[AT] 620 day

[Greg Hass]

It always amazes me the ideas that people come up with to solve problems 
with the way they use old iron. A few years ago at a nearby show a guy 
had on display a Farmall  A with a front blade. As some of you may know, 
the A had no hydraulics and to my knowledge did not have any place on 
the engine to mount a pump.  This guy had an idea I would never had 
thought of.  He had changed the tractor over to a 12 volt system by way 
of an alternator as have many people. The A does not have any extra 
pulleys on the engine and the alternator runs off a second pulley on the 
fan assembly.  This guy got an alternator with a two groove pulley. He 
ran the alternator with one belt from the fan and then ran another belt 
from the second groove of the alternator pulley to a used power steering 
pump giving him live hydraulics to lift and lower the front blade. Quite 
an idea I think.
        Greg Hass