[AT] tractor related old expression

[Bill Brueck]

We used a small crawler (JD 420) on the farm in the 60's and it was
dangerous on frozen ground with even a slight side slope.  Would slide
sideways like it was on skates and you'd put the darn thing right into a
fence or another piece of equipment before you knew it.  Other than that it
was its usual pretty handy little machine for bucking snow.

B²
 
Bill Brueck (brick)
Chatfield, MN, USA
 
Confusion is a higher state of knowledge than ignorance.
 

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[mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Chuck Saunders
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Subject: Re: [AT] tractor related old expression

Didn't Cecil Monson have a story about plowing snow with his dozer? Seems
that when you get on an icy slope sideways, those steel grousers act more
like sled runners.
Chuck Saunders
Kansas City MO

On 7/31/06, Greg Hass <gkhass at avci.net> wrote:
>
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> around.  My question, has anyone on the list seen or tried plowing 
> snow with steel wheels and lugs or the steel angle bars I have seen on 
> some old tractors? If so, how did it work?
> Greg Hass
> Michigan
>