Posted by JRSutton on January 31, 2013 at 12:20:08 from (75.130.109.233):
In Reply to: Pull start posted by Chief 83 on January 31, 2013 at 10:58:04:
as others have said - you want the dead tractor in the highest gear possible.
You want to be on the best road surface you can find too. Grass can be too slippery.
Try not popping the clutch - just ease it off like you would driving up a hill.
Sometimes once you get tires sliding, they stay sliding. It can sometimes take more force to get them to slide than to keep them sliding once the break free - if that makes sense.
And this may sound painfully obvious, but make sure you're off the breaks!
I've done it, and I've seen it done 1000 times by others.
It's instinctive to want to ride the brakes when you're being towed - in case the guy in front stops. Worse in a car - but I've seen people do it on tractors too. Some times people simply forget to let go of the breaks altogether, but will swear they never even touched them.
Finally - you can always try hitting the starter while you're getting pulled and sliding. Sometimes there's enough juice to get a crank or two with the added assist of the wheels trying to crank too.
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