psychonautbuddy
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I am reacquainting myself with this old tractor. I used to operate this JD-M back in high school, during the summers, along with Fordson, Case, Farmall, FM, and others, usually during the hay harvest, but logging too.
Recently, this JD-M just came back to me thru an estate sale, and I'm training my nephew on its operation. For the life of me, I can't recall what the reasoning is for having an independent RIGHT BRAKE, but not a left?
If I need to make a powered, brake-assisted turn to the right, no problem, but how is this done when turning to the left? The left brake is applied thru the combination clutch/brake pedal, but obviously, no engine power is available
during such a maneuver.
I'm guessing that since this tractor was built for row-cropping, the farmer must always start at the left of his field, if he wants to use the advantage of brake-turning to tighten it up at the end of each pass... ?
Recently, this JD-M just came back to me thru an estate sale, and I'm training my nephew on its operation. For the life of me, I can't recall what the reasoning is for having an independent RIGHT BRAKE, but not a left?
If I need to make a powered, brake-assisted turn to the right, no problem, but how is this done when turning to the left? The left brake is applied thru the combination clutch/brake pedal, but obviously, no engine power is available
during such a maneuver.
I'm guessing that since this tractor was built for row-cropping, the farmer must always start at the left of his field, if he wants to use the advantage of brake-turning to tighten it up at the end of each pass... ?