[AT] Plowing in Ohio/Long

[charlie hill]

Don't ask me how I managed to hit  a b with my left hand instead of a p with 
my right hand.  Must have something to do with White Oak.

Charlie
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From: "charlie hill" <chill8 at suddenlink.net>
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Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 4:58 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Plowing in Ohio/Long


> Somehow or another I always find out about tractor pulls the week after 
> they
> are over and on the rare occasion I do know when one will be there is a
> wedding, funeral or some other occasion that I'm obligated to attend.
>
> Are you talking about White Oak in Wilson County?  The last time I was 
> there
> it was to play football my Junior year in high school.  The town dump was 
> on
> fire and the smoke and stench of smoldering trash and garbage settled onto
> the field.  I can still recall the smell 40 years later.  To top that off 
> it
> was terribly cold that night, there was a plumbing problem in the visiting
> boys dressing room and the right knee of my bants including the knee pad 
> got
> soaked.  The coach didn't play me much that night and my knee pad froze.
>
> I can't imagine anything in White Oak that wouldn't have a problem some 
> way
> or another.  LOL.
>
> Charlie
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John Hall" <jthall at worldnet.att.net>
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> Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 3:50 PM
> Subject: Re: [AT] Plowing in Ohio/Long
>
>
>> Charlie, you need to go to the tractor pull at White Oak sometime. That
>> track is made of sand and is a bear. Once a couple guys get to spining
>> they
>> create a hole that is tough to get thru. They did some plowing right
>> beside
>> the track and stuck a tractor one time. Somebody also hitched up a 
>> Willy's
>> Jeep and it did rather well.
>>
>> I'll stick to my red clay.
>>
>> John
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "charlie hill" <chill8 at suddenlink.net>
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>> Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 1:47 PM
>> Subject: Re: [AT] Plowing in Ohio/Long
>>
>>
>>>>
>>> Most of our farm is sandy and some of it is extremely sandy.  Back in 
>>> the
>>> day, I'd be plowing with the D-10 and hit a bad sandy spot.  The plow
>>> would
>>> try to sink, the traction booster would kick in  but it was so sandy 
>>> that
>>> the tractor would begin to spin it's wheels.  Then it would do something
>>> I've never read about in the manuals.  I don't know if it was supposed 
>>> to
>>> do
>>> it or not but the tractor would spin one wheel and stop the other and
>>> alternate back and forth very quickly.  It was as if you were stomping
>>> the
>>> brake pedals.  It would walk it's way right out of the soft stuff.  It
>>> was
>>> kind of hard to stay in the seat!
>>>
>>> Charlie
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