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Re: Ford vs. Cub or A
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Posted by Rod in Smiths Falls, ON, on March 05, 2005 at 17:27:41 from (209.71.222.65):
In Reply to: Ford vs. Cub or A posted by swanee on March 05, 2005 at 17:15:06:
Get a tractor with live P.T.O. The old-style P.T.O. turns a bush hog into a massive fly wheel and the tractor's back wheels won't stop turning when you want them to. This produces dangerous mishaps. As well, the older tractors had their gear selections designed to compete with draught horses. A tractor like a Ferguson TEA20 is too fast for safe bush-hogging in rough or unfamiliar territory: to keep enough power to the P.T.O. you must maintain a sometimes hair-raising ground speed. Remember, it's not uncommon to encounter 7' high orchard grass when mowing and you can't see upcoming obstructions. A collision with a stump sprained my casting wrist and I missed a month of bass fishing as a result. The flywheel effect once put my Fergie on top of a large boulder, necessitating several hours work with a hydraulic jack to rescue it. Apparently there is an add-on ratchet-device to eliminate the flywheel effect, but what newbie knows about things like that? I may not be an expert, but I was injured and frightened enough over two summers with a Fergie to buy a slightly more modern tractor with low range and live P.T.O.: a Massey Ferguson 35. It works great, for only a little more money.
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