Gave the C a little workout
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Topic: Gave the C a little workout
Posted By: DREAM
Subject: Gave the C a little workout
Date Posted: 11 Sep 2011 at 8:50pm
Hooked up the bushhog and cut a couple of acres at my son's place yesterday. Tractor never missed a lick. Very enjoyable to get some seat time and listen to the straight pipe talk when she hit a thick patch.
 ------------- I didn't do it! It was a short, fat, tall, skinny guy that looked like me! |
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Posted By: Hubert (Ga)engine7
Date Posted: 11 Sep 2011 at 9:14pm
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Nice looking C. Nothing like giving one of these old tractors a good workout. You didn't expect it to miss a lick did you? Do you have an over run clutch hooked to the pto? ------------- Just an old country boy saved by the grace of God. |
Posted By: Rfdeere
Date Posted: 11 Sep 2011 at 9:52pm
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What are the triangular shaped items sticking up by the seat ? ------------- Randy Freshour,Member Indiana AC Partners, http://www.rumelyallis.com" rel="nofollow - http://www.rumelyallis.com |
Posted By: Dakota Dave
Date Posted: 11 Sep 2011 at 9:54pm
| those are the guards for the cultivator lift. |
Posted By: tominMi
Date Posted: 12 Sep 2011 at 7:44am
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Hubert, Is an over run clutch also known as a slip clutch? If not is it an accessory? I'm familiar with slip clutches and shear pins on drive assemblies but not with an overrun clutch. Thanks , Tom |
Posted By: Ken in Texas
Date Posted: 12 Sep 2011 at 5:12pm
| Its a pto output shaft ratchet coupling to prevent the coasting mower from shoving the tractor along or up a tree when you push the clutch in. |
Posted By: mdm1
Date Posted: 12 Sep 2011 at 8:08pm
Here is how I put mine to work a little bit ago. No I wasn't trying to mow at the same time! The mower was down for the pic. Nice little tractors to have around. ------------- Everything is impossible until someone does it! WD45-trip loader 1947 c w/woods belly mower, 1939 B, #3 sickle mower 1944 B, 2 1948 G's. Misc other equipment that my wife calls JUNK! |
Posted By: Bill Long
Date Posted: 12 Sep 2011 at 9:31pm
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I spent a wonderful week on a C sickle bar mowing my Grandfather's farm. I know I sold them but driving them is even more fun. Light, agile, very easy to handle. Not to say how much fun they are to operate - even without power steering. Nice looking C tractors. One of the nicest looking units I sold. Dream, you might consider turning the tires around so you get better traction. Thanks for Sharing Good Luck! Bill Long |
Posted By: Hubert (Ga)engine7
Date Posted: 12 Sep 2011 at 10:23pm
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Tom, as Ken said an over run clutch keeps the mower inertia from pushing the tractor into a ditch, fence, tree, etc. If you have a tractor with live pto you don't need it. What it does is let the mower spin freely when the tractor clutch is disengaged.
------------- Just an old country boy saved by the grace of God. |
Posted By: DREAM
Date Posted: 13 Sep 2011 at 8:47pm
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Mr Hubert, I should have a ratchet on there. My grandad never put one on. That doesn't excuse it. The driveline is in pretty bad shape, and I plan to replace both shafts(the slip shaft is worn completely out), yokes, all joints, and the carrier bearing as soon as I get the time and money. It will put a ratchet on there when I do.
For right now, I just keep one hand on the PTO lever in case I need to stop. It slips right out of gear with no grinding. Won't go back in until the shaft winds down, but that's not a problem. I can't turn sharp with it because of the worn shaft and everything flopping around, so I just throw it out of gear right before I get out of the tall stuff, make my turn, and it's wound down enough to slip back in gear when i'm ready to go back in.
Mr Bill, I haven't gotten around to spinning the tires around yet. I turned them in to load it on the trailer when I picked it up from Dad's house(they always kept it widenned out for cultivating). I haven't had any problems with traction yet, but I haven't used it much. It has wheel weights on the other side of the hubs. I just cut the bolts to get the planter drive sprockets off the hubs Saturday. Those had been on there since late 1950. They had a set of mounted cotton planters on it back when they used to farm. ------------- I didn't do it! It was a short, fat, tall, skinny guy that looked like me! |