[Farmall] Re: Farmall-related story

[Andy glines]

If I were hauling people around a ski resort I would
worry about brakes to.  Like you said, traction is the
big problem and I bet slick spots are all over. 
People are heavy and stopping a wagon full of them
could be a problem.  If I were hauling people I would
figure on 200lb/person.  This is probably conservative
but I wouldn't want to have an accident because i
couldn't stop.  This is a good topic for us to think
about when pulling shuttles at the old iron shows this
year.  

--- bsdunek at ismi.net wrote:

> Hi Frank,
> 
> I don't know why stock brakes on an H should be any
> problem, so long
> as they're maintained.  After all, we hauled big hay
> and grain wagons
> with these tractors in the '50's with no problem. 
> These wagons,
> loaded, could easily go two tons, sometimes more. 
> An H  that can
> handle that can easily handle a light wagon with
> people.
> 
> For fun, try a two ton wagon behind a Ford Ferguson,
> going down a
> grassy hill, on a dewy morning.  Brakes can be
> great, but traction is
> nil. Now that will get the heart pumping!
> 
> Bruce
> >---- Original Message ----
> >From: thecrowes at hotmail.com
> >To: farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com
> >Subject: RE: [Farmall] Re: Farmall-related story
> >Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 04:48:29 +0000
> >
> >>
> >>I was at a ski lodge at Tahoe (California) a few
> years ago, and was
> >suprised 
> >>to find them using about three Farmall Hs for
> towing the shuttles
> >through 
> >>the parking lots to pick up people!  Nice looking
> tractors, bone
> >stock (I'm 
> >>suprised, but they did not have any kind of brakes
> on the trailers,
> >relying 
> >>only on the H brakes to stop the loads.)
> >>
> >>Frank ('51 cub, plus caretaker of an 806D, 560D
> and Lucile the
> >flying 
> >>Farmall Super C)
> >>
> >>
> >>
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Andy Glines
Evansville, IN

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