[AT] de-greasing disc brakes

[Ron Cook]

I never did receive Charlie's message that Dean replied to.  I did, 
however receive the one before.

I have run across more than one old boy that insists you should not run 
a tractor engine faster than pto speed.  I always wondered how the heck 
they knew what speed to run at before the tractors had tachometers.  
Some buckets just do not hold water.  My dad told me to never drive a 
truck faster than 45 mph.  He never followed that rule after he bought a 
semi, except with his old straight trucks and by that time they were not 
safe at any speed.

Ron Cook
Salix, IA

On 9/26/2015 1:33 PM, Dean VP wrote:
> Charlie,
>
> That story sure brings back some memories.  I chuckle now about his conservative use of the throttle on the tractor. I do things like that now as I've become ancient. However, this can be taken too far.  I had to re-train my wife about how much throttle was needed on a JD Garden Tractor. For some reason she thought it was best to run at about 3/4 full throttle while mowing. Not as intended.  But what really got her in trouble with me for a while was when I had strange acting main belt on the GT.  If one started up the GT with the tractor at full throttle it would start up fine, but if the GT was running at anything less than full throttle it would throw the belt. The belt  wound around several belt pulley's and idlers on the deck and was a real PITA to get back on.  So when the belt was thrown bad words would occur. I never could figure out what was wrong with that belt but didn't replace it like I should have because it was a $60 plus belt.  And if one stated up at full throttle it always stayed on.  I lived with it a few years. Then it finally broke. Put a new JD belt on and it can be started at any speed.  Don't know what was wrong with the old one but my guess was it must have been a tad long or had been made the day after a long holiday.
>
> 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
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of charlie hill
> Sent: Saturday, September 26, 2015 6:23 AM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] de-greasing disc brakes
>
> 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
>
>