Posted by Red Mist on September 29, 2008 at 18:47:16 from (67.142.130.39):
In Reply to: Log pulling posted by EDW on September 28, 2008 at 19:54:49:
EDW said: (quoted from post at 19:54:49 09/28/08) Hey Folks; Is it a good idea to be dragging logs with the draw bar on my Farmall "C" ? I've had good luck. Have not done any damage.But just started to wonder about this. Thanks in advance!!
The closest I ever came to being killed or seriously injured on a tractor was pulling logs with an M. It was about 50 years ago - 1957 or '58; I was 12 years old, on my uncle's farm in Laurens County, South Carolina, dragging logs up a steep hill from the creek bottom. (Narrow) front wheels on the M hit a rock hidden in the deep grass between the ruts. The M front started up and then sort of veered off to the right, slightly brushing the gate post as I drove on through. I was able to correct the steering enough that the back wheels barely cleared the post. No damage to the M.... I was too inexperienced to have even thought of stabbing the clutch. Luckily, the log I was dragging didn't hang on the same rock. I went right on, oblivious to how close I had come to meeting my maker. But, I never forgot it. Years later, I realized what a close call it was. Guess it just wasn't my time.... mike
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Today's Featured Article - Tractor Profile: Farmall M - by Staff. H so that mountable implements were interchaneable. The Farmall M was most popular with large-acreage row-crop farmers. It was powered by either a high-compression gas engine or a distillate version with lower compression. Options included the Lift-All hydraulic system, a belt pulley, PTO, rubber tires, starter, lights and a swinging drawbar. It could be ordered in the high-crop, wide-front or tricycle configurations. The high-crop version was called a Model MV.
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