Posted by SadFarmall on December 06, 2011 at 02:41:39 from (112.213.203.171):
Our 1939 Farmall M came to us in 1941, but was almost destroyed by sabotage in 1943…
During the Second World War the Allied Powers sent some prisoners of war to Australia, where many where housed in rural areas to work in primary production. There were three prisoners of war on our farm. It appears that there was some sort of dispute between two of the men, which my grandparents never fully discovered (or at least did not disclose). In any case, one of the three men took a hack saw and severed the upper bolster shaft for the steering almost completely through. the shaft is Number 31 in the first picture from the Farmall AM Parts Catalogue. It was known that one of the men liked to drive in top gear and tended to swing into the farm gate still driving in top gear. The plan was, apparently, that the shaft would break under the strain, the tractor would roll and the driver be killed. In the event my grandfather was driving the tractor in one of the low gears when the shaft broke. I am told that "he was thoroughly displeased," and that the three men were were very nearly sent back to a prisoner of war camp instead of remaining on the farm.
It was a great surprise yesterday, when looking for parts in one of the old farm sheds I found the severed shaft. Pictures attached.
SadFarmall
This post was edited by SadFarmall at 02:49:37 12/06/11 2 times.
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