The green ones are nice, but there's just something about old farmalls. I guess for most people, myself included, it goes back to some impression made on you as a kid.
Despite the fact that I live in john deer country, and you can't swing a stick without hitting one, there was a friend of my father's we used to go visit and he lived on the most beautiful farm you can imagine, and he'd always be on a red tractor when we got there.
The image of that tractor coming over a hill surrounded by all that beautiful scenery always stuck in my head, and just defined "tractor" for me.
I was too young to even remember who the guy was, where his farm was, or what model the tractor was (assume it was an m) but when it comes to old tractors, that's the 'standard' I'm always comparing things to.
As for your A - if you get the urge to hand crank it before you get a battery, be careful - learn the right way to do it.
Start with the crank down around 6:00 to 8:00 position, and lift up quickly to about 12:00, but don't go past. To crank again, pull the handle out and start again at 6:00 - don't try to go all the way around with it - even (or especially) slowly!!!
If the timing is a little early, it can kick back at you really, really hard.
When you're lifting from 8 to 12, your much less likely to get hurt because if it kicks, it'd be pulling down and away from you.
If you go around and you're pushing downwards on it, it could really hurt you because it'd then be kicking back into you, snapping something in your arm/hand.
Also when you grab the handle, keep your thumb on the same side as your fingers, don't wrap your thumb around it. Feels funny at first, but you get used to it.
Also - I find it's more likely to kick if you turn slowly - make it a quick, solid pull up.
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