[AT] TMCOTKU tractor count is down by one.

[SKIP CLEVELAND]

To solve the heat problem, go to your local Harley dealer and get some "highway pegs". They have extensions just in case your 
tractor has no roll bars.
Then you"ll be "in the wind".
Skip
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Indiana Robinson" <robinson46176 at gmail.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 9:52 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] TMCOTKU tractor count is down by one.


>I never really had a problem with the heat from the trannies. I guess
> I just expected it as part of using a tractor. One tractor I liked a
> lot was the IHC 300-U where you also straddled the tranny. I do though
> seem to recall a hydraulic line coming back from the pump that really
> would burn you. It also had the seat bolted down to the top of the
> hydraulic system and that was pretty warm.
> The hot tranny on the Deere crawlers was also between your legs as is
> my Allis C and my MM-R. Even where you sit up high like on my Farmall
> Super MTA  that platform gets hot enough to fry an egg when doing
> field work.
> -
> At least on my TO-20 I can sit with my feet on the side pegs at the
> front of the running boards and have plenty of space between my legs
> and the tranny. On those Deere crawlers you just had two narrow holes
> under the brakes and the clutch pedals to put your feet. The one good
> thing was that without a steering wheel when it was bitter cold you
> could stand up and warm your gloves on the muffler for a minute.  :-)
>
>
> -- 
> Have you hugged your horses today?
>
> Francis Robinson
> aka "farmer"
> Central Indiana USA
> robinson46176 at gmail.com
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