[AT] Getting older (was Re: Spam> Re: Fw: IH 350 u TEST ??

[Mike Sloane]

Yes, for some tasks, it takes a little longer, for others I have gotten 
a little smarter. I have a very old Woods three-point finish mower that 
will throw its belt if I let the PTO clutch out too quickly (about once 
a day it seems). It used to take me two very messy hours to get it back 
on, but now I have it down to about 15 minutes, and, using Nitrile 
gloves, I don't even get greasy.

I find that, if I spend a little time up front thinking through the 
task, I can often save myself a lot of time later on. Sometimes that 
doesn't help. Since I have to work almost entirely alone, I have to be 
very careful that I don't get myself in a jam. Jim Moran up in Rochester 
NY fell off a ladder on Monday and broke his leg badly. He lay on the 
ground until someone passing by saw him and called 911. That kind of 
thing is on my mind when I am moving heavy objects around. I also keep a 
cellphone in my pocket now, for just such a situation.

But changing tractor rears still takes a long time. Fortunately, I am 
retired so time isn't all that critical. But the heat does get to me 
more than it used to. I had a slow leak in one of the tires on the 
Farmall 560 the other day, and I ended up using the loader on the Case 
430CK to move the beast around (instead of trying to use brute force). I 
also used the loader bucket to break the bead, and the job went very 
quickly and with a lot less sweat than previously.

Mike

Cecil Bearden wrote:

> 
> If I had known that I would have lived this long, I would have taken a 
> little better care of my body. 
> 
> Am I the only one who has this problem?
> 
> Cecil in OKla