Indiana in the news after 4H fair brawl in South Bend...

[HoughMade]

I with ya! Growing up, my dad had 3 Allis. 2 D17's and a WD45. My dad still has one of the D17's to this day.

I've just got my little B.

 

[Vigilant]

I've just got my little B.

Front wheels are way too far apart to take you seriously.

 

[HoughMade]

Front wheels are way too far apart to take you seriously.

Hey, Bs were only wide front.

C's had a narrow front, but as my people were poor "dirt" farmers, 1 row at a time.

 

[churchmouse]

Hey, Bs were only wide front.

C's had a narrow front, but as my people were poor "dirt" farmers, 1 row at a time.

Man the old rigs we grew up with. AC's and old Deere's. Hand crank and flywheel start's. No recollection of what models they were. Far to rusty to care.

 

[Thor]

I remember having to take my uncle to the ER when he broke his arm trying to start the whatever it was he had out by the barn. I remember taking him to the ER for more than a few things...

 

[churchmouse]

I remember having to take my uncle to the ER when he broke his arm trying to start the whatever it was he had out by the barn. I remember taking him to the ER for more than a few things...

I have vivid memory's from young childhood of my Uncle being thrown several feet off the crank on one of the old tractors. Broke his arm. Seems he did not listen to Great grampa and paid the price. I learned a goodly amount of respect for those machines. I watched the men put the open drive belts on the side drive flywheel to run the satellite equipment and remove the belt......while the tractor was running. Same uncle got knocked down by it once but nothing broken.

 

[Jsomerset]

I have vivid memory's from young childhood of my Uncle being thrown several feet off the crank on one of the old tractors. Broke his arm. Seems he did not listen to Great grampa and paid the price. I learned a goodly amount of respect for those machines. I watched the men put the open drive belts on the side drive flywheel to run the satellite equipment and remove the belt......while the tractor was running. Same uncle got knocked down by it once but nothing broken.

Was that Uncle Watch This, Uncle B.S. or Uncle Ta Daaa ?

 

[Gaffer]

Sounds like his Druncle! :>)

 

[NKBJ]

Had a 30 year old Ford orchard tractor with low hours on it before moving north, turning plow, disc, mower.
Left it with my brother in Texas. Sure could use it now.

 

[KJQ6945]

I've just got my little B.

That's a good looking Kubota you've got there.

 

[ghuns]

That's a good looking Kubota you've got there.

Kind of an insult to the Kubota though.

 

[HoughMade]

That's a good looking Kubota you've got there.

Kind of an insult to the Kubota though.

 

[ghuns]

Easy there, Allis. All in good fun.

 

[Bigtanker]

Here is the extent of my knowledge of tractors.

[video=youtube_share;q1fjHS5Mryo]http://youtu.be/q1fjHS5Mryo[/video]

My son made it on Americas Funniest Home Videos with his. And I may or may not have been ever so slightly inebriated and did something very similar on a Craftsman lawn tractor many years ago.....

 

[worddoer]

I may or may not have been ever so slightly inebriated and did something very similar on a Craftsman lawn tractor many years ago.....

 

[HoughMade]

...And I may or may not have been ever so slightly inebriated and did something very similar on a Craftsman lawn tractor many years ago.....

Last fall I did a wheelstand on a tractor my son and I are building just for fun for him to rip around the property on- we put on new pulleys (front and rear) to give a theoretical top speed in the 20s. Dad test rode it....at night, and after drifting sideways across the lawn, accidentally stabbed the clutch in and then released it too fast....resulting in said wheelstand that dumped me off the back.

....the tractor is in the garage, but we have not yet gotten back to that project.

 

[JeepHammer]

Can't say I understand it, but it happens.

Your local 'Team' wins, and you burn your own town down...
Your city has a 'Free Concert' and the fights/gunshots happen...
The 4-H tries to have fair and the fights break out...

City people are funny that way.