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Re: How does a Hourmeter work?
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Posted by Mike (WA) on March 03, 2003 at 08:29:30 from (207.220.164.78):
In Reply to: How does a Hourmeter work? posted by Marcus on March 02, 2003 at 15:08:11:
When I was in high school in early '60's, my dad and I moved a house onto a corner of the farm. Had to dig a septic system, pit down for a well, etc. Rented a backhoe, and only ran it about half speed because the hydraulic pump was so fast at "combat" speed that I couldn't control it. The hour meter thus only ran a half hour per "real" hour- dad was determined to get his 8 hours worth, and kept asking me "Are we done yet?" "No- XX more hours". We ran it til total darkness, and ended up doing every digging project we could conceive of, for years to come.
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