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MeanGene1 10-24-2012 15:25:27 99.25.115.178 Report to Moderator

Learned my lesson very early about carrying the head high while going downhill on the road- especially with the windrow pickup on the Bean Special. Couldn't have been on a better rig in that situation though, planetary drive 91- IIRC, top speed about 11 mph, and the planetary drive kept it going straight with the head sliding on the ground and me dangling by the waist from the steering levers. Of course, the old 91 and 93 just had a saucer seat like an M, no seat belt, windshield or cab, just a pipe railing around the front. Was able to reach the head control lever and power the head down, then it teeter-totered back onto the back wheels, still going straight, and I fell back into the seat. Pretty good learning experience, age 11, 1967. Gramps thought I was telling a big story until we drove through the next day and he saw the 10' wide skid marks in the gravel [Reply]   [No Email]