Emergency towing
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Pat Holscher
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The old method towing the new, the Somme.
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Steve Haupt
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Greetings,
I recall this exact same situation in the late 80's the 1980s. My F150 ran out of gas a 1/2 mile from the barn. I parked the truck along side the road and walked to harness up Bonnie (whose teammate was Clyde). I had just recently purchased this pair 3 days before and figured I'll see what she knows. Now to drive a horse with the windshield in place was a little different so I stood in the open door and asked her to go. I had two problems 1) The truck was headed for the vineyard with steering locked up. The key had to be in the on position for me to turn the wheel. 2) The brakes were as hard as concrete and I was about to demolish vines and run over the mare.
I got the truck stopped, the mare almost stopped and the wheel turned back to the road.
I'm sure the raisin trucks headed the other way thought they were seeing a sight but the old Percheron mare ignored them and got us back to the barn.
Cheers,
Steve Haupt
I recall this exact same situation in the late 80's the 1980s. My F150 ran out of gas a 1/2 mile from the barn. I parked the truck along side the road and walked to harness up Bonnie (whose teammate was Clyde). I had just recently purchased this pair 3 days before and figured I'll see what she knows. Now to drive a horse with the windshield in place was a little different so I stood in the open door and asked her to go. I had two problems 1) The truck was headed for the vineyard with steering locked up. The key had to be in the on position for me to turn the wheel. 2) The brakes were as hard as concrete and I was about to demolish vines and run over the mare.
I got the truck stopped, the mare almost stopped and the wheel turned back to the road.
I'm sure the raisin trucks headed the other way thought they were seeing a sight but the old Percheron mare ignored them and got us back to the barn.
Cheers,
Steve Haupt