Posted by RayP(MI) on December 26, 2007 at 14:58:31 from (207.241.137.115):
In Reply to: Tractor in a novel posted by Bob Elmer on December 26, 2007 at 14:44:20:
Yup.... Old tractors could be started very easily, in gear.. Happened many many times, often with tragic results. Do your research as to make and models that might be most like to fit your story. Nothing spoils a story more than having a author run a senario past you that you know is unlikely. Thinking you want a tractor with a magneto ignition, but battery start. This would preclude the need for turning on ignition. A good starter would roll a tractor while in gear, and if the throttle was set to run, it could start. Other option would be to have your kid depress the clutch while starting and then have foor slip off clutch - then panic, and fail to depress clutch again.
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