[AT] Working a tractor at night

[Danny Tabor]

       Working a tractor at night. I agree. My
favorite jobs were. Mowing hay, raking, and even
baling with nothing but the moonlight, stars and a
couple lights on the tractor. I miss those days.
      Now I spend most nights up driving my tractor
trailer. I just long to get out of the truck and get
on  one of my Olivers. Any time of the day.
          Danny
         


--- Cecil E Monson <cmonson at hvc.rr.com> wrote:
> 	There was always something I liked about doing farm
> work with
> a tractor at night. I don't know what there is about
> it but there is
> a peaceful feeling about it that is hard to match.
> It always seemed
> like you were working inside a black ball that just
> kept rolling along
> with the tractor and machinery inside it. Lights in
> the days when I
> spent my time in the fields were nothing special and
> just lit up the
> area just to the front and rear of the tractor and
> that was it. Being
> as you knew where you were and didn't need lights
> that much anyhow,
> all that was really needed was to be able to see
> where you went the
> last time around and by looking back, how the
> machinery was doing.
> The exhaust seemed more responsive to changes in
> condition and was
> more musical at night too. You could also see sparks
> at times and a
> soft red glow when the tractor was pulling hard.
> 
> 	I was reminded of these things last night because
> just at
> dusk, I decided to disc the garden so I can plant
> sweet corn today.
> I took the little JD 40-S and an old horse drawn
> disc, turned on the
> lights and went down and put it to work. Used 3rd
> gear, opened the
> throttle and listened to the sound of that 2
> cylinder JD engine as
> it got at it's business and barked at me. I like the
> sound of old
> tractor engines but that two cylinder sound is a
> special thing to
> me. Working the garden is not the same as working a
> large field in
> the Great Plains but a little imagination helped me
> along. Anyhow,
> the tractor and the old disc did a good job and not
> only did I get
> the garden ready for planting today, but I jogged
> some memories along
> the way.
> 
> 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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