OT: Corvair (was Re: [Farmall] Some ads from the10/16LancasterFarming

[Mike Sloane]

Well, I can't speak for others, but I have long since passed the point 
where I enjoyed twisting my self in knots working behind the dashboard 
of cars, breaking my back leaning over the fenders, or lying under cars 
and trucks dripping dirt, rust, and oil in my eyes. I really enjoy the 
fact that 95% of the work I do on my old tractors is either standing up 
or sitting on an overturned milk crate. Sometimes I have to kneel, but I 
now have some very nice pads to keep my creaky knees from being 
punished. :-) And I spend a fair amount of time figuring out how to 
approach jobs that look like they might involve lifting something heavy 
when I know my old back won't cooperate. Having both a three-point boom 
crane and a loader equipped tractor usually solves those problems. Since 
I never have the luxury of any assistance, I need to think through any 
heavy tasks, both for my own comfort as well as personal safety. The 
only thing that I haven't figured out how to do is pull start a tractor 
by myself! :-)

Mike

Andy glines wrote:

> It's not better, which is the point I wanted to make. 
>>From this thread one could decide that a stool is
> higher than a creeper therefore higher must be better.
>  Working on the Huber has shown me that higher is
> definetly not better.
> http://groups.msn.com/Racerpics/huber.msnw
> The crankshaft is alomost 6' high.
> --- Jim Becker <jim.becker at verizon.net> wrote:
> 
> 
>>Climbing a ladder doesn't seem like an improvement
>>from sitting on a stool.
>>
>>Jim Becker        jim.becker at verizon.net
>>
>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>From: "Andy glines" <pioneersop96 at yahoo.com>
>>To: "Farmall/IHC mailing list"
>><farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>>Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 11:37 AM
>>Subject: Re: OT: Corvair (was Re: [Farmall] Some ads
>>from 
>>the10/16LancasterFarming
>>
>>
>>
>>>>Jim Becker wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>One of the things you figure out is that a lot
>>
>>of
>>
>>>>tractor work can be
>>>>
>>>>>done from a stool, while car work requires a
>>>>
>>>>creeper.  Big difference as
>>>>
>>>>>age advances.
>>>>>
>>>>>Jim Becker        jim.becker at verizon.net
>>>

-- 
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)