Posted by oldtanker on October 18, 2012 at 15:15:00 from (66.228.255.239):
In Reply to: Allis chalmers B posted by Diydave on October 18, 2012 at 10:08:12:
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Actually Dave the Snap Coupler system killed/injured far more people than the pin system. Farmers of the day were really good mechanics and knew how to care for a horse but were not good to tractors. The spring loaded Snap part of the coupler had to be well maintained to be safe or it could and did fail resulting in the implement kicking up and bashing someone in the back or head. 2 reasons the Snap coupler failed was the safety concerns and proprietary implements. IH's Fast Hitch failed too. Because farmers were not going to be told what brand of implements to buy. Had both AC and IH released the patents on those systems and had AC fixed the farmer neglect issue both may have survived. Just cause it was easy didn't make it better.
I grew up with a father who believed in doing repairs right. When we moved into farm country when I was 16 I was shocked at how much cobbled up stuff farmers were doing. Dad's teachings on the farm is OK, a farmer fix as a temporary thing to get the equipment home was OK as long as you got it home and then fixed it right. I worked for one guy who had a very nice for the day welder yet his disk was tied together with barbed wire cause he had never learned to use the welder. I was supposed to do field work and help with milking. Once he found out I could fix things right I spent 2 months of doing nothing but fixing his farmer repairs. And he was typical of the area farmers. I didn't learn that some farmers could and did fix things right for almost 2 years. The guy I was working for then had the dealer out any time there was a problem.
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