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Re: age to drive a farm tractor
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Posted by VernMN on July 01, 2005 at 11:40:27 from (64.12.117.7):
In Reply to: age to drive a farm tractor posted by bellami on June 30, 2005 at 18:32:50:
I broke out driving tractor at 7 years old making hay using a Farmal M. I was too small to step the clutch and the M was strong enough to start in gear. The kill switch and starter were my Stop and go. At 8 I grew enought to step the cltch on a Farmall H and graduated that year from Hay to cutting grain. By 9 I was dragging fields, spreading fertilizer. Later I heard my dad was critized for working me so young. And now days probably the child abuse advocates would prohibit that kind of thing. But 60 years ago on a farm it was a natural thing to start work at a young age. Mental maturity is as important as physical.
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