[AT] Different color tractors

[Indiana Robinson]

On 14 Oct 2005 at 19:35, carl gogol wrote:

> Farmer-
> Didn't the first WCs also have hand brakes?  That's the
> story as I remember my dad telling it. Always turn left -
> always turn left.



	As far as I know all of the WC's had hand brakes but I 
don't really know of any with a hand clutch. I was just 
ragging on the AC guys. Most WC's have one or the other 
hand brake levers stuck. I have seen a few with both stuck. 
  :-)   It is usually the left one that is stuck since it 
is 83 feet from the driver. That encourages the driver to 
use the right one that is right next to his leg. My 
neighbor's AC "C" has hand brakes. I don't recall the year 
for sure but I think it is a 1941. My 1946 is foot brakes. 
Actually that C in my neighbors shed is his wife's... It 
belonged to her grandfather. That neighbor is a great guy 
and I really enjoy visiting with him but I fear I am going 
to lose him before long. He is getting burned out on all of 
the yard work he has generated for himself. He has 5 acres 
with a new house and pole barn. He mows all of it 
"CONSTANTLY" and it is wearing him down. I mow a lot of 
grass but I don't mind letting it get a few extra inches 
tall. He mows the whole thing every time it grows an inch. 
He also has a lot of trees and a white picket fence and he 
is always running a string trimmer. My trimmer says "garden 
sprayer" on the side and is filled with glysophate...   :-) 
  About all he does anymore is work in his yard and work at 
his job. He is giving a lot of thought to moving to 
something like a condo where someone else does all of the 
caretaking. I would love to have a batch of money handy 
when he decides to do that. In his barn is that Allis 
Chalmers C, An 8N Ford, a 656 IHC and a nice Model A Ford 
sedan. There a couple of other cars in there too but they 
don't interest me and I don't know what they are. Funny 
thing is that he isn't really into old tractors and he has 
not driven that model A for several years.

-- 
"farmer"
Hewick Midwest

The master in the art of living makes little distinction 
between his 
work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and 
his body, 
his information and his recreation, his love and his 
religion. He 
hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision 
of 
excellence at whatever he does, leaving others to decide 
whether he 
is working or playing. To him he's always doing both. 
 ~ James A. Michener, attributed

Francis Robinson
Central Indiana USA
robinson at svs.net