Making the news today....

[Steve Bullman]

8 minutes ago, Whoppa Choppa said:

Tenbury Wells tractor: Man arrested after town flood damage

WWW.BBC.CO.UK

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In a video, a wave from the tractor's wake is seen striking shops and homes in Tenbury...

 

 

What a fricking Muppet. That's sympathy for farmers brought down a notch or two. Arrogance, pure and simple right there.

I dunno, I saw the video of that, the water was already in the buildings, and as far as I understood it he was on his way to rescue someone?

[Johnsond]

Just now, Steve Bullman said:

I dunno, I saw the video of that, the water was already in the buildings, and as far as I understood it he was on his way to rescue someone?

Got to push the bow wave 🤷‍♂️basic fording technique. 

[skc101fc]

31 minutes ago, Johnsond said:

Got to push the bow wave 🤷‍♂️basic fording technique. 

Yep true when you're in a car or van without a snorkel fitted.  When your in a tractor of that size, in that depth of water, he was just being a show off excitable little twat. 

[Johnsond]

1 hour ago, skc101fc said:

Yep true when you're in a car or van without a snorkel fitted.  When your in a tractor of that size, in that depth of water, he was just being a show off excitable little twat. 

Alternator and a multitude of electronics and sensors plus fans and the air intake etc 

Doesn’t matter how big the tractor is they ain’t designed for that depth of water. Id have took no chances in a 100k plus bit of kit. 

A bunch of moaning pricks by the look of it. Straight to the police, didn’t take them long to snaffle the farmer 🤔. Top line policing 👍👍arresting a 57 year old farmer. Got to get priorities right. 

Edited November 26 by Johnsond

[Mark J]

2 hours ago, Steve Bullman said:

I dunno, I saw the video of that, the water was already in the buildings, and as far as I understood it he was on his way to rescue someone?

Perhaps it got deeper later on in the day. Either way he probably shouldn't have been there doing that. A boat would have been a better idea. 

[Steven P]

From the video, water was only to axle depth, bow wave and wash made it look deeper. Easy for a tractor at slow speed too.

 

Farmer out for a bit of a laugh that went wrong.

[difflock]

I can only suggest that he should have went a bit slower, BUT whether the bow wave broke any windows,(likely? Already broken by the pressure of the water) I am not so sure, possibly some of the possibly uninsured/uninsurable(for flood damage) shop owners allow they can claim off his insurance, therefore they are motivated to say it was his tractor wot caused the damage. And the BBC are only too glad to take a dump on farmers just now.

But silly, though I saw that he was going to rescue livestock, of him to leave himself so open to these accusations.

[Whoppa Choppa]

Ah, if as Steve B says he was motivated by a rescue mission then fair enough. Driving through the water fine - causing extra damage by the speed tsunami he created isn't. Imo. 

[carlos]

its always someone's fault these days!!! the farmer just happened to come along a bit quickly at the right time,

[Mick Dempsey]

Hezbollah and Israel have reached an accord for a ceasefire.

Looks like Hezbollah took a kicking, as usual.