You Know You Are In Farm Country when...

[rmaynard 15,461]

You go to the grocery store and park next to this.

[ebinmaine 67,508]

I see farm tractors drive down the road quite often and I've seen em at the fuel pumps.  

Not sure I've ever seen one parked at the grocery store like that though..

 

 

Well done!

 

 

[CCW 1,295]

As long as it has a FEL the groceries can get home.

 

[Brockport Bill 1,662]

how about when your grandson drives his 520 HC to school parking lot

[stevasaurus 22,741]

Might be the camera Bob, but your vehicle sure looks like it is listing to Port??  Did he leave the keys in it??  

[Pullstart 62,890]

Those tires say it’s got a lot of road miles on it!

[Stormin 9,981]

2 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

Not sure I've ever seen one parked at the grocery store like that though..

 

Regular thing at the shop in village near me. Especially 12-1 o'clock midday. There was a combine harvester one day.

 

[8ntruck 7,005]

The company I started my engineering career with was a subsidiary of Goodyear.  A story came out of the Goodyear  AG tire development group about a farmer that was experiencing wear issues with his tractor tires.  The tire dealer reported to Goodyear that he had supplied 2 sets of tires because of excessive wear.  Goodyear sent an engineer out to interview the farmer and see what the actual work invironment was like.

 

Supposedly,  the engineer arrived at the farm, knocked on the door, and the farmer's wife answers the door.  When asked if the farmer is home, she answers "no, he went to town to get coffee, you can find him at the diner".  The engineer asks which diner?  She says, you can't miss his tractor parked out front. 

 

The engineer catches up with the farmer, buys the coffee for him, and they talk about the tractor tires.  Turns out that  nothing about the field work the tractor did was unusual.  This confused the engineer.  He asks the farmer why he happened to drive the tractor into town that day.  The farmer says "I drive the tractor into town every day for coffee because it has air conditioning and a better stereo than my truck".

 

The farmer didn't get any more tires replaced by Goodyear.

Edited December 11, 2022 by 8ntruck

[rmaynard 15,461]

1 hour ago, stevasaurus said:

Might be the camera Bob, but your vehicle sure looks like it is listing to Port??  Did he leave the keys in it??  

Camera angle. No keys.

[clueless 2,993]

Down here it's not all that rare to see a Toyota in a parking lot now days.

[squonk 41,118]

5 hours ago, rmaynard said:

You go to the grocery store and park next to this.

Around here that would have a manure spreader or a honey wagon behind it! 

[ebinmaine 67,508]

1 hour ago, clueless said:

Down here it's not all that rare to see a Toyota in a parking lot now days.

That's funny right there.  

[ebinmaine 67,508]

17 minutes ago, squonk said:

Around here that would have a manure spreader or a honey wagon behind it! 

The truck or the tractor???? 

[rmaynard 15,461]

32 minutes ago, squonk said:

Around here that would have a manure spreader or a honey wagon behind it! 

Nope, they'd be parked in the Burger King lot.

[squonk 41,118]

Honey Wagons are everywhere! 10 yr. old Mennonite kids haul them by the hour past my house all day long. Driving 4WD tractors at about40 MPH! 

Edited December 8, 2022 by squonk

[pfrederi 17,739]

 Ford 8Ns 3pt hitch with a cross bar held a case of beer nicely (in those days cases were wood) Local guy would wear out his tires running back and forth to the store getting beer.  he had had several DUIs and no longer had a drivers license but a farmer and tractor was OK.

[davem1111 2,030]

27 minutes ago, pfrederi said:

 Ford 8Ns 3pt hitch with a cross bar held a case of beer nicely (in those days cases were wood) Local guy would wear out his tires running back and forth to the store getting beer.  he had had several DUIs and no longer had a drivers license but a farmer and tractor was OK.

 

I could not decide which emoji to click on for this one.  To me it's sad that the alcohol was that important to the guy, but... life's hard and we do what we gotta do. It does take some gumption to drive your tractor to the store for beer. I'll tip my hat to that one.   

[Pullstart 62,890]

In a town in Northern Michigan a handful of years back, we followed a drunk lawn mower operator down Main Street on our way to the parts store.  At the time, it was funny.  Looking back, it was kind of sad that it probably had to come to that, with a lost, restricted or otherwise license… or no vehicle.

[squonk 41,118]

Lot of guys around here have had DUI's on riding mowers. 

[ebinmaine 67,508]

2 minutes ago, squonk said:

Lot of guys around here have had DUI's on riding mowers. 

Here in Maine ANY vehicle with a motor/engine/powerplant will get a DUI.  

THAT'S the way it should be.  

[elcamino/wheelhorse 9,299]

51 minutes ago, squonk said:

Lot of guys around here have had DUI's on riding mowers. 

Is that why your grass has so many circles cut in it. Don't blame dogs running around chasing squirrels. 

[WHX?? 48,815]

8 hours ago, Pullstart said:

Those tires say it’s got a lot of road miles on it!

Good eye Kev... wonder if he spotted the decal on yer cap Bob. Funny he doesn't have a SMV on the back. Looks like Bill's boy does... 

Edited December 9, 2022 by WHX??

[Zeek 2,286]

2 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

Here in Maine ANY vehicle with a motor/engine/powerplant will get a DUI.  

THAT'S the way it should be.  

In PA it's even tighter. It's "vehicle" (motor or not). Back in my day I arrested have arrested people on a bicycle for DUI. Before anyone judges that, think how stupid (or drunk) you would have to be to get that kind of attention on a bicycle. And I drink, so I'm not sensitive about alcohol.  

 Anyway  @rmaynard I love that you live in a location that you can still see that as I do! They aren't doing that in Portland   

Edited December 9, 2022 by Zeek

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When I was in high school there was a designated day in the spring when students could "Drive your Tractor to School". We had to use the dirt roads even though it was further so we wouldn't wear out the tires. Probably safer than the two lane paved main road too.

[kwalshy 229]

Friends of mine live in this town & there were A LOT of upset folks.

https://www.wbng.com/2022/05/09/norwich-students-ride-tractors-school-following-incident-last-week/