[AT] Horsepower question

[charlie hill]

My blood pressure is ok.  It is just slightly elevated right now because due 
to a knee injury I've put on some weight and haven't been excercising enough 
but I'm working on that.
I haven't had an MRI but I've ultrasound scans and everything looks ok.

I've been told that if you have a sudden, severe headache in a small area of 
your head, for example a stabbing pain on one side of your forehead, and it 
immediately goes away that you've just had a minor stroke.  I've had that 
happen a time or two over the years.   I try to take aspirin regularly to 
keep my blood thinned properly.

Since we are on the subject let me recommend something.  There is an outfit 
called Lifeline Screening.  http://www.lifelinescreening.com/
That travels around the country and does a series of painless tests for a 
reasonable fee.  Your insurance won't pay for it but it's not a lot of 
money.
They do ultrasound of your carotid arteries and your chest/heart to check 
for blockage and aneurysm risk.   And they do a bunch of other tests.  You 
select the package that suits you.  They send you the results and 
recommendations in the mail unless they see an immediate emergency.  If so 
they advise you to go to the hospital.  No one sees the results but you and 
they aren't entered into any sort of data base that is accessible to 
insurance companies, etc.  I try to go once a year or so.

Check them out!

Charlie

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From: "Larry Goss" <rlgoss at insightbb.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 11:29 AM
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Subject: Re: [AT] Horsepower question

> My latest stroke (that I know of) had no immediate symptoms.  When I 
> finally had an MRI, they found that I have had so many strokes that they 
> literally can not count them.  All they could say is that the number is in 
> the thousands.  Bottom line: Get your blood pressure down below 120/90. 
> Do it now.  Do not pass GO.  Do not pick up $200.
>
> Larry
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: charlie hill <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
> Date: Thursday, October 7, 2010 9:08
> Subject: Re: [AT] Horsepower question
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>
>> Haven't had any strokes (that I know of) but I understand what
>> you mean.
>>
>> Charlie
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> From: "Larry Goss" <rlgoss at insightbb.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 9:52 AM
>> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
>> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> Subject: Re: [AT] Horsepower question
>>
>> > LOL!  After suffering a stroke last year, I find myself
>> relying less and
>> > less on the viability of what I remember.  To that, my
>> wife says, "So
>> > what's different?"
>> >
>> > Larry
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: charlie hill <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
>> > Date: Thursday, October 7, 2010 8:28
>> > Subject: Re: [AT] Horsepower question
>> > To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> >
>> >> The one thing I did apparently remember right was from test #
>> >> 793 for the AC
>> >> H-3 crawler.
>> >> "Weighing in at 7395 lbs it made a low gear pull of 7893 lbs at
>> >> 1.17 mph
>> >> with 6.39% slippage"
>> >>
>> >> Charlie
>> >>
>> >> --------------------------------------------------
>> >> From: "charlie hill" <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
>> >> Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 9:03 AM
>> >> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
>> >> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> >> Subject: Re: [AT] Horsepower question
>> >>
>> >> > Larry, thanks for the correction.  As usual these days,
>> >> my memory failed
>> >> > me.
>> >> > I should have checked my facts before posting but didn't have
>> >> time.  At
>> >> > least it made for good discussion.  grins.
>> >> >
>> >> > Charlie
>> >> >
>> >> > --------------------------------------------------
>> >> > From: "Larry Goss" <rlgoss at insightbb.com>
>> >> > Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2010 11:45 PM
>> >> > To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
>> >> > <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> >> > Subject: [AT] Horsepower question
>> >> >
>> >> >> It's hard to "draw rules of thumb" out of the Nebraska
>> >> tests.  But here
>> >> >> goes --- Drawbar pull is generally in the range of 50% to 60%
>> >> of the
>> >> >> weight of the tractor.  Some Caterpillars drop as low as
>> >> 45%.  Drawbar
>> >> >> horsepower is in the range of 50% to 70% of Belt or PTO
>> horsepower.>> >> Slippage of the drive wheels varies from 2% to
>> 15% regardless
>> >> of steel or
>> >> >> rubber, but rubber generally runs a bit higher than
>> >> steel   I don't know
>> >> >> that the tests were ever run with the intent of maximizing
>> >> the balance,
>> >> >> traction, weight, etc, the way we do as pullers.  I'm
>> >> sure the slippage
>> >> >> values would be much higher if they did.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I found out a few months ago that a one of my wife's close
>> >> personal and
>> >> >> professional friends is the daughter of one of the men who
>> >> ran the
>> >> >> Nebraska tests for years.  I hoped she would be able to
>> >> tell me stories
>> >> >> from Lincoln about those tests.  Unfortunately, she
>> >> studied music and had
>> >> >> no interest in what her father was doing at the University.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Larry
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
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