Basic instructions on how to start a tractor

Gosh, Did I have a scene pop in my mind. You finally get the tractor jockeyed into position to stretch the fence, hook up the wire and start moving forward, helper says stop tight enough, you forget about that clutch thingy keep going break 3 posts off, snap the wire it flys back injures helpeer, panic hit brakes that are not locked together, tractor does a spin going through other fence. Seriously get some instruction and then practice and familurize yourself with the tractor.

A tractor is a bit of overkill for stetching a fence, go buy a goldenrod fence stetcher and no one will get hurt. Ask the person at the farm store if you do not know how to use it.

Here we hitch the pickup to the fence

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Using the tractor to stretch the fence does seem to be a bit of overkill. Here we use a come-along. If you break barbed wire, and it isn't fastened down good, you could find yourself wound up in the middle of a ball of barbed wire.

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LOL, my 1955 Ford works the same way, only I don't need to "whack the starter with hammer."

On the same line as the thread, the key broken inside the switch for my Scag mower. Now we just use a screw driver...doesn't cost anything and a bonus: I don't have to go looking for the key anymore.

I used the tractor to stretch the fence. The tractor was turned off, the come-along was connected to the fence and THEN to the tractor, which is NOT turned on. Can be done using a truck as well but my small Ford tractor can fit in tigher places.

Well we have one of those hand held fence stretcher things but we do not have a pick up! We have more kids than seats so I put a trailer hitch on my mini-van and traded the pick up in. THEN we moved out here to 10 acres and got a tractor. Yes, I wish I hadn't made the decision to trade in the truck but until the other house sells it's either the mini van or the tractor. And if I mess up the van I'm in a world of trouble!!

But when we tighten the fence by hand the it just doesn't seem tight enough. The goats have just about done all but turn it into an accordian; we won't have help with the high tinsle til June 4th and then we won't have to worry because it will be electric. Til then I've got to get this fence tight.

Anyhow-we did it by hand yesterday so I'll save the tractor for something else later. There's a tractor fix-it guy down the road but I just don't trust many people around here. Clearly, I'm out of my element and I must have a sign around my neck. We had quotes to build our barn from $16k-$40k. We got it done for far less than that through a friend of a friend. Since then I've just been leary of strangers who know I am new to all this.

I own a tractor Dealership. www.boothmachinery.com We can get you a key for your tractor. Do you know what model it is? Serial # If you need any help you can contact our parts guy or send me a pm here. Happy to help you.

Can't blame you a bit about being wary of strangers. Maybe, if you have the stretcher and the come along, you can dig a post hole in line with the fence, wedge in a rock or two by four, then brace it if needed with a triangle brace---then, use that as your stationary point for stretching-. Won't have to use the tractor at all. Just clever engineering. Things done out of desperation are usually mistakes........but you should use a calmer time to figure out the tractor startup.

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