[Farmall] 1952 Super C

Mon Jul 24 07:13:37 PDT 2006

    Hi Paul,

    No blame to assign with this TRT, just another lesson learned. I  
know that aluminum wire will certainly not hold as much as a steel  
based wire. But, once the lever on a chain binder is pulled past the  
resistance point and is parallel to the chain, there is little upward  
pressure on it even when a strong force is exerted on the chain  
restraining the tractor. I believe it was some unusual combination of  
the bouncing of the rough road which contributed to this situation.  
Had I not been on the Interstate I would probably have slowed down to  
an even slower pace then I did which would have been helpful as well.

    Up in Superior, WI this week visiting Beverly's family and I sure do  
appreciate the northeast wind off of Lake Superior. Only 81 degrees  
for a high temperature here on Sunday, while Sioux Falls reached 96  
degrees!

    Regards,
                              Art

On Jul 19, 2006, at 10:18 PM, Paul Bazzetta wrote:

> I will take the blame for this.  I was taught by an Illinois State  
> policeman
> (trucking enforcement guy) to not rely on the chain binder tension  
> to hold
> the binder shut.  So I always used scraps of steel electric fencing  
> wire.
> But since we sold off the farm the barn in no longer full of all the
> agro-engineering (credit to "Farmer" for the term) material that  
> used to be
> laying around.  So I used what I had.  Fairly thick aluminum wire.  So
> that's a new lesson learned.  Aluminum wire is not good for this
> application.  Painful to admit hat I was this stupid but maybe it  
> will save
> someone else the same trouble or worse.
>
> Glad to here that you and your bride arrived safely home.  Homer  
> could not
> have gone to a better home!
>
> -PB

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pre">    </SPAN>No blame to assign with this TRT, just another lesson learne=
d. I know that aluminum wire will certainly not hold as much as a steel base=
d wire. But, once the lever on a chain binder is pulled past the resistance=20=
point and is parallel to the chain, there is little upward pressure on it ev=
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lieve it was some unusual combination of the bouncing of the rough road whic=
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n Superior, WI this week visiting Beverly's family and I sure do appreciate=20=
the northeast wind off of Lake Superior. Only 81 degrees for a high temperat=
ure here on Sunday, while Sioux Falls reached 96 degrees!</DIV><DIV><BR clas=
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