Localmotion
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- Jun 14, 2009
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- New Holland 50-86 / Siromer 204S / Case CK-28 / Cat 302.5 / Nissan L35.09 / Nissan Atleon 110
A silly mistake my friend Giles made several years ago...
Giles has a sheep farm in the centre of a small village in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England. Like many of the farms in the Forest, his machinery is old and not very well maintained. As a result his Fordson Major (fitted with a second hand 6-cylinder Leyland Engine) wouldn't start one morning - despite having been left on a slope the night before, the gradient wasn't enough to get rolling. Giles tried all his usual tricks, and ended up resorting to using "easystart".
He decided the best thing to do would be to spray a little into the air intake, while cranking the engine at the same time - but this was not possible to do from the seat. So stood next to the tractor he placed one hand onto the clutch pedal (to activate the safety switch), quickly sprayed some easystart into the air intake and then with the same hand immedately reached for the key. It worked a treat and the engine fired up.
Unfortunately Giles had forgotten to put the tractor into neutral after trying to bump start it, so as soon as he let go of the clutch pedal the tractor took off in top gear, running over his own foot and then crashing into the barn! Giles spent the next 4 weeks limping around the farm with his foot in plaster, which meant he couldn't even get onto his tractor to remove it from the ban wall - much to the amusement of everyone in the village! :laughing:
Giles has a sheep farm in the centre of a small village in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England. Like many of the farms in the Forest, his machinery is old and not very well maintained. As a result his Fordson Major (fitted with a second hand 6-cylinder Leyland Engine) wouldn't start one morning - despite having been left on a slope the night before, the gradient wasn't enough to get rolling. Giles tried all his usual tricks, and ended up resorting to using "easystart".
He decided the best thing to do would be to spray a little into the air intake, while cranking the engine at the same time - but this was not possible to do from the seat. So stood next to the tractor he placed one hand onto the clutch pedal (to activate the safety switch), quickly sprayed some easystart into the air intake and then with the same hand immedately reached for the key. It worked a treat and the engine fired up.
Unfortunately Giles had forgotten to put the tractor into neutral after trying to bump start it, so as soon as he let go of the clutch pedal the tractor took off in top gear, running over his own foot and then crashing into the barn! Giles spent the next 4 weeks limping around the farm with his foot in plaster, which meant he couldn't even get onto his tractor to remove it from the ban wall - much to the amusement of everyone in the village! :laughing:
