[AT] new duties

Mike M meulenms at gmx.com
Wed Jul 5 19:02:32 PDT 2017


Yikes, that could have ended badly!

Mike M

On 7/5/2017 8:10 PM, charlie hill wrote:
> Carl, I can tell you something worse than a woodchuck.
> I used to do a fair amount of commercial bush hogging.
> Primarily I would mow vacant parts of partially developed
> subdivisions.  When you mow the same field two or three
> times a year for a few years you get to know the lay of the
> land and the hazards pretty well and tend to relax, pull the
> throttle open and roll on.  But then there are those jerks that
> live in the subdivision that decide they need some dirt for
> their yard.  Do you think they skim it off the top?  NO!   They
> dig a big, deep, straight walled hole.  I've seen them as big
> as 5' in diameter and 3 feet deep.  Of course by the time I "found"
> them the weeds had grown up high and I "found" them when a front
> wheel dropped in followed by the rear wheel before I could get on the
> clutch.
> It's very dangerous.  Luckily I never got hurt but I really don't know why.
> Luckily I never hit one straight on enough for both front wheels to drop in
> at
> the same time.  It's one heck of a jolt at 4 to 5 mph!
>
> Charlie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carl Gogol
> Sent: Monday, July 03, 2017 3:32 PM
> To: 'Antique tractor email discussion group'
> Subject: Re: [AT] new duties
>
> I Hate woodchuck holes.  You don't see them when raking hay.  You hit them
> full on and it wrenches the steering wheel so hard.  I hate woodchucks.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Grant Brians
> Sent: Monday, July 3, 2017 2:43 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] new duties
>
> It is interesting to hear the Narrow Front Tractors referred to as
> Tricycles, as the tricycles here were actually three wheel tractors. I still
> have multiple tricycle tractors that we do use and with the true tricycles,
> I have only once seen one time where the front wheel got caught in a strange
> hole and then it tried to kick to the side. Even then not a disaster.
>        On the question about the wheelstands, those are something we heard
> about every so often, always with an improperly attached implement, an
> incorrectly connected cable or chain or an overloaded loader (overloading is
> something I have been guilty of - oops) and when those happened, usually
> someone got badly injured or killed. On the wheelstands, the type of tractor
> doesn't seem to make a difference although they are a little more possible
> with higher horsepower to front end weight ration. Mostly since they are
> almost always operator error, look out for operator error!
>               Grant Brians
> On 7/3/2017 8:47 AM, Len Rugen wrote:
>> I remember the first driving lesson on tricycle tractors, "Thumbs OUTSIDE
> the wheel, not thru the spokes".   There were lots of broken hands from the
> Farmalls around here, never heard of any on others, but Case SC's were rare,
> I remember one, but I never saw it move.
>>
>> Len Rugen
>>
>> rugenl at yahoo.com
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Monday, July 3, 2017, 10:03:01 AM CDT, Indiana Robinson
> <robinson46176 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I don't believe I ever heard of a tricycle SC or DC Case  having
>> trouble with the a front end steering gear...  :-) Maybe they were
>> just going for simple.
>> Steering wheel kickback was common on a number of manual steering
>> tractors but the only guy I knew personally (close neighbor) to get a
>> broken arm from one farmed with a  tricycle SC Case. I have no idea if
>> the steering design had anything to do with it at all, I never drove one.
>> On a branch note, my father bought a 1941 Ford/Ferguson 9N new in
>> early
>> 1942 and he bought an add-on unit for it that mounted under the
>> steering wheel that was claimed to stop kickback. I guess it worked, I
>> drove that tractor a lot from a very young age and it never kicked
>> back on me. The Ferguson TO-20 did a few times and the Ford Jubilee
>> kicked back more than anything else we owned I think.
>> That 9N attachment was smaller than later after-market units that I
>> recall seeing on other tractors that included a steering wheel. The 9N
>> unit was kind of triangle shaped and you pulled the wheel, bolted it
>> to the top of the mount and re-attached the original wheel. It raised
>> the wheel maybe 1 1/2".
>> I believe he bought it through the Ford dealer. It may have been
>> Sherman, I know they made one. I have never seen another like it on a
> tractor.
>> Cecil, I have a pair of Case DC rims I got for the tires on them but
>> I'm quite sure both rims are total junk. I also have a Case DC rear
>> wheel cast center. I don't suppose anyone ever breaks one of those
>> things. I also have a pair of those DC front cast wheels. Son Scott
>> has been using them for weights for a small harrow.  :-)
>>
>>
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>> On Mon, Jul 3, 2017 at 8:55 AM, Herb Metz <metz-h.b at comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Agreed John, however the only tractor I ever heard had wheelstands
>>> problem was the early Fordson. Herb(GA)
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: John Hall
>>> Sent: Monday, July 03, 2017 7:27 AM
>>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>>> Subject: Re: [AT] new duties
>>>
>>> I think the reason for the wheels being out in front is 2 fold. One,
>>> the tractor is lower to the ground than a Farmall M or Deere A--at
>>> least the engine and clutch housing. It would have had to have tiny
>>> wheels to get them under the machine. Second is weight. I can't
>>> recall pulling off one of those front tires, but they are cast
>>> wheels. Stick them way out front and no problem keeping wheelstands
>>> to a minimum. Just my thoughts, could be all wrong.
>>>
>>> John Hall
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