[AT] My MF135 at work

[Bo Hinch]

Be sure and keep your radiator / grill clean . It is this kind of a job
where you can ruin an engine pretty quick if not paying attention to you
temp. gauge . Looks to me like you are doing one hell-of-a good job .

On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 2:38 PM, <vschwartz1 at comcast.net> wrote:

> Scott;
> I have seen some tough mowing in my time but I have never done any mowing
> that would even remotely compare to what you have accomplished here. All I
> can say is that you and your little 135 done good. I was going to tell you
> to watch your engine temperature gauge but I do not think that it's
> necessary now.
> I once pulled 6/16 inch bottoms plowing in a field in the Missouri River
> bottoms. A field that had weeds so tall I could not see over them standing
> on the Fender of an 856 International. We had to stop at the end of each
> row to clean the bugs off the radiator. I thought that was tough but it
> don't compare to what you just did.
> Thank you for the video, I would have had trouble believing it.
> Gil
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> From: "Scott Williams" <swillia5 at rochester.rr.com>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com
> >
> Sent: Friday, September 16, 2016 1:47:34 PM
> Subject: Re: [AT] My MF135 at work
>
> Here's a picture from last week looking towards the area where the video
> was
> taken, no more tall grass and brush.
>
> Scott in Penfield NY
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Scott Williams
> Sent: Friday, September 16, 2016 2:29 PM
> To: at at lists.antique-tractor.com
> Subject: [AT] My MF135 at work
>
> A few weeks ago, I was so happy to finally have my tractor un-stuck and
> clearing brush, so I took some video. You REALLY couldn't walk through some
> of this terrain without a machete. Also, the "grass" was so tall, that I
> would lose my sense of direction when I got into it, and began to feel
> claustrophobic. Only the sound of the road let me know which way was out.
> I have literally gone in circles out there before, trying to find a
> "shortcut" to my stuck tractor.
>
>
>
> Let me apologize for the shaky camera work in this video. I have ET
> (Essential Tremor) so my camera work is less than stellar. I could probably
> have edited out half of it, but I don't have time or patience for editing
> video these days, so I posted it as-is. The going got sort of rough here
> and there, causing me to lose focus on the camera (and annoyingly letting
> my
> finger drop into the frame here and there.) After viewing it, I realized
> that the camera was looking where I was looking - and that's not always
> where a viewer would want me to look. I look down to see if I'm about to
> run over a rock, not up to see where I'm going. So, when I watched the
> video, I kept "wishing" I'd raise the camera to look at the path ahead. If
> you watch, you'll wish that too, LOL. Also, when I took the video, I
> thought I had a piece of wood stuck in the flail making a lot of noise.
> Later inspection showed that a cotter pin had come out, and allowed the
> flail knives to move out too far, hitting the housing (and making NOISE.) I
> have since replaced all the cotters and knife holders with bolts - when I
> did it I found that about half were missing the cotters. ROUGH MOWING!
>
>
>
> Anyway, here's the link to the video. https://youtu.be/zzrjLiJ1aQU
>
>
>
> Scott in Penfield NY
>
>
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