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[Steve W.]

Farmer,
   True about the amount of wood, BUT I'd rather put the wood in the 
platform than in a casket. My father told me how the seat pin broke once 
and that platform kept his father from hitting the ground when out 
plowing. Plus it comes in handy as a nice place to eat your lunch...

I know exactly what he meant about those cables. When we were running 
the beast in the woods I was the "lucky" one who had a tree branch catch 
the left side cable and turn me sideways in less time than it took to 
read that. Those brakes do come in handy when plowing and pulling.

Indiana Robinson wrote:
> On 24 Aug 2006 at 23:48, Steve W. wrote:
> 
>  Did you make a platform for the draw bar or just stand on the 
>> steel? Ours has a wood deck with a toolbox on it. Makes a handy step to 
>> get in that "comfortable" seat. 
> 
> 
> 
> 	I was just commenting to my son at the Portland IN show (330 IH tractors
>  there if I recall the numbers correctly) about all of those platforms. I was wondering 
> how many board feet of lumber went into all of those platforms if they were all 
> totalled up.   <(^¿^)>   Probably the trees of a good sized woods.
> 	An older fellow here that did custom work with an F-30 had a Behlen road gear on 
> his. He said one day he had a friend riding on the platform going down the road. The 
> friend inquired about those cables attached to the brakes. He said he explained about
>  the brakes and cultivating corn. He then slowed way down and turned the wheel all the
>  way to the left (empty road). He said that the brake locked and the governor kicked in
>  and around they went. He always swore that they went around 3 times before he got
>  it stopped. He said he never tried that again...   <(^¿^)>
> 
> 
> --
> "farmer"
> 
> "The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be 
> continually fearing you will make one."
> Elbert Hubbard (1856 - 1915)
> 
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> 
> Francis Robinson
> Central Indiana, USA
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