Another thing a WD is handy for

[jhncp]

Since I have no one to help me a WD is
handy to push non running tractors in the
shed using reverse and the hand clutch
since you can easily do it standing on the
ground and then going back to steer the
other one.

 

[Butch(OH)]

A dozen YT safety police just passed out requiring CPR and are now awaiting transport to ER.

Jokes aside, Its your life but that's dangerous!

 

[jhncp]

Not since it's in reverse and I'm standing in front of tire

 

[olddavid]

(quoted from post at 15:13:19 12/01/23) Not since it's in reverse and I'm standing in front of tire

What if you accidently get it into a forward gear? The tractor would be moving toward you engaging the hand clutch further since you are standing on the ground. It's just not a good idea.

 

[TomIn]

Some years ago I had an elderly friend who owned a WD45. He had suffered a stroke and was mostly paralyzed on one side and could not operate the ignition switch when seated on the tractor. His solution was to start the tractor (in neutral), then climb onto the tractor.

One time a neighbor of his borrowed the tractor. When he returned the tractor, he left it in a forward gear. My friend was unaware of this and went out and started the tractor in his usual manner. The tractor started, knocked him down, and ran over him (from leg to shoulder). It continued going until it finally hit a tree.

After my friend had told me this story I asked him what he was thinking while the tractor was running over him. His reply was this tractor isn't nearly as heavy as I thought it would be.

 

[olddavid]

WDs were good tractors but unhandy at times; difficult to mount and dismount. About the only tractor more unhandy was the WC before it. As you get older it DOES become a factor.

 

[cleddy]

I use my WD to push things around with this set up. It was made to push hay wagons into the barn so we could get two in from the front of the barn. I use a short tongue and hook to either the front or back. Before I rebuilt the starter switch which pulled real hard I figured out how to mount a solenoid and push button start so I very seldom get off the tractor without shutting the engine off and it starts very easy when remounting! MaYbe its just mee but I never trust the brakes to hold and almost always slip it in gear when parked. Like My Modern Vehicles I have got used to stepping on clutch-brakes before starting??Cleddy

 

[thdrduck]

(quoted from post at 20:22:14 12/01/23) Since I have no one to help me a WD is
handy to push non running tractors in the
shed using reverse and the hand clutch
since you can easily do it standing on the
ground and then going back to steer the
other one.
<img src=https://www.yesterdaystractors.com/cvphotos/cvphoto167800.jpg>

Um... yeah, nope.

 

[jhncp]

There is a safely latch for the foot pedal that was prabably intended for cranking, and I use it.

 

[Bob Bancroft]

A crippled up neighbor used to like his WD because he could use his cane to reach the hand clutch while standing behind it to back it up to hitch it up. He died peacefully in a nursing home.

 

[Aaron SEIA]

What if you accidently get it into a forward gear? The tractor would be moving toward you engaging the hand clutch further since you are standing on the ground. It's just not a good idea.

It is absolutely impossible to "accidentally" shift that transmission and odds are it wouldn't shift from reverse to any forward gear without the foot clutch being depressed. Not the best idea, but I've seen dumber ones.

AaronSEIA

 

[willie in mn]

Latch on the foot clutch is for belt pulley operation. See your operator's manual for use instructions.
Willie

 

[Ted J]

(quoted from post at 11:00:32 12/02/23) I figured out how to mount a solenoid and push button start so I very seldom get off the tractor without shutting the engine off and it starts very easy when remounting!
<img src=https://www.yesterdaystractors.com/cvphotos/cvphoto167864.jpg>
<img src=https://www.yesterdaystractors.com/cvphotos/cvphoto167865.jpg>

How do you do it?

 

[cleddy]

(quoted from post at 20:00:35 12/03/23)

(quoted from post at 11:00:32 12/02/23) I figured out how to mount a solenoid and push button start so I very seldom get off the tractor without shutting the engine off and it starts very easy when remounting!
<img src=https://www.yesterdaystractors.com/cvphotos/cvphoto167864.jpg>
<img src=https://www.yesterdaystractors.com/cvphotos/cvphoto167865.jpg>

How do you do it?

happen to have a Auto-lite starter on my tractor which are hard to find replacement parts for but it has an external lug next to the switch. I had a Gleaner starter solenoid I used like Ford used and a Push button and it works fine. Pull switch works good also after cleaning up and adjusting contacts out?Cleddy

 

[Ted J]

(quoted from post at 22:07:42 12/03/23)

(quoted from post at 20:00:35 12/03/23)

(quoted from post at 11:00:32 12/02/23) I figured out how to mount a solenoid and push button start so I very seldom get off the tractor without shutting the engine off and it starts very easy when remounting!
<img src=https://www.yesterdaystractors.com/cvphotos/cvphoto167864.jpg>
<img src=https://www.yesterdaystractors.com/cvphotos/cvphoto167865.jpg>

How do you do it?

happen to have a Auto-lite starter on my tractor which are hard to find replacement parts for but it has an external lug next to the switch. I had a Gleaner starter solenoid I used like Ford used and a Push button and it works fine. Pull switch works good also after cleaning up and adjusting contacts out?Cleddy

Thanks, that I knew. I thought you had a way to change the OEM starters. I've got a way, but it's not the greatest.

 

[olddavid]

It is absolutely impossible to "accidentally" shift that transmission and odds are it wouldn't shift from reverse to any forward gear without the foot clutch being depressed. Not the best idea, but I've seen dumber ones.AaronSEIA

Yes true, but suppose he backs the tractor up to get it in position but decides to pull forward because he got too far back. He might forget to put it back into reverse or put it in a forward gear by mistake.

 

[Bill(Wis)]

Absolutely nothing wrong with what you're doing as long as you know what you're doing. Some of these old ladies obviously do not have a clue as to how a WD operates.

 

[Nordic]

Everything we do in life has risks of certain danger to it. What jhncp is doing isn't nearly as risky as driving on a slippery highway in winter. On Saturday my neighbour's parents were on the road with snow coming down. In a curve a semi, driving too fast, slipped over the centerline causing a head-on... his parents died instantly.

 

[Aaron SEIA]

I've only ever been around 1 WD that'd shift gears without grinding using the hand clutch in my entire life. I wouldn't be worried about making a mistake that the tractor probably can't make.
AaronSEIA

 

[Dusty MI]

That hand clutch, WD & WD-45, is what made them have live PTO power, and ran in oil, so it could be slipped without damaging the clutch.

Dusty