Big Loads - Post Photos Number 2

Well....... did it stsrt?

 

What's the matter? Had to use the hand crank?

 

South coast of British Columbia.

 

And boy, when they kick back it can hurt.

 

Don't wrap your Thumb! or your fingers for that matter...
Open palms! or maybe cupped hands is a better description....

I've watched one of my uncles leave the ignition off on a model T, pull the choke and crank it over maybe a half dozen times then pull it up on the compression stroke, walk back flip the ignition and it'll fire and start from a dead stop!! Crazy.. I was never able to get one to actually start but have unintentionally had them fire a cylinder and make a revolution when working on one, scary!

 

Massey Harris Pony,, A great Uncle of mine that drove snow plow for the state had one of those, It pushed a lot a snow over the years, and alotta dirt too. Was his Dozer in the summer months! Amazing what that little tractor would push.