing going round
so
fast we could not really see let alone reach the stop switch or throttle
control for fear of having a hand ripped off, almost full tank of petrol.
In
the end my mate thwacked the spark plug cap (it was luckily the only
easily
identifiable part as it stuck out the side) with a hammer as it spun
past,
after a couple of goes he smashed the plug and cap. That stopped it.

The one I hired had a cut off lever. As soon as the body starts to rotate
the lever "hits" your body/legs and the clutch releases. No problem

Good, the one I hired had a safety bar clutch which you had to hold in all
the time. As soon as you let go it stopped, much safer.

Mike