Down hill or pavement it has been done as indicated below (or above is in modern view). I would never do it. When really farming on acres not at our house, going in 4th was just wrong. Starting in 5th 4 times a day was also poor on the clutch and would have dad relocating my Kazoo. Start in fourth and get to wide open. Push in the clutch and Idle it down at the same time (very quickly) move it from 4th to neutral, as the engine speed gets to about 1/2 toward idle let out the clutch in neutral (this slows the trans input shaft and near matches the fifth ratio) now put it in 5th and let out the clutch as you pull it more open to the speed you desire. As a kid there were only two speeds used on a letter series, work speed in the appropriate gear, and 18 mph. if it was a 5 SPEED UNIT, OR 13 or so if smaller. If the tractor had a TA, starting in 5th TA back was normal, no double clutching. The above was if we wanted to mess with the gears playing double clutch (which is what it is called) Normal operation was to just pause in neutral for one second (clutch down) and pull it gently into 5th, grinding was minimal, and all our tractors still have 5th splines working. Cramming it into 5th from 4th was avoided. Jim with tens of thousands of hours operating H and M Farmalls. We still have 7 of them among others.
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