Posted by Janicholson on November 16, 2007 at 12:55:33 from (199.17.6.122):
In Reply to: Titan 10-20 posted by LenNH on November 16, 2007 at 09:41:32:
Grandpas Titan was being operated by my uncle. He got it into a marshy area and stopped. By the time he got it into reverse and began backing, he had killed the engine. They (my dad and uncle told me) were near impossible to start when hot. And it was August. Trying to start it had worn his arms off. He had a bright idea. He went and got the haymow rope and came back to where the neighbor was working a team of morgans. He got the neighbor to come help. They wrapped the rope around the belt pulley of the titan about 15 turns, with the first turns overlapping. With the horses in position, the neighbor flicked the reins and said Gedup. They stepped into the load, and the pulley spun up the engine. It started on the second TDC and started spitting rope. The rope tangled in the gizmoes and clutch arms on the pulley and began winding in!!! The horses were taken by suprize and pulled backward off their feet and dragged for 4 yards in there harnesses. The rope broke, the horses leaped up and took off. They were not hurt, just wound to the mak with fright. The rope was whapping the grouns like a bull whip with authority. Well it took another three hours to get the tractor out with boards and shovels. It took three weeks to get the horses back into condition to pull tillage with any control. My uncle had to buy a new mow rope, and work for a month at both home and the neighbors!! I hope this is what you had in mind for a story. JimN
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