And a local legend story from my neighbor. An old guy in the neighborhood had hit it pretty well in the timber business, and after many years with an old Cat, treated himself to a brand new D8 (it was in the '50's- he made them take off that new-fangled hydraulic blade system and put on a cable blade, like he was used to). Started working it, and it would gradually overheat, until after an hour or so, needle would go into the red and he'd have to shut it down. Got the dealer and mechanic out, then the factory rep, checked everything, couldn't figure it out. Then a guy was standing in front of the running machine, pondering the situation, and became aware of hot air being blown on him. Upon further investigation, it turned out that the fan had been installed backwards at the factory, so it was pulling warm air off the engine and blowing it through the radiator. Cooling system was actually working pretty well otherwise, given how long it took to overheat.
It was the classic "vicious cycle"- the hotter the engine got, the more the hot air heated up the coolant, causing the engine to heat up even more.
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Today's Featured Article - Grain Threshing in the Early 40's - by Jerry D. Coleman. How many of you can sit there and say that you have plowed with a mule? Well I would say not many, but maybe a few. This story is about the day my Grandfather Brown (true name) decided along with my parents to purchase a new Ford tractor. It wasn't really new except to us. The year was about 1967 and my father found a good used Ford 601 tractor to use on the farm instead of "Bob", our old mule. Now my grandfather had had this mule since the mid 40's and he was getting some age on him. S
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