Re: Farmall M Starts in Gear

Posted by caseman-d on September 08, 2002 at 11:01:08 from (63.121.189.241):

In Reply to: Farmall M Starts in Gear posted by vic on September 07, 2002 at 18:12:28:

Vic,
Considering the history of the tractor from the 1900's to present day there have been many improvements on the way they start. First there was just the crank, just think how amazed our forefathers were. It didn't take them long to realize that they turned over much easier when they were left out of gear. Hey they probably even read the owners manual if they could read, buy hey they had some great pictures for them to look at.

Then there was the electric start, no more broken wrist from the backfire of engine causing the operator much pain. With the electic start came batteries, generator's, and starter's along with lots of exxtra's. Guess what, they still had a operators manual telling you the do's and don'ts. I bet the owner was so proud he sat down and read the owners manual to figure out the do's and don't's. He even looked at the pictures to see what happens when one fails to follow the proper operations.

The great thing from the crank to the electric start was that the farmer/rancher could always park the tractor on a hill and start it by rolling it down a hill to get it started. Sure that wasn't in the operators manual. Then as the machine got older the operator started having problems, lets say electrical switch, well farmer Joe can't afford a new switch so he by passes the switch with his pliers to get it started. Well this works fine till little Johnny see's pa do this. So little Johnny takes his pliers to start it while pa is in eating supper. Well little Johnny didn't realize that pa had left it in gear as it run over him and sent him to visit his great grandpa.

Well farmer Joe felt so sadden for the loss of little Johnny that he sued the tractor company for not having a shield on the solenoid where they were jump starting it. So tractor company lost the law suit so they put covers over the solenoid. Farmer Joe got his money for the loss of little Johnny and the tractor company added another picture in the operators manual.

As time changes so does the tractors. They have a cover on the solenoid to keep one from getting run over(Tell farmer Ben). Ben was having starter problems, but he couldn't jump the solenoid because of the new cover they had on them, well Ben found another way to jump start his. Worked great till little Ben was playing on the tractor and stuck it into gear. Well Ben comes out the next morning jumps his tractor and starts up(yeah you guessed it) and runs over Ben. Cripples poor ole Ben, well Ben sues the tractor company because it had no neutraul safety switch. Yeah poor ole Ben gets a big settlement and the tractor manual gets another picture.

Tractors today have many many safety features but I an sure Farmer Tedd can still find a way to get around the safety switches on today tractors. Makes one wonder what happen to common sense and why people can not be responsible for there stupidity. I could go on and on but if you don't know how to operate a piece of equipment safely stay away from it. At least stay away from me if you do. It's all common sense folks

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