After my first-year college, the summer of 1957, I took a job as a farm hand for a farmer. After all, what else did I know? His farm was a bit distant from my home, so I stayed with his family during the week. Breakfast was at 5:30 and dinner at 9:30 so commuting wasn't practical.
My Dad's tractors were Farmalls, made by International Harvester. Farmalls had foot clutches and I had spent countless hours using them. My new employer used John Deere tractors which, in those days, had hand clutches. After a few awkward moments I became adept at driving tractors with hand clutches. Adjusting these clutches is relatively simple and I soon learned the technique.
When I drove my newly purchased John Deere, with a hand clutch, onto the trailer yesterday I quickly recognized that the clutch needed adjustment. Today I adjusted the clutch. There's a certain satisfaction in remembering, and using, a skill learned 69 years ago, one that I may not have used since.
Takk for alt,
Al
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