[AT] Clark Airborne Dozer(now grounds)

[charlie hill]

I used to work for an insulation contractor that installed blown in 
fiberglass.  The blowing hose had a copper wire run through the inside of it 
and they injected a fine spary of water into the "blowing wool" as it was 
fed into the blower.  I never ran the machine but the guys said if you 
forgot to hook up the ground or ran out of water it would eat you up.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ralph Goff" <alfg at sasktel.net>
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Subject: Re: [AT] Clark Airborne Dozer(now grounds)


> I've heard a similar theory in which a chain is dragged from the axle of a
> combine to eliminate the build up of static electricity. This was supposed
> to keep dust from sticking to the cab windows. Its an interesting idea but 
> I
> have never gotten around to actually trying it out.
> I"ve also never used a ground chain for any of the tractor belt work done 
> on
> this farm and I don't recall my Dad ever trying it either. I have never 
> seen
> any indication of static electricity build up and I am about as 
> susceptible
> to electric shocks as anyone can be. The worst is in our dry winter 
> weather
> when every time I get out of a vehicle I get a real jolt of static when I
> touch the metal door frame.
>
> Ralph in Sask.
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> From: "charlie hill" <chill8 at suddenlink.net>
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>> Do you remember when some types of tanker trucks used to drag a chain
>> under
>> them?
>>
>> Charlie
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>> From: "Francis Robinson" <robinson at svs.net>
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>>
>>> The nice thing about a crawler is that if would generally have a good
>>> ground in case you wanted to put a lightning rod on it...   ;-)   If you
>>> put a rod on a rubber tired tractor you would have to drag a ground rod
>>> along behind you...   :-)
>>> I say that in jest but actually it is recommended to ground a tractor
>>> when
>>> doing belt work to ground out a possible static charge. Some of the old
>>> manuals recommended hanging a chain from the frame of a rubber tired
>>> tractor. I never saw that recommendation for one on steel.   :-)   We 
>>> did
>>> most hay blower belt work with a 9N or the TO-20. I used to just lean 
>>> the
>>> 3
>>> point Ford/Ferguson drawbar against the tractor somewhere.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> "farmer"
>>>
>>>
>>> Francis Robinson
>>> Central Indiana, USA
>>> Robinson at svs.net
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