[AT] Tractor hauling, central Ohio

[Cecil Bearden]

Dean:
Funny you mention backing up.
I was on my 4 wheeler trying to get an old sheep headed to the pen last 
year and when she turned, I threw it into reverse and hit the throttle.  
BAM!  Wife's mini van was about 30 ft behind.  I did not remember it 
being there even though i had just passed it. There is a massive dent in 
the tailgate.  I can't find a tailgate for less than $700 at salvage.    
About 6 months later that old ewe died of old age....
I was moving hay a few weeks later, after my wife had said her piece 
about her mini van, and backing my Belarus tractor up to get out of the 
way of the trailer, when I hit the loader forks on the New Holland 
loader.  That time it was a $50 tire boot and patching the tube.
About 3 weeks later, I was trying to keep a 2 day old calf from getting 
away from the herd, and started backing my Ford pickup that I had just 
overhauled and spent a fortune on.  (the drug forfeiture) When I hit my 
head on the back glass when it hit the end of the header of an old junk 
JD swather parked in the pasture.  I know that time I had looked in the 
rear view.  I now have a big dent in the tailgate on my pickup.

I really look now before backing sometimes 4 and 5 times.  My neck just 
will not turn like it used to, so I rely on mirrors a lot. The silver 
lining to the pickup tailgate....   Ford F150 tailgates are being stolen 
like there is a clearance sale on them..   Mine is not too desirable 
with that bid dent in it!!!!   Just FYI to all.  If you need to protect 
your tailgate, you can put a worm drive hose clamp over the end that has 
the cutout for removing the tailgate and it takes a screwdriver to 
remove the tailgate.  If it takes longer than 30 seconds the thieves 
will leave it....

Cecil in OKla



On 2/6/2016 11:44 PM, Dean VP wrote:
> Cecil,
>
> I have found that as I have gotten  older even when I try to pay attention
> to everything the computer doesn't quite compute as fast as it used to. The
> situation that I have noticed this the most is when backing up in anything.
> For some reason I have lost confidence that I'm processing all available
> information. I used to be humored by those who do what I now do when backing
> up. It isn't funny anymore.
>
>
> Dean VP
> Apache Junction, AZ
>
> It's better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Cecil Bearden
> Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2016 9:53 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Subject: Re: [AT] Tractor hauling, central Ohio
>
> That old M farmall can do the job on those hilly places, but you don't
> have to stay on top of things as much with the 3600.   I have noticed
> that as I get older, I like not having to pay so much attention to
> everything......
>
> Cecil in OKla
>
>
> On 2/6/2016 8:54 PM, Dean Vinson wrote:
>> So that Super M is growing on you, huh, Dean?   :)
>>
>> Yeah, I know, this 3600 isn't quite the classic that the old rowcrops are,
>> but I've always thought they looked like useful little tractors.   When I
>> was in high school I worked for a farmer who had a then-brand-new
>> 4600, and it was a good machine, well thought-out and comfortable.
>> And I've got a few areas that are hilly enough, and I'm getting old
>> enough, that having a low-center-of-gravity tractor might come in handy.
>>
>> Dean Vinson
>> Saint Paris, Ohio
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
>> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Dean VP
>> Sent: Saturday, February 6, 2016 9:25 PM
>> To: 'Antique tractor email discussion group'
>> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> Subject: Re: [AT] Tractor hauling, central Ohio
>>
>> Dean,
>>
>> It would be sacrilegious to put a Ford with the M and 620!!
>>
>> Dean VP
>> Apache Junction, AZ
>>
>> It's better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
>> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Dean Vinson
>> Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2016 3:47 PM
>> To: 'Antique tractor email discussion group'
>> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> Subject: [AT] Tractor hauling, central Ohio
>>
>> Anyone in the hauling business, or have any recommendations?   In a couple
>> of weeks I'll be looking to move a tractor (Ford 3600) from south
>> central Ohio to my place in west central Ohio, about 120 mile trip.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Dean Vinson
>> Saint Paris, Ohio
>>
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