[AT] Plows, was Re: Supervision

[Dean VP]

I suspect the spring trip had never tripped before or since and was a little rusty. Not quite as
smooth as we humans would like. A well written story however. It could have been a lot worse.  I
probably have 100's maybe even 1000 hours of seat time plowing when I was a kid and never had a plow
hitch trip. We didn't have any large or even small rocks in our soil, in fact I only remember plowing
up one rock ever and when I got home for lunch I mentioned it to my Dad and he very quickly said: "
The Rail Road" must have brought it in. We don't have rocks in our soil"!  End of discussion. I had
been plowing where the RR had cut through a slight hill.  My Dad was proud of the quality of his NW IA
soil.

PS:  I just was thrown off my JD 750 Compact tractor last week and your story reminded me of that
trauma.  It too could have been a lot worse.  I suspect the seat belt will be used from now on!  :-)

Dean VP
Snohomish, WA 98290

"Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent
virtue is the equal sharing of misery."  . Sir Winston Churchill

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We had a 4 bottom John Deere plow when I was a kid.  It had the spring trip that has been mentioned.
I only remember it tripping one time.  I was plowing along with our Farmall 450 and I hit a buried
stump or rock or something and I nearly went over the steering wheel because it nearly stopped the
tractor in its tracks.  Then about the time I had gathered myself up from having a steering wheel
firmly planted in my chest, the springs released the hitch, the hydraulic hoses popped out of the
Pioneer couplings and the tractor jumped ahead.  With its sudden freedom, I nearly rolled off the back
of the seat.  Needless to say, it got my attention.


John Slavin
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