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Re: Why Hand Clutch,s
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Posted by greenbeanman in Kansas on December 24, 2003 at 12:58:16 from (171.75.202.139):
In Reply to: Why Hand Clutch,s posted by Farmaller on December 24, 2003 at 08:40:43:
Many boys in my area grew up on Minneapolis Molines, which of course had hand clutches for many years. The kids were on tractors at a very tender age compared to what kids are now a days. Farmers would sometimes drill a hole near the top of the clutch lever, attach a leather strap, then use a snap to attach the other end to a harness on the child driver. Should the child fall asleep and fall off-----well
the theory was that the clutch would disengage and the implement would be stopped before running over the child. Thankfully I don't know that the system was ever tested.
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