These beasts turned a lot of ground and threshed a lot of wheat. It's well worth the trip to see these machines in person.
Monday, September 20, 2021
Tuesday Torque: Prairie Tractors At Rollag
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These beasts turned a lot of ground and threshed a lot of wheat. It's well worth the trip to see these machines in person.
13. Clear your work area and your escape path of brush, vines, and other hazards that can trip you or catch your saw.
14. Escape from the bullseye when the tree tips. 90% of accidents happen within 12 feet of the stump. Go more than 15 feet, and stay out of the bullseye until things stop falling.
15. Keep spectators away more than twice the height of the tree in the direction it will fall.
16. Don't cut alone.
17. Keep your body and the swamper's out of the line of the bar in case of a kickback.
18. Set the brake when taking over two steps or when moving through tripping hazards. Keep your trigger finger off of the throttle when you are moving.
19. DO NOT operate a chainsaw from a ladder! Operating with your feet off the ground requires special training.
20. Do not cut above your shoulders.
21. Springpoles must be shaved on the inside of the apex between the ascending and descending sides. If the apex is higher than you shoulders, stand under the springpole and cut it low on the descending side. It will release upward, away from you.Leaning and heavily loaded poles that are too small to bore cut for a hinge should be shaved on the compressed side until they fold.
22. Do not cut a tree that is holding up a lodged tree. Do not work under a lodged tree. Think about a mouse trying to steal the cheese out of a trap.
23. Instruct your swampers and helpers to NEVER approach you from behind or the sides to within the reach of your saw when you are cutting. If you pull out of a cut with the chain running, or have a severe kickback, the swamper can be killed if he is coming up behind you!
24!! Quit When You Are Tired!
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Sometimes I speed up to get past the boring parts. Not this time.
I'm especially glad that I kept on eye on the tractors or I would have missed the Red Devil with the single drive wheel. I never saw one of those, nor heard of one.
And I was glad that film time was spent on how to get them started. Except for the first one where any kickback would have caused that bar, well, give somebody a bad day.
I know that the early Cat tractors had gasoline starter pony engines, but I had not realized that principle was used on these big tractors.
Excellent quality video.
When I see anyone barring an engine over, I make sure that I am not in line! Belts are dangerous, too.
You are enough to drive a saint to madness or a king to his knees.
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