[AT] Windbreaker out of storage

[John Hall]

 Windbreakers have been mentioned a few times on the list over the past 
winters. There a 4 of them here and none have been used since around 
'90---until now. The real farming shut down on our place in '91 and we just 
haven't had to spend extended periods outside where a windbreaker would be 
an advantage, until this week. Soybeans were really late this year so we are 
late planting wheat. With temps around 40 and 30mph wind gusts it has been 
downright miserable. (if you are north of the Mason-Dixon line that is 
probably a heat wave). Anyway, we dug out the windbreaker for the JD 4020 
and away we went. I never realized until now that you actually get a LOT of 
warm air from the engine. I thought those things only kept the wind off of 
you. Since the tractor ran pretty much "cool" (not a lot of load pulling a 
drill) and we only tached out around 1500, it never got hot. But I could 
definetly see where under tillage it could get almost hot riding the 
tractor. I also learned no-till drills don't work worth a cuss if the gound 
is slightly frozen--the dirt breaks in chunks. We pretty much only get 5-6 
hours of drilling time due to this.

 Wonder if anyone ever made windbreakers for combines with no cabs?

John Hall