|
Tractor Talk Discussion Board |
Re: The Tractor Will Never Replace the Horse (long
[ Expand ] [ View Follow Ups ] [ Post Followup ] [ Return to Forum ]
Posted by Larry on November 04, 2003 at 08:54:29 from (152.163.253.66):
In Reply to: The Tractor Will Never Replace the Horse (long pos posted by DRL on November 03, 2003 at 11:58:58:
Amen! I'm in excavating, and can't imagine doing the work we do with horses.....BUT there is something to be said about Kim's post.
The comradare between a good trained animal and man is almost a lost art. Anyone who has worked with a good bird dog, rode a good working horse, etc,etc will attest to this. Back in the early fourty's the neighbor farm used Oliver 70's, but granpa planted and cut hay with the horses. I'd watch for him and run tell my mother and she would make a quart of lemonade that I would run out to the fence. There I'd wait for MY ride up and back(worked every time, except once he re lit his cigar and burned his fingers when the matchbook flared up.)
As I recall, he never said mutch to those horses. At the end of the row, they would slow to almost a stop so he could pull the planter up, then turn the right way and center perfectly on the marker line. About the only time he said anything was when he had to stop mid-row and refill the seed hoppers. Even though I've got some pretty good hay burners in the pasture now, those memorys still make my day!
Thanx for giving the good side of my feeble brain a high today! Best regards, Larry
Follow Ups:
Home
| Forums
Today's Featured Article -
Third Brush Generators - by Chris Pratt. While I love straightening sheet metal, cleaning, and painting old tractors, I use every excuse to avoid working on the on the electrics. I find the whole process sheer mystery. I have picked up and attempted to read every auto and farm electrics book with no improvement in the situation. They all seem to start with a chapter entitled "Theory of Electricity". After a few paragraphs I usually close the book and go back to banging out dents. A good friend and I were recently discussing our tractor electrical systems when he stated "I figure it all comes back to applying Ohms Law". At this point
... [Read Article]
Latest Ad:
1945 Farmall wide body gas with pto and front plow. Runs good but needs new points.
[More Ads]
Copyright © 1997-2024 Yesterday's Tractor Co.
All Rights Reserved. Reproduction of any part of this website, including design and content, without written permission is strictly prohibited. Trade Marks and Trade Names contained and used in this Website are those of others, and are used in this Website in a descriptive sense to refer to the products of others. Use of this Web site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy TRADEMARK DISCLAIMER: Tradenames and Trademarks referred to within Yesterday's Tractor Co. products and within the Yesterday's Tractor Co. websites are the property of their respective trademark holders. None of these trademark holders are affiliated with Yesterday's Tractor Co., our products, or our website nor are we sponsored by them. John Deere and its logos are the registered trademarks of the John Deere Corporation. Agco, Agco Allis, White, Massey Ferguson and their logos are the registered trademarks of AGCO Corporation. Case, Case-IH, Farmall, International Harvester, New Holland and their logos are registered trademarks of CNH Global N.V. Yesterday's Tractors - Antique Tractor HeadquartersWebsite Accessibility Policy |
|
