I remember scooting clear to the front of the seat to get the 856 clutch in. The funny part was that if you jumped that clutch you might as well have killed the family milk cow. You were not only expected to help, but you were expected to do it RIGHT after you were taught only once. Never mind you couldn't reach all of the controls. I'm sure there were those that rebelled, but every kid I know of thrived on the responsibility and took it carefully and seriously. I thought nothing of walking home to get the tractor to pull the school bus out of the mud, and the driver must have trusted me to do it, cause it happened more than one time. I remember pulling out the big bus with a Ford 8N one time because everything else was out in the field or hooked up. I was awful proud of myself on that one until dad told me he had done it once, too the same year. I guess I wasn't the only one with the skills!
I can see he's proud in that drawing. More proud than those kids that "beat" a video game I bet.
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