[SEL] Can Launching/now tractor question. OT?

[Curt]

Steve,
Sure are a lot of tractors sneaking into your photos these days. Are you 
slipping to the dark side too?
I noticed that none of the pulling tractors shown have wheelie bars on 
them? This is a requirement here in the south to prevent
rolling one over. Is the use of this safety device not wide spread 
across the country?
Curt Holland
Gastonia, NC


Steve Barr wrote:

>I saw an excellent example of can launching this weekend.  A 3lb coffee
>can (empty of course) was launched from a large hp engine at the show in
>Delmont, PA.  This engine has a 10x10 BxS and is of a sideshaft varity. 
>It launched the can quite high and came down to land in the manure
>spreader (used to move apple mash after being removed from the cider
>press).  The owner will not be identified, to protect the feelings of the
>manure spreader.  It was trully an excellent display of the power of these
>engines.  Pics from the show can be seen at:
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>http://www.oldengine.org/members/sbarr/ShowReports/2004Delmont.htm
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