Posted by CNKS on February 23, 2008 at 13:02:33 from (216.144.104.128):
In Reply to: CRANK SAFETY posted by RODGEinIL on February 23, 2008 at 06:02:24:
I grew up cranking tractors, never a problem, including those who worked for us. My understanding is that a mag equipped tractor is less likely to kick back than a distributer equipped one -- ours had mags. A crank is still handy, even on a distributer equipped one. You can start it with a "dead battery". Just enough charge left to fire the engine, not enough to turn the starter. You simply have to be careful, there are many ways an old (or new) tractor can kill or injure you. This type of post always seems to get a lot of responses for some reason. I usually keep my fingers quite.
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