Using tractor driventillers (was Re:[AT]AllisChalmersB-1lawntractor

[charlie hill]

Dang Cecil.  I was kinda hoping the thing wouldn't work for you so I could
buy it off of you cheap.  LOL

Glad it worked.  I've wanted one of those things for a long time.

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: Friday, July 16, 2004 6:36 AM
Subject: Re: Using tractor driventillers (was
Re:[AT]AllisChalmersB-1lawntractor


> > Cecil; I think you're right. Shear pins do work best on slower turning
> > applications. One of the biggest problems with them is their ability to
grab
> > gloves, jackets and other clothing if you're not paying attention. Had a
> > neighbors wife get her coat caught on one while used a grain elevator
> > powered with a PTO. The results were very messy. Slip clutches are some
> > cleaner.
>
>
>
> Gil, the shear pins on my post hole digger are completely inside
> the top housing and cannot be caught on anything. That entire assembly is
> dangerous below the housing when it is turning and I won't let anyone
> near it. It is easy for one man to operate and there is no need for a
> helper to put his hands near it anyhow.
>
> Yesterday I rototilled a couple rounds in the garden with the
> "new to me" Kubota 50" tractor mounted tiller mounted on the D-12 III.
> It did such a nice job on both plowed and unplowed ground I decided to
> till under about 50 feet of sugar snap peas that were just vines and
> had quit bearing. Some weeds in there too. It tilled them under but it
> left the tiller wrapped with vines. I drove it up by the mulch pile
> where I pile everything and got off to clear out the vines. Lucille
> had followed me with the golf cart to watch. She wondered why when I
> shut the engine off and I told her, "You know, training stays with you.
> There is no way I can work on something like this that could slip into
> gear on it's own without shutting down. It is just not worth it."  My
> father sure did a good job of teaching us about safety over 60 years
> ago if it stuck that well.
>
> 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
>
> Free advice
>
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