[AT] Finally done

[charlie hill]

Yep that sounds about right.   The difference here is that we were mostly in 
light soils.  I never personally ran a WD 45.  My snap coupler experience is 
with the later D series tractors.  However the snap coupler was set up 
basically the same way on both.  One of our fields had some really  bad 
patches of common bermuda grass because of chicken manure having been spread 
on the field.  Sometimes that stuff would get ahold of the plow and cause 
the front end to come up.  We didn't have much problem with stumps and no 
problem with rock.  Just grass with roots 2 feet deep in the ground.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Len Rugen" <lrugen at c-magic.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 9:41 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Finally done


> No problem.  I juse spent a LOT of hours on one and my vocabulary didn't 
> expand much....
>
> The top arms on ours were spring loaded.  The implement arm had sort of a 
> "T" at the top, with the sides being approx 1/2" round pins.  The part on 
> the tractor clamped on that, only under spring pressure.
>
> When we got the first WD-45, someone had added a tail wheel on the 3 
> bottom plow because they couldn't keep running right.  The bottom coupling 
> was mounted on a spring and there was a control from that mount to the 
> hydralics, which activated the "traction booster".  (At least I think that 
> was what it was called, there was a guage right over the battery box).
>
> In tough ground, a sudden pulse on the plow would cause the lift arms to 
> pull and the front wheels to head skyward!  Our first WD-45 was a narrow 
> front and I sat the wheels down on top of the garden fence once.
>
> There were times, in good dirt, when it would pull the 3 14's in 3rd gear, 
> but that is probably how we wore that thing out.
>
> At least AC honored the pattend on the Ferguson 3 point hitch...
>
>
>> 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
>>
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