[AT] Most wore out tractor (long)

[charlie hill]

Greg I knew a kid growing up who's dad farmed with two Farmall A's.
One was in pretty good shape but the other was so worn out that
it was a marathon event to crank it each morning.   One of his older kids
was strong enough and young enough to turn the crank at about one revolution
per second for a couple of minutes.  If it didn't start that way they would
pull it with the other A around and around the barn yard in high gear until
it finally came to life.  Once it started it was not cut off all day.  When 
it sat
running idle it blew smoke rings continuously out the exhaust stack with 
each
ring going through the last one.  I have no idea why.   The farmer told 
anyone
who drove the old girl not to worry about the oil as long as she was blowing
smoke.  When she quit smoking you were to add 1 quart.

Charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: Greg Hass
Sent: Monday, June 17, 2013 1:36 AM
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Subject: Re: [AT] Most wore out tractor (long)

In our area these tractors are advertised as "very experienced". WE all
know what that means. The worst tractor we had was a Farmall H that we
bought for $250 just to put on the flat belt to run the silage blower.
It was one of those that you checked the gas and filled it up with oil.
It had no starter; however it crank started easy the first time of the
day. After it was warm; we would put the belt pulley in gear, open the
throttle wide open, then a couple of us would grab the flat belt and run
with it for about 15 feet until the tractor started and walk over to the
wagon and unload the silage. We did this for about 10 years until we
bought a pto powered blower.
                                        Greg Hass
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