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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">[quote user="jeffhergert"]I had a training booklet, I think I gave it to the B&SV to use, that showed both leading and trailing foot methods to dismount moving equipment.  [/quote] </FONT></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=verdana,geneva></FONT> </P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=verdana,geneva>Well that is very interesting to learn that there actually were two different acceptable methods of dismounting, and that I was not just imagining things.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>To me, the trailing-foot-first dismount seems a bit odd.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT face=verdana,geneva></FONT></SPAN> </P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT face=verdana,geneva size=2>With that method, depending on where your foot hits the ground in relation to your body, it might swing you around.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>But it also might flip you over backwards.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>It also seems weird to make contact with you trailing foot with your straight trailing leg crossed over behind your leading leg.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>It seems like that would have a tendency to break a tendon in the trailing knee joint, break the trailing angle, or injure the trailing hip joint.</FONT></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" mce_keep="true"> </P>
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