[AT] 620 day

[Mark Johnson]

This is yet another example of something I refer to as "shadetree 
engineering" - and some of the best agricultural engineers I have ever 
seen are those who never went to college.

Note: When this sort of thing is done in a commercial shop I call it 
"welding shop engineering" but the idea is the same...use parts off the 
shelf, and common tools, to solve a problem.

Mark J

Columbia MO

On 2/3/2019 6:24 PM, Greg Hass wrote:
> 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
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