Posted by redforlife on April 21, 2022 at 08:46:22 from (174.210.134.56):
In Reply to: Neutral safety switch posted by grandpa Love on April 21, 2022 at 04:58:17:
I think Ford was ahead of it's time on this. Had it, when others didn't. But, as time went along, others followed suite. Or, it was made so others had to follow suite.
For those of you that have tractors without them, or have wired past yours, I have a story, and some advice.
I start many of my tractors from the ground. Because of poor battery connections that you have to jiggle or twist. Or because I have a roach clip from the coil, because the key switch don't work. Or the starter selanoid don't work, and has to be jumped across. Or the starter switch don't work, and I just use jumper cables direct from starter to battery. What ever the case may be, most of my tractors are started from the ground.
I live by myself, and am the only operator of these tractors. No one else ever around. No one else would probably figure out what I was doing to start them anyways, if somebody climbed on and tractor wouldn't start by way of the switch. Any tractor I start from the ground, I shut off from the ground. That's just, KIND OF, my personal safety hack that goes along with it.
Well, one day I went to start my H Farmall on steel. Hadn't had it started in months. Hit the starter from ground, like I normally would. Boy, surprisingly it fired right off for sitting that long. And surprisingly it was in gear. As I was stepping away, out around the front of the rear wheel, one of the steel lugs that was on its way down, got caught up in my coat pocket. I was luckly able to get my coat pocket free of it, before it pulled me down or knocked me over. I ran around behind, stepped up on the draw bar, and pulled it out of second gear without clutching.
I got to thinking, (I know I didn't shut it off in gear). I knew I had to of shut it off from the ground the last time. So, how did it end up in gear? Then it dawned on me. It hadn't been started in a long time. And during that time, my 3 nephews (boys) had been here. And one of them apparently got on there to play, and must of popped it in gear while playing. My fault. I should of checked. Shouldn't of adopted a system of not checking.
So, if you by-pass safety switches and have a system that works for you, don't take it for granite that your tractor is not in gear. The un-thought of, CAN happen.
Save the, you done wrong sermons. I know I was wrong. I'm only telling this story for your benefit. By passing a safety switch alone, is not unsafe. What you do after, is the part that can be unsafe.
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