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Howard Parker

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A friend of mine used his 3010 John Deere PTO and a reverse gearbox hooked up to the PTO on his John Deere 70 gas tractor and started the 70 as soon as the 70 started he shut the PTO off on the 70 and the 3010 the starter was out of the 70 but what a good idea for starting hand start tractors! (side note just make sure the PTO is turning the right direction the first time he tried it wasn't the motor was running backwards the gearbox runs both ways it has live hydraulics hope he didn't hurt the PTO clutch)Howard
 
We used a belt between 2 tractors. There is a story about a guy who wrapped a rope around the belt pulley and tied the other end to a horse unfortunately the tractor backfired could never get that horse next to a tractor after that.
 
Someone sent that idea to "Farm Show News" a while back. I don't remember which model tractors he had.
A friend of mine was in the Air Force in the 50's. He said in real cold weather they might have to wrap some kind of tow strap/bungie cord around the propeller on a big radial engine and pull it with a jeep or truck if the batteries and electric starter were not strong enough. He also said they would dump some av-gas in the crankcase to thin the oil. Then let it run long enough to evaporate the gas out before putting it under load.
 
It was common to start the older tractors with a rope around the belt pulley. Then pull the rope with whatever you had, a horse, car, running tractor, etc.

Neighbor had a JD "A" that was hand crank.AS he got older could not crank it when it was cold . He stacked small square bales on his old loose hay fork. When he had the JD "A" running he would pull the hay fork up to the top of the hay barn. He would tie the rope off to hold the bales up high. The next time he wanted to start the tractor cold he would wrap the hay rope around the belt pulley several times and hold the loose end to control the tightness on the pulley. He would jerk the knot out of the hay rope making the hay fork drop and pull the rope around the belt pulley. It started real well that way.
 
Some of us have the advantage of being able to park our tractors on a hill, put it in high gear and let out the clutch when it gains speed.
 
I have started several one cylinder oil field engines and found out if you add some heated engine oil and a little gasoline before cranking they would crank a lot easier. I started adding the heated oil my tractors and it does make a difference.
 
Isn't there an oil pan heater? I think there were magnet style and dipstick.probably deutz air cooled motor might have them
 
I recall from my youth seeing one of the other tractors belted to the JD 60. The 60 was hooked to the bean thresher and backed in the big, hip roof barn. I guess we'd had a hard rain, and the tractor was under the eves. I don't know what part(s) the water got into, but it sat there and cranked for a while before it fired up.
 
I have several old crank start tractors. As I get older, they get harder to star (could not be me slowing down!)

I lift the rear wheels of my MF35, put the PTO in ground drive and gear shift in reverse. I connect the PTO on the MF35 direct to the PTO on the tractor I want to start. Makes starting easy.
 
Back in the 60's the neighbors built a fire under the oilpan of one of their tractors to warm it up (they did it regularly) but his time the fire got too high and burned the wires up.
 
A lot of the smaller Zetor tractors have the facility to run the PTO through the gearbox. Put HI-LO into neutral and off you go. I have used it a good few times to start tractors back to back (Zetor running in reverse gear)
 
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