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Paul: Nearing 65, I have two tractor clothsline incidents to my credit. Last one occured in the winter of 76. I had the IH 2000 loader with 84" snow bucket on my 656. IH dealer called me, asked if I wanted a good deal on a new cab. I mounted the cab at home then took it to the village welding shop, to finish off. I went to pick it up after nightfall. A friend ask if I'd stop at his place and move some snow behind his house, place he normally didn't plow. He was on his way to work, thus I stopped and pushed all the snow as per his instructions, then went home. About two days later I walked behind the 656 for some raeson and lo wound tightly around both axles was a substancial amount of clothsline. During milking that evening I scratched my head more than once trying to figure out where the clothsline came from. On the way to the house for the night it hit me. went right to the phone and phoned Brenton and asked, "Do you have a clothsline in your back yard?" His reply, "Yes we do, but my wife doesn't use it in winter." I said, "Poke your head out the back door, I suspect you no longer have a clothsline." He went and looked, came back and said, "Well, we have two pullies left but no clothsline, why do you ask?" I replied, "It's wrapped around rear axles of my tractor." I guess two clothsline removals by tractor, not bad for one lifetime.
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