[AT] Tractor tipping... <(^¿^)>

[Indiana Robinson]

On 3 Sep 2006 at 9:28, Dean Vinson wrote:

> 
> Wait, one other thing I forgot to mention.  This tractor has a narrow front
> end, and I somehow managed to get it in the garage without it spontaneously
> tipping over.  If I go with something vaguely slippery, will it make it more
> prone to roll?
> 
> :-)




	Those single wheel fronts must really be bad about turning over in the barn
 while sitting still and no one around.   <(^¿^)>
	I think in that cartoon movie where the male cattle have udders that when 
they go tractor tipping they tip them over backward.   <(^¿^)>
	Years ago I had an uncle that bought a new VW bus (about 1959). I drove it
 a few times and it seemed nice but one night during a storm it blew over on its
 side in his driveway. He said he had noticed it getting a little squirrelly in the wind
 out on the interstate a few times. After it got out of the body shop it 
was quickly traded.
	I was watching a travel show recently and noted how top heavy the narrow 
gauge train looked. Seemed like that on a rough old track it might be like riding
 a 100 ton motorcycle keeping it upright.  <(^¿^)>

	I am getting more used to my very narrow Yanmar 1500 tractor now but I do
 still want to fill the rear tires with antifreeze and install a set of wheel weights. 
It also needs some front end weights since the hydraulic lift is so strong and quick. 
With that 5' finish mower on the back if you lift it the front barely touches. A sneeze
 can bring on a wheelie. I also want to be able to use a 3 point carry-all I have 
which was made by an old Ferguson dealer for Ford N's and Ferguson TO's. 
He and my father were good friends for many years and in later years he and I 
became friends. He also invented a wagon bed (Kaster) that was a combination
 of a flat bed and a hopper bed. He went on to found Kasco Mfg. Co.
http://www.kascomfg.com/category.php
	They sold a half zillion of those mounted plow harrows until the moldboard plow 
passed from the scene. I think I still have 3 of them.


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