kaiser715
Doing hard time
- Joined
- Jun 1, 2006
- Location
- 7, Pocket, NC
Finally got parts in, and went out to replace a broken throttle cable on my generator. (It's a MEP-003a, 1500 lbs worth). As I walked under the shed at the shop, I see the tail end of a large black snake going up under the skirting of the genset. I went on about the work, watching for the blasted snake as I did so.
Anyway, came time to tighten the nut on the back of the hand throttle knob....it's behind a rubber flap, under the control panel. Me, being the over cautious, snake-hating wimp that I am, just manned up and went straight on and stuck my hand in there. As I worked....felt the damned snake slither over my arm.
I'm just glad I saw it earlier, and knew it was a black snake, not maybe a copperhead at first touch. Or a rattle-headed copper moccasin.
Anyway, came time to tighten the nut on the back of the hand throttle knob....it's behind a rubber flap, under the control panel. Me, being the over cautious, snake-hating wimp that I am, just manned up and went straight on and stuck my hand in there. As I worked....felt the damned snake slither over my arm.
I'm just glad I saw it earlier, and knew it was a black snake, not maybe a copperhead at first touch. Or a rattle-headed copper moccasin.