Posted by Dick L on January 24, 2010 at 13:29:03 from (76.76.33.112):
In Reply to: Re: Why No Fenders posted by rustred on January 24, 2010 at 11:36:01:
A farmer would have been thought of as a pantywaist if he would have been complaining about a little dirt when out in the field. I fit many acres with both tractors with and without fenders and if the tires are kicking up dirt it don't make a nickels worth of difference if it has fenders or not. Your still going to need a bath before going to bed. Most 50's tractors fenders did not cover the top of the tire and only came a little higher than the tire.
The best bad thing about fenders was the habit of leaning over holding onto the fender while watching the tools and ending up with a sore back or one side of your rear would be sore. Without fenders you had to grip the back of the seat which caused you to sit up straight instead of slouching over.
No paint on my Oliver's fenders on the right side where I slouched. Dad had the paint wore off the side of the seat where he rested his hand while farming. I always had back problems and he didn't. May be hard to believe but we looked back more than forward when in the field. If something broke in the field I was expected to stop when it broke not find out on the next round.
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