[AT] Fun with mowing

[william.neff.powell at comcast.net]

I am a big fan of the overunning clutch.... We had an 8n with a bush hog squealer before we knew about the overunning clutch... I started cutting paths in between tight trees one day and got a little close to one... Back wheel got caught on the tree... The front end started coming up... I held on to the wheel and stomped on the brakes and the clutch... Front end kept coming up then finally stopped... Front wheels were about a yard off of the ground... As soon as I learned about the over running clutch we bought one...


Regards,

Will Powell

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "charlie hill" <chill8 at suddenlink.net>
> George,  I've used that method too.  The only drawback, at least with my 
> Allis tractors, is that you have to sit and wait for the pto to stop 
> freewheeling before you can get the transmission back in gear (no clutch 
> brake).  Another method that works for me is stepping on the clutch pedal 
> and both brake pedals at the same time.  If you have fair to good brakes 
> that will bring it to a stop in a couple of feet.
> 
> The over running clutch is a good idea and I recommend it but to be honest I 
> don't use one.  Why?  Well I ran an Allis with that problem for 30 years or 
> more without knowing there was such a thing as an over running clutch.  By 
> that time I was well used to dealing with the problem.   I had one for a 
> while and it broke.  I never got around to getting another one.
> 
> Charlie
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "George Willer" <gwill at gwill.net>
> To: "'Antique tractor email discussion group'" 
> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2007 11:21 PM
> Subject: Re: [AT] Fun with mowing
> 
> 
> > H.L.,
> >
> > I've used a 9N for years as a mower.  Tapping the clutch while shoving the
> > shifter to neutral stops the pushing... no problem.  It soon becomes 
> > second
> > nature.
> >
> > It isn't necessary to mess with the PTO lever.
> >
> > I used an overriding clutch with both shaft driven mowers, but you can't 
> > use
> > one with a belly mounted Woods so you have to become a better driver.
> >
> > George
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com [mailto:at-
> >> bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of H. L. Staples
> >> Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2007 9:37 PM
> >> To: at at lists.antique-tractor.com
> >> Subject: Re: [AT] Fun with mowing
> >>
> >>
> >> On the old Fords no matter what you do with the gear shift or engine
> >> clutch,
> >> short of pulling the PTO out of gear, without an overriding clutch you
> >> could
> >> wind up climbing a tree or falling into a ditch. I would never try to
> >> operate any piece of equipment that has the flywheel effect like a rotary
> >> Mower unless a safety clutch was installed.
> >>
> >> At one time we had a Massey Ferguson 220-4 that had the free wheeling
> >> clutch
> >> in the very bottom of the transmission. Five different shafts had to be
> >> taken out of the transmission after making a double split both ends of 
> >> the
> >> transmission to get to the overriding clutch.
> >>
> >> After the second failure of the overriding clutch we welded up solid the
> >> internal one and installed an external unit.
> >>
> >> H. L.
> >>
> >>
> >> On 6/24/2007 8:06:09 PM, Bruce Fallon (bfallon at whidbey.com) wrote: > What
> >> are you talking about? See where it says I bought mine for about > $70? >
> >> I
> >> have an overrunning clutch on mine. > > What I was saying if you don't
> >> have
> >> one, you have to bump it out of gear to > stop. > > Bruce Fallon >
> >> Freeland
> >> WA. 98249 > bfallon at whidbey.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From:
> >> <RonMyers at wildblue.net> > To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
> >> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com> > Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2007 11:05 AM >
> >> Subject: Re: [AT] Fun with mowing > > > Bruce you are taking your life 
> >> and
> >> anyone near you into the hands of tht > out of control tractor, If I was
> >> you
> >> I would stop using it with the Brush > hog immediately before you AR
> >> someone
> >> gets seriously hurt. > Ron
> >> H. L. Staples
> >> McLoud, Oklahoma
> >> USA
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