Well, I have been reading about all of the near misses of injures, on working on a stuck center board. I would like to add my own story. Setting the scene: I had a stuck center board hanging down out of the slot about about 1/2 inch. The clearance to the carpeted bunk was about 1 inch. I live in a duplex alone with no tenets at the time on the other side. No cell phone in my pocket or a mega phone for that matter. So ... I begin. In my basement garage in the dead of night I wiggled my way past the trailer tire to get at the stuck center board. I was able to get the center board free with a just a few pulls. But I wasn't fast enough to get my left hand pointer finger out of the way before it dropped and trapped it on the carpeted bunk. It didn't hurt too bad but I couldn't move it. No problem I thought. It's only 40 pounds but the entire 40 was on a 1/2 inch square area or less. That is 80 Pounds Per Square Inch or more! As I tried to pull my finger out it felt like the flesh was going to be pulled from the bone. Oh dear! I looked around my garage/shop and there were no tools of any kind within reaching distance, nothing! I laughted at the obsurdity of the whole situation but I didn't want to lay there for 3 days until my girl friend came over and found me there. I finally was able to use my right hand, with all my might, to lift the center board to free that left finger. I still feel lucky that it turned out okay! Peter Peanut M15 618