Went riding Sunday alone like most day, hill climbing on vintage hills deep in coal coutry. Some how just riding between on strip vain lines in the woods I caught a tree branch. That pulled out my throttle cable witch ended up me trying to throw the atv away. Turned out I threw into a tiny tree which then threw me to the ground. Still going full trottle with paddles yay. After it handed on me and bashed me backwards to the coal slag piles my right hand was mashed on a rock. Hello tendons and seeing fat in your hand. After atv rolled off me still going full trottle it proceeded down the woods until I hear crash. Finaly turned off. Wasted a nice prm desert front bumper too. Nothing else broke. HRE fab work is very strong.
Ok great, hand is broken I feels like. Local friend never showed to ride with so i thing now what do I wanna g
Do. 100 degrees in woods. I rest a little, pull atv from tree. Decided I'll leave glove on and treat it at the truck 3 miles back. This way I got nice flat area to work on. I do run with medical kits on me however. Was it out, pull out coal from my tendons and muscle. Still no pain now 30 mins into this. Wash it again blow in tripple antibotic goop. Load up atv in trailer, change and off I go. 30 mins drive to er. Eat my turkey sandwich, drink my waters but I really wanted the beers. Hobbled to er, got great treatment call wife all stitched up by 3pm. I wasted the hand at 11am
Now to figure out how a throttle cable can never be pulled out again. 29 years in riding in waste land never anything like that happened. I guess I'm out two months til hands good and strong. Figures I dont get hurt climbing 60 degree inclines but turning around then going stright. That,tree is gonna loose all its branches and I'll throw tires on it in fall.
Be safe with you throotle cables.