Posted by agpilot on April 16, 2010 at 06:16:40 from (173.84.18.232):
In Reply to: Best sounding tractor posted by 4 bottem on April 16, 2010 at 05:01:35:
Hi 4 bottem: Good question. I have to explain my choice. On cold, below zero F mornings, I almost looked foward to starting out new(1953) Farmall Super MD. I almost always had a choice between hauling manure or grinding feed on Winter mornings. Below zero I would put a block of wood behind clutch petal so the stiff tranny lube would not load the starter. I'd stand on the ground close to the left side and with full choke I'd push the starter lever ahead to engage the starter with the ring gear and then a little farther to make electric contact. The engine was so cold at 10 to 20 below that the first several turns would slowly produce whiteish smoke rings each time a cylinder fired. After maybe 30 seconds it was running fast enough to release the starter. What great sound to hear that it was finally running without the starter helping. Got to remember in 1953 the multi grade oils were not as good as today so starting a minus 20 F engine was an event and to hear it finally running was a real good feeling. After quite a few minutes of running on gas, I would finall switch over to diesel. Boy would it rattle. That was another great sounding event. The "sounds" of starting the older style "gas and switch to diesel" Farmall at -20 F was great way to start the saturday work day. Contrast that sound to the same engine, on a hot Summer day, fully warmed up and under near full load was also great and much smoother. So I'll vote for the wide range of sounds from our Super MD many years ago... ag
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