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budlite
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Thanks for the many replies! If all goes well, this spring she will be able do the bushhogging and free me up to ride my '48 panhead!
Teaching Wife to Operate Tractor
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wedge40
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Is learning to operate the tractor her idea or yours? Sounds like yours.
Oh and photo of the panhead would be appreicated.
Wedge
bp fick
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I have been giving my wife lessons on the tractor. Like others, when I travel, she has to be able to use it to plow the snow, if nothing else. Ok, I limit her to turtle mode. Until she has more hours, turtle will do just fine. All she has to do is push herself a path. I can do the cleanup, if needed, when I return.
She loves it. There is some method to my madness. It cannot hurt that she also like having a tractor and finds it both useful and fun. Who knows? I might want another tractor one day and this may prove to be useful.
She loves it. There is some method to my madness. It cannot hurt that she also like having a tractor and finds it both useful and fun. Who knows? I might want another tractor one day and this may prove to be useful.
EE_Bota
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I think it's great. I read the thread, and her are a few things I though of to add to the list that others have mentioned.
Be sure she wears wears proper clothing and proper footwear.
Be sure she has a cell phone, and a list of numbers.
Be sure she is accustomed to looking at the dash to see the indicators, and knows what they mean. It is overheating? Are fluids coming out?
Be sure she knows when to stop the tractor and walk home.
Be sure to warn her of the prospect of yellow jackets and hitting an unsuspecting animal.
No pets allowed free while mowing.
Be sure she knows how to park the tractor safely safely.
Be sure she wears wears proper clothing and proper footwear.
Be sure she has a cell phone, and a list of numbers.
Be sure she is accustomed to looking at the dash to see the indicators, and knows what they mean. It is overheating? Are fluids coming out?
Be sure she knows when to stop the tractor and walk home.
Be sure to warn her of the prospect of yellow jackets and hitting an unsuspecting animal.
No pets allowed free while mowing.
Be sure she knows how to park the tractor safely safely.
I cant begin to say how much this would be a problem for me, even if I was watching her.
Is she going to loose her lunch if she mows over a bambi, or a litter of bunnies, and they dont die, can she finish the task so they dont suffer.
Can she motivate when she runs over the bees nest.
Does she understand the power of what she is controlling, like how it can destroy a cement block never mind the dog or grand kids.
Something gets wound up in the pto and on instinct she reaches for it, but only one time because if she lives she wont be reaching for anything with that arm again.
All I can say is YIKES.
Is she going to loose her lunch if she mows over a bambi, or a litter of bunnies, and they dont die, can she finish the task so they dont suffer.
Can she motivate when she runs over the bees nest.
Does she understand the power of what she is controlling, like how it can destroy a cement block never mind the dog or grand kids.
Something gets wound up in the pto and on instinct she reaches for it, but only one time because if she lives she wont be reaching for anything with that arm again.
All I can say is YIKES.
mjncad
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And kids!
rdbrumfield
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For head protection I have taken up the habit of wearing a motorcycle helmet. "is great in cold weather too".
I started doing this when I was running a high speed drum mower cutting hay. every now and then i would hit a mole hill and get sprayed with dust and small gravels. I happened to have a helmet in the pickup and put it on. I get funny looks at times, but hey it works.
I have also worn it when the wind is driving the snow sideways when on a dozer. Keeping my bald head warm and dry is a blessing.
I have had several tractors and my wife really liked the smaller ones a 25hp and a 33hp. Wish I still had one for her as the 50 is a bit big and putting in a fear factor is not good. The one good thing about that though is that she stays off of it. Not being around machinery at all or even driving a stick kind of puts her in the back seat of most toys. She has overcome a lot over the years, but still, level ground and no obstacles within eyesight is the best.
I started doing this when I was running a high speed drum mower cutting hay. every now and then i would hit a mole hill and get sprayed with dust and small gravels. I happened to have a helmet in the pickup and put it on. I get funny looks at times, but hey it works.
I have also worn it when the wind is driving the snow sideways when on a dozer. Keeping my bald head warm and dry is a blessing.
I have had several tractors and my wife really liked the smaller ones a 25hp and a 33hp. Wish I still had one for her as the 50 is a bit big and putting in a fear factor is not good. The one good thing about that though is that she stays off of it. Not being around machinery at all or even driving a stick kind of puts her in the back seat of most toys. She has overcome a lot over the years, but still, level ground and no obstacles within eyesight is the best.
rus_geek
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I must be one of the lucky minority. The only thing my wife had to adjust to was the tractor being so small! My CT225 is a lot smaller than the old Fords she drove on the farm growing up. I'm sure she's got more hours on tractors that I'll have in a very long time!
Good luck to all of you that married city girls. I'm getting along just fine with the farmer's daughter :-D
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Good luck to all of you that married city girls. I'm getting along just fine with the farmer's daughter :-D
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Chilly807
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Mine's a lot like that too, a horse girl from way back.. The great part is the look she gets when she realizes there's yet something else we don't have to do the hard way any more.. like digging out or putting in fence posts, or clearing snow, or clearing brushy fields, or rolling round bales.. the list just goes on.
Chilly
