[AT] Fun with mowing

[charlie hill]

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'" 
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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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