[AT] Time to 'fess up

Thu Oct 14 11:02:59 PDT 2004

My most stupid tractor mistake was leaving my 8N parked and running 
without engaging the safety brake about 7 years ago. I was on what 
looked to me like a flat area that was right near a steep hill. I'm not 
sure if it was the vibration of the engine or what but after about 10 
minutes of being parked the thing started to move. By the time I saw it, 
it was barreling down the steep hill. The only thing that was between 
the tractor and the big field at the bottom of the hill was a large old 
hickory tree. Of course, my luck being what it was that day, the tractor 
ran right into the tree at a decently fast speed. Fortunately it did not 
hit right in the middle, but hit the axle on one side. I was lucky in 
that the only things damaged were the front axle, wheel rim and the 
stabilizing bar between the front axle and the main body of the tractor. 
The axle and the stabilizing bar had to be replaced.

Not a smart move....

Rob
NE PA

Dean VP wrote:

>One of my first stupid tractor tricks that I can recall (I'm sure there were
>many) was being sent to plow a filed by myself for the first time. I had to
>be like 11 years old or something, it was during the Korean war. I had done
>a lot of plowing by this time but my Dad had always done the finishing of
>the dead furrow. Well this was my first time to do that.
>
>I was plowing oats stubble ground with some remaining oats straw on the
>field. I got to the last round and both rear tractor tires were now in their
>respective furrows. We plowed pretty deep and the straw residue started
>building up under the drawbar frame of the tractor. It wasn't long and all
>of a sudden both tires were spinning and I wasn't going anywhere. I had high
>centered the tractor. 
>
>I had failed to observe a trick my Dad used and that was to reduce the
>furrow depth as he got close to the last round. There I was, stuck and a
>mile and 1/2 from home and no one around to pull me free. I had to walk home
>and get Dad to pull me through the last round. Never forgot that lesson! 
>
>Dean A. Van Peursem
>Snohomish, WA 98290
>
>I'm a walking storeroom of facts..... I've just lost the key to the
>storeroom door 
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>Mike,
>Maybe you should plant a ceder in that hole. lol
>
>David D. Gibson
>1941 Allis Chalmers B
>1942 Allis Chalmers C
>1947 Allis Chalmers C
>1948 Allis Chalmers C
>1972 Allis Chalmers Homesteader
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Mike Sloane" <mikesloane at verizon.net>
>To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>Sent: Friday, October 15, 2004 9:54 AM
>Subject: Re: [AT] Time to 'fess up
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>>You guys have some great stories to relate. I guess I have been lucky 
>>over the years. My only tractor screw-ups involve getting the same 
>>Farmall Cub with belly mower stuck in almost the same the same place 
>>every spring - it always looks like it safe to drive through, but then I 
>>realize that I am no longer moving forward and the right rear tire is 
>>spinning and the tractor has  taken on a definite list to starboard. 
>>Back when I only had one tractor, that was a BIG problem for me, but I 
>>now have more than one, so a long chain will usually get me out in the 
>>few minutes it takes to walk back to the barn, round up another machine 
>>and chain, and drive back to the site. But no matter how little time it 
>>takes, my wife always happens to notice my problem and always has the 
>>same comments concerning my intelligence (which I won't repeat in a 
>>family oriented forum like this).
>>
>>Mike
>>
>>Cecil E Monson wrote:
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>>
>>>    I have an idea we have all screwed up at least once in our
>>>lifetimes. Some things are better forgotten but some become comical
>>>as time goes on. I had an incident as a 14 or 15 year old kid that
>>>I tried for years to live down.
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>>Cecil
>>>      
>>>
>>-- 
>>Mike Sloane
>>Allamuchy NJ
>>Email: (mikesloane at verizon.net)
>>Website: <http://www.geocities.com/mikesloane>
>>Tractor images: <www.fotki.com/mikesloane>
>>Work: none - retired
>>
>>Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge. 
>>-Charles Darwin, naturalist and author (1809-1882)
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