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Originally Posted by humfrz
Yep, ol Tcoat has been there.
My first experience was crank starting our old Oliver tractor.
Weighing in at about 65 pounds (soaking wet), standing on a 5 gallon kerosene can, set the crank (NO thumbs), jump up, then jump off the can ..... at the end of the throw(fall), pull the crank back out of the notch and dodge the steel wheel.
Repeat as necessary .......... 
humfrz |
Our Oliver was so hard to start that my dad made up a sort of clutch assembly attached to a 5 horse Briggs engine. Worked pretty well except every one in a while the facing material (I have no idea what it was but would have been free) would explode and fly off at a startling velocity. His safety measures consisted of "listen for a pop and move".
Oh and we about 5 tractors but did not live in a farm. They ranged from about 1940 to the "new one" at 1954.