Tractor drivers

[Mark James]

No that's Audi

 

You forgot Merc, remember it used to be the volvo drivers got the bad name.

 

 

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[agrimog]

if you care to check priorities on the road youll find its cloven hooved animals with a drover, on all but duall carriageways and motorways, that have priority, then everyone else, horses, cyclists and dog walkers have no special rights there just another road user, and its time some of them were told so!!

[Stereo]

I think it was better before all these 40k boxes etc. tractors used to be slow when I were a lad so you pulled in where you could as it was going to take all day anyway.

 

We did have one field on a main road where we had to get on the wrong side of the road to get a trailer in. So, despite indicators you always got some guy trying to nip up the inside. I once ended up with my front left wheel on the bonnet of a new Saab. Luckily the copper saw my side of it and called the guy an idiot.

 

But in general you must pull in at every opportunity.

[Gollum]

Regardless of the law if you are in a 30 limit doing 30 on a tractor why should you pull over.

 

Starting this thread was like lighting the blue touch paper and standing well back.

[Hodge]

Just to start the ball rolling.

Have any of you tractor drivers got fed up with puling over to let Joe Public past

and they don't say thank you.

So the next line of cars have to wait until you're in a better mood.

30 odd years ago we used to try to get on the road in our village about 7.50pm to catch all the commuters rushing to catch the train.

The competition was to see who could hold up the most cars.

the best thing to hold them up was towing a Cambridge ring roll,

Any one else do the same.

 

No! I have a life. LOL!!

[WorcsWuss]

Starting this thread was like lighting the blue touch paper and standing well back.

 

Seems so... but understandably.

Since we all pay our RFL [with a few exceptions of course...] we all naturally think our own journey takes priority, but it's human nature and not something worth getting in a tizz over...

 

Ultimately so long as you're complying with the highway code then you can more or less go as slow or fast as you like.... the challenge is for everyone else to go as fast or slow as they like without ruining anyone's day...

 

Anywho....

I get hacked off sitting behind 20 cars following a tractor past YET ANOTHER layby, mostly because I know how little time it actually takes to pull in.

I also get seriously hacked off sitting behind lorries knowing how aggressively they push you along if you're going slower than them.

 

What I don't do though is let it irritate me to the point of taking it out on anyone else though.

 

Anywho...

[agrimog]

Regardless of the law if you are in a 30 limit doing 30 on a tractor why should you pull over.

 

Starting this thread was like lighting the blue touch paper and standing well back.

 

cos if your doing 30 in a tractor yor breaking the law stupid

[Gollum]

cos if your doing 30 in a tractor yor breaking the law stupid

 

Has this been posted before

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lmE17Dg23w&feature=fvsr]Fastest Vintage tractor in Rush - YouTube[/ame]

[WorcsWuss]

Ha! V8 powered Dexta!

They're fast even with the original 3 pot motor, we have one... seriously high geared back end!

 

Wouldn't fancy trying to stop it though...

 

Or is it a V6..?

Edited November 20, 2011 by WorcsWuss

[RobRainford]

I've been overtaken in a 50k tractor in a 30 limit through a speed camera, that was a very slow overtake. Pure stupidity!