[AT] Finally done

charlie hill chill8 at cox.net
Wed Oct 27 14:17:51 PDT 2004


Hey Len,  I just read my own message.  I didn't mean to sound like a smart 
A$$.  I just never had a problem with the couplers until they were worn out. 
Your experience might have been different.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "charlie hill" <chill8 at cox.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 5:04 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Finally done


> Len,  I don't believe you have ever run one of these tractors that was new 
> or in new condition.  I've seen the lift arm couplers come loose on some 
> of my worn out stuff but I never had that problem years ago with new 
> stuff.  By the way.  The lower connection is the Snap Coupler not the 
> small top ones. I realize that they snap shut but so does the bottom one.
>
> Charlie
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Len Rugen" <lrugen at c-magic.com>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" 
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> Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 1:50 PM
> Subject: Re: [AT] Finally done
>
>
>> The WD-45 had a single lever for both the lift arms and the remote. 
>> There was a "delay" setting on hydralics.  The instructions for changing 
>> hydralic settings was on the battery box for 2.2 days after the tractor 
>> left the factory, but I've never seen an intact decal.
>>
>> Black magic was required to "tune" the WD-45 hydralics.
>>
>> All of the snap coupler equipment I've seen was fully mounted.  The plow 
>> in the picture and I'm sure other implements were semi mounted.
>>
>> One problem with the snap coupler is that for some reason, if one lift 
>> arm experienced "lift" from the implement, it would unsnap the coupler. 
>> Then when you got to the end of the field and lifted the plow, it would 
>> roll to one side, into the tire.  Scarry at best, or it would bend and 
>> break things at worse.  Remember, your right butt cheek is meere inches 
>> away from the right lift arm.
>>
>> If you somehow managed to unhook the LOWER connection, but keep the lift 
>> arms connected, the implement could try to fold up and over the operator, 
>> again, not pleasant.
>>
>> There were people in our area that said things like "Nobody can farm 
>> without a WD-45, but nobody can farm LONG with one".
>>
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