[AT] Diesel Starting Safety Reminder

charlie hill chill8 at cox.net
Tue Feb 24 15:30:55 PST 2004


George,  I couldn't operate too well if I had a seat kill switch on my
tractor.  For one thing I like to stand up once in a while when it is safe
to do so and also there are times when the ground I travel is so rough it
throws me momentarily out of the seat.  The thing about the lanyards is that
no one makes you use it but it is there if you are so inclined and can be
adjusted so you could use it standing up.

Sometimes those lanyards on the tread mill come in handy if you happen to
turn that sucker up faster than you can walk!

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "George Willer" <gwill at toast.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 4:16 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Diesel Starting Safety Reminder


> Charlie,
>
> My Dixon ZTR is the only equipment of mine that ever had one on it, but
what
> about the seat switches that kill the engine if your butt isn't on the
seat?
> The seat switch was trashed before I got the Dixon or I would have trashed
> it myself.
>
> My wife bought a treadmill that has a lanyard you have to clip to yourself
> before you can start it! #$%^
>
> There are certainly times when a kill switch is a good idea, but I think
the
> "nannys" are out to prove Darwin wrong and keep the gene pool from
> improving!
>
> George Willer
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "charlie hill" <chill8 at cox.net>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
<at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 2:41 PM
> Subject: Re: [AT] Diesel Starting Safety Reminder
>
>
> > LOL.  I haven't either yet but I have had some close calls like tree
limbs
> > and vines that threatened to take me off the seat.  A quick kill switch
> > would have come in handy!
> >
> > I guess a kill switch is kind of like an ejection seat in an airplane.
> You
> > hope you never use it but it is nice to have.
> >
> > Charlie
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Robert Brooks" <rbrooks at hvc.rr.com>
> > To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 1:17 PM
> > Subject: Re: [AT] Diesel Starting Safety Reminder
> >
> >
> > > Charlie;
> > >
> > > I try never to fall off the tractor.
> > >
> > > Since I switched to drinking Ice Tea, this seems to have occurred less
> > often.
> > >
> > > I also find it's easier getting on.  ;)
> > >
> > > Bob
> > >
> > > At 09:22 AM 2/24/04 -0500, you wrote:
> > > >Cecil run a wire from the cut off terminal to a switch and then run a
> > wire
> > > >from the switch to ground.
> > > >
> > > >On a slightly different line of thought.  Have you seen the kill
> switches
> > > >they put on personal water craft and small boats with outboard
motors?
> > It
> > > >is a spring loaded kill switch with a lanyard that attaches to your
> belt
> > or
> > > >suspenders or something.  The other end of the lanyard is a clip that
> > keeps
> > > >the switch open.  If you fall out of the boat the lanyard pulls away
> from
> > > >the kill switch allowing it to close and kills the engine.
> > > >
> > > >I have been tempted to install those on my tractors.  You can buy
them
> > for a
> > > >few bucks at a boat supply place.
> > > >
> > > >Charlie
> > > >
> > > >Charlie
> > > >----- Original Message -----
> > > >From: "Cecil E Monson" <cmonson at hvc.rr.com>
> > > >To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
> > <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> > > >Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 9:13 AM
> > > >Subject: Re: [AT] Diesel Starting Safety Reminder
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > > This is one thing that I have never liked about the Farmall A
that
> I
> > > >have.
> > > > > > It has a magneto with a simple stop cable.  You pull and hold
the
> > cable
> > > >to
> > > > > > shut it down, and the cable returns to the run position when you
> let
> > it
> > > >go.
> > > > > > This has always made me a little cautious about how I park it on
> > > >hills...
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Vaughn
> > > > >
> > > > > Yes, that's another one. All of my tractors with mags have
> > > > > postive kill switches that stay off - except for one. That one
still
> > > > > has the old style spring contact on the side of the mag that has
to
> > > > > be pushed to shut it off. That worried me some but what I do is
shut
> > > > > off the gas and let the engine run out and shut it off that way.
It
> > > > > still will not help if the gas shut-off leaks a little as it will
> fill
> > > > > up the carb and be ready to go anyhow.
> > > > >
> > > > > Cecil
> > > > > --
> > > > > The nicest thing about telling the truth is you never have to
wonder
> > > > > what you said.
> > > > >
> > > > > Cecil E Monson
> > > > > Lucille Hand-Monson
> > > > > Mountainville, New York   Just a little east of the North Pole
> > > > >
> > > > > Allis Chalmers tractors and equipment
> > > > >
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> > > Bob Brooks
> > > rbrooks at hvc.rr.com
> > >
> > > Elmo 1948 Cub
> > > Rock Tavern, NY
> > >
> > > "A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will
annoy
> > > enough people to make it worth the effort."
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