[AT] new duties

[Bo Hinch]

We always called them  FenceClimbers because it you didn`t start turning
quick enough , it would climb right on top of the fence .


On Sun, Jul 2, 2017 at 10:59 AM, charlie hill <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
wrote:

> A farmer down the road 4 or 5 miles from us had one of those DC's.  I never
> got up close
> to it when it was working but the guy had a son about my age.  I was Henry
> on the road
> with it a few times and it seemed to me like that thing would fly in road
> gear.  The
> Allis D-10 that I spent most of my time on would run 12 mph.  That DC
> appeared to my
> 12 year old eyes to be running about twice that.  It didn't appear that he
> had any trouble
> handling it but then again Henry could stand flat footed, turn a back flip
> and land in the same
> spot without taking a step!
>
> Charlie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Hall
> Sent: Saturday, July 01, 2017 7:53 AM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: [AT] new duties
>
> Believe it or not, we had the perfect task for dad's 44 model DC Case.
> We used it to bale hay, pulling my old Super 66 New Holland with a
> Wisconsin engine. Well, since I replaced the baler with something way
> more modern, the DC has a new job towing trailers and wagons to load
> bales. It has tremendous lugging capabilities at low RPM and can vary
> the speed greatly in low gear. Around here that tractor would sell for
> $3-500 bucks, no more. So for that kind of money we'll let it earn its
> keep a while longer! Here is a picture of it towing a load of wheat
> straw this week.
>
> John Hall
>
>
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