I've done a lot of plowing with my John Deere GW pulling a 3-14 John Deere model 55 plow with the "knee knocker" clutch disengaging device here in rocky Michigan soils and never got my knee hit by it. You adjust the clutch lever linkage so the lever doesn't come back so far and set a little sideways in the seat......which I always did anyway to help in keeping an eye on my plowing job. Many, many, times the clutch disengaged but the lever never got me..... Years ago I plowed with a McCormick-Deering W-6 pulling a John Deere 55 3-16 plow with a similar device to disengage the tractor clutch when hitting a substantial obstruction. This worked fine too except when it was dry, then the clutch would get partially disengaged a lot on the plow hitting small stones but not reach the latch point and jerk you around some when the plow got past the stones.....sure kept me awake.......most of the time.....that and a straight pipe on the tractor.
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Today's Featured Article - Hydraulics - Cylinder Anatomy - by Curtis von Fange. Let’s make one more addition to our series on hydraulics. I’ve noticed a few questions in the comment section that could pertain to hydraulic cylinders so I thought we could take a short look at this real workhorse of the circuit. Cylinders are the reason for the hydraulic circuit. They take the fluid power delivered from the pump and magically change it into mechanical power. There are many types of cylinders that one might run across on a farm scenario. Each one could take a chapter in
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