[AT] tractor hauling truck

[Ron Cook]

And the H was not in the mud.

Ron Cook, Salix, IA

On 11/29/2019 8:04 AM, Mark Johnson wrote:
> When I was a teenager, my grandfather and I pulled a JD 730, and a 
> fertilizer spreader with 2 tons of granulated fertilizer, out of a 
> mudhole with a JD H and 30 feet of chain.
>
> It was a very small mud hole...
>
> Mark J
>
> On 11/28/2019 10:27 PM, Dennis Johnson wrote:
>> A few years back, my wife got our GMC Envoy stuck in the yard near my 
>> toy shed. I actually pulled it out with a JC 318 that had chains on. 
>> 318 picked up the front end, but kept pulling enough to get the Envoy 
>> out.
>>
>> Dennis
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>>> On Nov 28, 2019, at 10:09 PM, Mike M <meulenms at gmx.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I had a gravel straight truck loaded, no pup, get stuck in the slime
>>> (clay)  when delivering  a load down by our barn. The driver, who was
>>> obviously new saw my 40hp compact tractor in the barn, and asked if i
>>> would try to pull him out. I told him, I don't think that was going to
>>> happen, but I tried it anyway. It wouldn't even make it budge. We 
>>> had to
>>> call my dozer guy who was working a few miles away with his excavator,
>>> his dozer was on my site. When he arrived, and seeing the situation, 
>>> you
>>> could tell he was pissed. Not at me but the truck driver. He hopped on
>>> his dozer and had the guy out in about 2 minutes. Then he told the
>>> driver to get out of the truck and finished backing it the rest of the
>>> way, all the while muttering about new drivers.
>>>
>>> Mike M
>>>
>>>> On 11/28/2019 10:40 PM, Bill Brueck wrote:
>>>> I've been helping brother in law with harvest the past few years.  
>>>> First time I've been involved with semi trucks out in the fields.  
>>>> They get stuck once in a while.  I've been amazed at how often they 
>>>> just hook an empty pickup that's out on solid ground and get a 
>>>> fully loaded semi out of a soft spot.
>>>>
>>>> But this was an especially challenging year with wet fields.  This 
>>>> year they didn't even try the pickup alternative...went right to 
>>>> the tractor with grain cart in tow, there wasn't any hesitation 
>>>> about getting the semi loose with that power and traction.
>>>>
>>>> Bill Brueck
>>>>     Pine Island, MN  USA
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: AT <at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com> On Behalf Of James 
>>>> Peck
>>>> Sent: Thursday, November 28, 2019 7:36 PM
>>>> To: Antique Tractor Email Discussion Group 
>>>> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>>>> Subject: Re: [AT] tractor hauling truck
>>>>
>>>> I was watching the football game with everybody else and saw a 
>>>> pickup advertisement that showed a pickup towing  a tractor loader 
>>>> on a trailer. Some of the full size pickups have higher towing 
>>>> ratings than a commercial truck.
>>>>
>>>> https://www.thebalancesmb.com/commercial-motor-vehicle-classification-2221025 
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Mike Meulens AT List member (meulenms at gmx.com) ; Charges in 5 
>>>> seconds? Am i reading that correctly?
>>>>
>>>> James AT List Member and advocate of upgradeable tractor vocational 
>>>> training (jamesgpeck at hotmail.com); I seem to remember that the 
>>>> Tesla plants were having problems with the safety authorities 
>>>> because Elon Musk did not like to paint anything safety yellow. Is 
>>>> that fact the tip of an iceberg?
>>>>
>>>>   Carl Baker or Kim Lessor one or the other an AT List Member 
>>>> (hodor at warmrock.net); So, umm - now?  Tesla's truck is $10k less 
>>>> than a comparable F-150.  Chevrolet's Bolt (car) is about $10k more 
>>>> than a comparable gas car.  My Nissan Leaf charges in the 5 seconds 
>>>> it takes me to plug it in when I get home.  I don't have to stand 
>>>> there and watch it charge.  I also refuse to accept less 
>>>> convenience and less utility for higher cost.  Which is why I'm 
>>>> converting my fleet from gas to electric as quickly as I can afford 
>>>> it (not very quickly).  Honestly, I'm keen to convert my old Ford 
>>>> tractor to electric.  I'm tired of schlepping gas from the gas 
>>>> station for it.  Or roading it to the gas station to fill it up.  
>>>> Which I should probably do today - a storm is expected....
>>>>
>>>> Stephen wrote: "Anyway, you can keep your electric cars (and now 
>>>> trucks) until they cost on par with a petrol-fueled equivalent, and 
>>>> recharge more rapidly than they do now, and charging stations are 
>>>> everywhere.  I refuse to accept less convenience and less utility 
>>>> for higher cost."
>>>>
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