[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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