[AT] de-greasing disc brakes

[charlie hill]

Steve the first time I used my uncles 35 to cultivate soy beans,
I got to the end of the first two rows pulling the rolling cultivator
and tried to do what I had seen the other guys do.  I pulled up the
lift lever and stood up on the right wheel brake as hard as I would
have needed to on our Allis D-10.   The Massey turned around so fast
that the first time around I missed the end of the next two rows and
had to go all the way around again making a 540 deg turn instead of a 180.
That time I got it right.  My uncle was standing at the other end of the
field shaking his head!   He was old school and would have come to a 
complete
stop, lifted the cultivators and then slowly made the turn.  He didn't much
like the way I drove his tractor.  I wasn’t hurting it but in his mind I was 
but
he didn't say anything.  Just shook his head.

He always ran the tractor with the throttle set at the line on the 
tachometer for
"PTO".  He said don't run it wide open.  I told him that is what the 
governor was for.
He didn't much like that either.  grins.

Charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: Steve W.
Sent: Friday, September 25, 2015 6:58 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] de-greasing disc brakes

charlie hill wrote:
> Back in the days when I was a boy on the farm I was always
> amazed at how well the brakes on my uncles MF 35 deluxe worked.
> When working the tractor at 2 row width you could hit  the petal and
> that wheel would stop dead in it's tracks and the tractor would pivot
> around it.  It was almost as good as a carnival ride to a 10 year old
> boy.
>
> I've thought many times I'd like to figure out a way to retrofit disc
> brakes onto one of my D-14's just to see if it would work.
>
> Charlie
>

The 35 Deluxe I have will do that IF the axle seals don't leak into the
drums! The old F-20 will spin you around right smartly BUT don't try
stopping a heavy load on a hill, you run out of hands REAL fast...

-- 
Steve W.
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