[AT] My MF135 at work

Sat Sep 17 18:29:10 PDT 2016

I do keep an eye on the grill area, I know all the flyaway organic fluff can
clog the intake, and I do keep an eye on the temp gauge.  Today I overdid
it, and something punched a hole through the grill and into the radiator.
Now I'll have to get that fixed or replace it.  I'm not just mowing the lawn
here, though, so I'm not too surprised or upset.  This is rougher going than
the video I posted, because I'm getting into more of the bushes and fallen
trees (hence the punched radiator.)

I'm getting to a point where I need to go in with my chainsaws and take out
some of the smaller trees to open up the area around the pond, so I can get
the tractor in between the bigger trees to do some clearing.

Scott in Penfield NY

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[mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Bo Hinch
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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
>
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> From: "Scott Williams" <swillia5 at rochester.rr.com>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" 
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> Sent: Friday, September 16, 2016 1:47:34 PM
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>
> 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
>
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> [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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