Posted by ScottyHOMEy on February 16, 2010 at 17:41:22 from (64.222.246.141):
In Reply to: Trip rope clip posted by RICHMONDRON on February 16, 2010 at 13:25:37:
The other fellas mention a trip rope. It was used to raise and lower a trailing implement, most usually a plow, so you wanted it handy. Thus the clip to hold it at the back of the seat. If you hit a rock or snag so that the hitch on the plow itself tripped and broke away from the tractor, so that the tractor pulled away from the plow, the one end of the rope was going to stay tied to the plow. You didn't want the other end of the rope actually fast to the tractor -- the clip is made so that the tension on the rope will pull it out of the clip and not rip the seat and you off the tractor.
As for design . . . I make mine to look like Grandpa's did. Couldn't say if it's an original design or somethin' he came up with. Hard to describe. Imagine a figure-8 with two tails at the bottom. I use #9 wire, but any wire stiff or heavy enough that it doesn't open up under just the weight of the rope is fine. The anchor loop on the tractor goes through the upper loop of the figure 8. The lower loop of the figure 8 is wide enough that the rope can move easily in it, but small enough that a knot on the end of the rope will keep it from falling out. at the bottom are the "tails." Picture the tails on those magnetic ribbons (yellow for our troops, pink for breast cancer awareness, red,white and blue . . .) you see on cars. On your clip, those extend off the bottom of the figure eight enough so that you have enough of a handle to twist it to help put the rope into the center loop before you start out or after it has pulled out.
Make your figure 8 flat by just crossing the wires one way and then the other to fashion the loops and leave yourself a tail on each end. Rig it up and give it a yank to make sure it will release, but it's pretty foolproof.
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