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Re: Re: Re: International 300 Utility Exhaust Manifold
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Posted by john d on August 08, 2000 at 10:53:16 from (206.141.74.34):
In Reply to: Re: Re: International 300 Utility Exhaust Manifold posted by Mark W. on August 08, 2000 at 10:22:55:
Mark, we had a 300 Utility that we bought new in '55. It was an extremely rugged tractor that we got lots of hard work out of with no significant trouble. The first summer we used it, Dad decided to see how it would handle the hay chopper, figuring the live PTO would be a big improvement over the M we'd been using. The live PTO was great, and it had enough power to handle the chopper well. Within an hour after we started, a drawbar pin on the left side of the standard drawbar (no fast-hitch) had caught some hay from crossing a windrow and bunched it up under the muffler, which was under and behind the clutch pedal. We caught the potential fire while it was still in the smoldering and smoking stage. Moments after dragging that hay from under the tractor, it burst into flame. Fire was soon out, and no damage done. That's when we decided to remove all extra pins from the drawbar, and within a few days we had routed the exhaust up through the hood. It was also our experience that the foot rest on the left side would become uncomfortably hot for the operator, even with the factory heat shield in place. I don't feel the tractor is prone to starting fires, but I'd advise you to make certain there is nothing hanging down underneath the tractor that can accumulate dry material!
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