Oldcpecdr 255 #1 Posted June 25, 2020 (edited) You Mainers will like this..... My daughter and son in law have a 60 acre farm in Richmond Maine with the requisite old famhouse and huge barn and many outbuildings. You Mainers will also like The Ingersoll Tractor (made in Maine) they just added to their fleet...... so watch my SIX year old Grandson learn to back up the Ingersoll with a TRAILER... priceless....... Henry Reversing.mov http://www.wheelhorseforum.com/applications/core/interface/file/attachment.php?id=250224 Edited June 25, 2020 by Oldcpecdr 2 6 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
troutbum70 857 #2 Posted June 25, 2020 That's very good , but the boy needs a pair of west coast mirrors on that tractor. I know I have often thought of implementing some mirrors for my tractors. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JAinVA 4,619 #3 Posted June 25, 2020 Typical short tongue cart.Hard to back up even if you have some grey hair.He did well and the hearing protection is something good to see.Thanks for the video! Luck JAinVA 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 66,629 #4 Posted June 25, 2020 Nice work!!! Pretty country up there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dan.gerous 2,696 #5 Posted June 25, 2020 7 hours ago, Oldcpecdr said: You Mainers will like this..... My daughter and son in law have a 60 acre farm in Richmond Maine with the requisite old famhouse and huge barn and many outbuildings. You Mainers will also like The Ingersoll Tractor (made in Maine) they just added to their fleet...... so watch my SIX year old Grandson learn to back up the Ingersoll with a TRAILER... priceless....... Henry Reversing.mov 8.45 MB · 13 downloads http://www.wheelhorseforum.com/applications/core/interface/file/attachment.php?id=250224 8.45 MB · 13 downloads We did the same, all my daughter's can back the big tractors and trailers, and some of the spots have very little clearance down the sides. The girls often use the front end loaders, fill the muck trailer then take it away to the dump site - such a proud Dad 😁 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 66,629 #6 Posted June 25, 2020 7 hours ago, JAinVA said: short (**trailer**). .Hard to back up even if you have some grey hair My father learned to drive a tractor trailer back in the mid-to-late 60s on a B model Mack. No power steering. 22 INCH diameter steering wheel with like eight or ten turns lock-to-lock. The guy that taught him how to drive said to pick a line, follow the line, trust your mirrors. He drove tractor trailer for over 30 years after that. Off and on between some other jobs. Almost all local delivery. City driving in Eastern Massachusetts. In and out of Revere at the oil tanks more times than you could count. Put on some over a million miles. Never caused an accident. So they start to get towards retirement and bought a 7 x 9 pop-up trailer. You think he could make that thing go backwards anywhere near a straight line?? He found it so amusing that he could make a tractor-trailer go within an inch or two of where he wanted it ... EVERY. Single. Time. I went over to visit one day and he made me get in the driver's seat of the Buick LeSabre tow vehicle and said Back that thing up. Giggling at me the whole time. @JCM check out the video above 1 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PeacemakerJack 10,720 #7 Posted June 25, 2020 What a great video! That little guy is handling that Big Wheel Ingy with ease. I’m impressed with his ability to recognize the problem of the “jack knifed” trailer and then correct his approach angle before bending the trailer tongue or denting the tractor. Thanks for sharing the video and the story... 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
953 nut 54,421 #8 Posted June 25, 2020 9 hours ago, Oldcpecdr said: watch my SIX year old Grandson learn to back up the Ingersoll with a TRAILER. He done goooood! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
