ROUGH-AND-TUMBLE ENGINEER 97 



ha*! the mm -igcs. And >u do ditch your 



ic a few times, don't conclude that you can never 

 handle a tract 



you are going to run a traction engine I would ad- 



you to use your best efforts to become an expert 



at it. 1 or the expert will hook up to his load and get out 



of the neighborhood while the awkward fellow is getting 



e around ready to hook up. 



The expert will line up to the seperator the first time, 

 while the other fellow will back and twist around for half 

 an hour, and then not have a good job. 



Now don't make the fatal mistake of thinking that the 

 fellow is an expert who jumps up on his engine and jerks 

 the throttle open and yanks it around backward and for- 

 ward, reversing with a snap, and makes it stand up on its 

 hind \vheels. 



If v v ,.mt to be an expert you must begin with the 

 throttle, therein lies the secret of the real expert. He 

 feels the power of his engine through the throttle. He 

 opens it just enough to do what he wants it to do. He 

 therefore has complete control of his engine. The fellow 

 is engine up to the separator with an open 

 throttle and must reverse it to keep from running into 

 and breaking something, is running his engine on his 



Ic and is entitled to small pay. 



The expert brings his engine back under full control, 

 and it. He handle 



