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Dan Crocker

11-22-2005 16:55:38

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I need to bring my M home from my woodlot for the winter. Rather than trailering, I was thinking I'd fuel it up and drive it home since the weather is supposed to be nice this weekend. It would be about a 20 mile ride. How far do some you drive your tractors in one shot?

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Randy-IA

11-24-2005 06:49:52

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Re: How far do you drive your tractors? in reply to Dan Crocker, 11-22-2005 16:55:38

I think if I were to do it and there wasn't a back way on little used road's I'd take a escort car to stay with you . My M doesn't have blinking light's , so on a busy paved road I want a car with flasher's flashing behind me . I live in North east Iowa farm country and even around here they'll slam on the brakes because they didn't see the big tractor . I'm going on a 8 mile tractor ride today before we eat to get my tractor to the shop where I work so I can work on it tomorrow . Temp - 18 degrees now , tomorrow - lower , around 8 degrees , I'll take today ! Take care and have fun ! ...Randy

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THEkyroastnear

11-23-2005 21:23:13

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Re: How far do you drive your tractors? in reply to Dan Crocker, 11-22-2005 16:55:38

think about far as ive gone is around 10 miles on a 420 J.D. with a short stack had a busting headache when i got there

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James Williams

11-23-2005 18:25:16

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Re: How far do you drive your tractors? in reply to Dan Crocker, 11-22-2005 16:55:38

I drove a H about 12 miles to a garage to get a overhaul,only took a few minutes.The owner told me as fast as it was he didnt think it needed overhauling.the next week i took a 1937 JD to the same place not relizing it only ran 31/2 MPH,It rained,snowed,wind blew,and got dark,and i just about froze

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Yugrotcart

11-23-2005 14:02:00

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Re: How far do you drive your tractors? in reply to Dan Crocker, 11-22-2005 16:55:38

Drive her home!!!!! !!!!!
Last month on a nice sunny day, I drove my W6 about 20 miles to my buddies place and back. All went well except the tranny locked up at one point, but that's another story!!!!!

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randy

11-23-2005 12:03:12

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Re: How far do you drive your tractors? in reply to Dan Crocker, 11-22-2005 16:55:38

have a friend that drove a gleaner combine from one side of michigan to the other ....to cheap to have someone haul it

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captaink

11-23-2005 10:38:13

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Re: How far do you drive your tractors? in reply to Dan Crocker, 11-22-2005 16:55:38

This starts a little off the subject but will get back to it.

A township near me bought a motor grader about 90 miles away. The supervisors debated on how to get it home. As they were deliberating, a seasoned snow plow operator spoke up, drive it! Tee supervisors all looked at him with a shocked look until he said, �you guys will put that many miles on in one day plowing snow!� Needless to say, they drove it home.

Bottom line is if you put in a 10 hour day on an M at 4 miles per hour working in the field you cover 40 miles. Twenty miles in road gear is a piece of cake!

Personally, I think about 35 miles (70 round trip) is as far as I have driven one and that was a 1486 hauling grain to town.

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fisherman

11-23-2005 09:24:15

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Re: How far do you drive your tractors? in reply to Dan Crocker, 11-22-2005 16:55:38

I bought my first M this year and didn't have a trailer. The M had been sitting for a year or two and just started to make sure it was running. I drove it 60 miles on hot and windy Nebraska day. I loved it.

Enjoy the ride-

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Dave 2n

11-23-2005 05:52:11

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Re: How far do you drive your tractors? in reply to Dan Crocker, 11-22-2005 16:55:38

Perfect distance for a ride on an M on a decent day. Put her in 5th gear and go! I grew up on an M so I'm obviously very biased.

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Jimmy King

11-23-2005 05:33:26

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Re: How far do you drive your tractors? in reply to Dan Crocker, 11-22-2005 16:55:38

Twenty miles on an M would be a pice of cake. My Dad bought a 330U once at a farm sale, I drove it about 35 miles with loader and 3 disc plow on it. I found out after about 5 miles the brakes were crap. I used to go to my uncles 8 miles to bale hay for him, 460D first then 756D, just about 1/2 hr.

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gene bender

11-23-2005 03:18:24

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Re: How far do you drive your tractors? in reply to Dan Crocker, 11-22-2005 16:55:38

The tractor ride goes around 75mi per day for two days then shorter on the third ending up around 175 total so enjoy.

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Ken Crisman

11-23-2005 02:59:42

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Re: How far do you drive your tractors? in reply to Dan Crocker, 11-22-2005 16:55:38

Go for it . The Amish run their farm machinery on the highways & get away with it . Just make sure you have one of those SMV signs on the back . Be safe but have fun because you only live once . Take pics & then you'll have something to talk to the Grandkids about later-on . Ken

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Cedric

11-23-2005 00:36:18

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Re: How far do you drive your tractors? in reply to Dan Crocker, 11-22-2005 16:55:38

I used to drive my "H" 72 miles to a friend"s place about twice a year when I wanted to take part in a Club plowing day. Was 5 hours driving time. Drove there on Friday and came home on Monday. Kept to the back roads most of the time but had to travel on a busy section part way where the big rigs were a bit scary at times. Nice way to travel when it was fine but could be cold in windy weather. Haven"t got the "H" any more but will be trying out my Super C on the same trip in the not too distant future I hope.

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Peabody

11-22-2005 21:08:22

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Re: How far do you drive your tractors? in reply to Dan Crocker, 11-22-2005 16:55:38

My buddies still laugh about one of our own who drove a big green tractor he bought at auction about 130 miles from home on I-65 in the rain. Always too cheap to have something hauled.

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Don L C

11-22-2005 20:10:52

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Re: How far do you drive your tractors? in reply to Dan Crocker, 11-22-2005 16:55:38

Dan

Take the back roads....go slow and easy ,hard surface roads wear tractor tires at high speed....sit back and relax.....you will enjoy yourself.....

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Roger46

11-22-2005 19:42:09

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Re: How far do you drive your tractors? in reply to Dan Crocker, 11-22-2005 16:55:38

In 1954, my dad bought a Super H from the local International dealer in southern So Dak. The only Super H in the area was down in Nebraska at another dealer. My dad drove the new Super H home over 60 miles. I think there is some optimum distance that it is faster to just drive the tractor rather than putting it on a trailer. I know that it takes me at least 30 to 45 minutes to hook on to the trailer, load the tractor, chain it down, and then unchain and unload at the other end. Plus, you still have to drive the distance which takes time. I mow some land for our church that is 10 miles away and I can make it there much faster by just driving as it only takes 20 minutes to drive with the tractor and it takes longer than that to hook up the trailer and load the tractor. The only down side of driving the tractor is safety, driving with the maniac drivers on the road who don't think you should be on the road. Roger

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K.B.-826

11-22-2005 19:35:50

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Re: How far do you drive your tractors? in reply to Dan Crocker, 11-22-2005 16:55:38

On an M? That"s nothing. Try driving one of those new combines that far. I drove a JD 9750 combine with duals about 20 miles across busy roads once, don"t ever care to do it again. Most I"ve ever done on a tractor is 32, tends to get boring, but no big deal.

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Farmallkid From Ont,

11-22-2005 19:30:04

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Re: How far do you drive your tractors? in reply to Dan Crocker, 11-22-2005 16:55:38

If it was mine it would take abit less than an hour, mine will go 25 mph, if yours is cranked up it would go like a scared cat too. your probably lookin at a hour and a bit.

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Russell Venier

11-22-2005 19:24:32

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Re: How far do you drive your tractors? in reply to Dan Crocker, 11-22-2005 16:55:38

I had the pleasure this summer of making some long distance journeys in some farm equipment. I bought a 1570 Case about 50 miles from my farm and at the time my rig was broke down and i needed the tractor for planting. i ended up taking the long haul in it and it really didn't seem to hurt anything. i also bought a 1460 international combine about 40 miles from my farm and drove that home too.

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Rauville

11-22-2005 18:41:00

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Re: How far do you drive your tractors? in reply to Dan Crocker, 11-22-2005 16:55:38

My Dad moved his repair business from a "small town" to the "big city" back in the 60's, a distance of about 40 some miles. He had many faithful old customers that drove their tractors 40 - 60 miles to have work done. Nobody thought of using a trailer. If you had a tractor that wasn't running...you towed it.

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BobOHIO

11-22-2005 18:17:30

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Re: How far do you drive your tractors? in reply to Dan Crocker, 11-22-2005 16:55:38

I know a guy who drove a John Deere R home 45 miles. It was in late October and other than being chilled to the bone was no problem.

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Michael Soldan

11-22-2005 18:16:35

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Re: How far do you drive your tractors? in reply to Dan Crocker, 11-22-2005 16:55:38

Dan, you will be surprised how quickly an M will cover that distance. I do some custom work for a friend 12 miles from the farm and its 18 to my favourite machine shop. Tractors make those trips regularly. My neighbour was telling me that when his Dad bought his first M in 1939 they had to pick it up in London Ontario and drive it home to the farm, about 40 miles..an easy afternoon drive for an M !-..... .Mike in Exeter Ontario

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Richard G.

11-22-2005 18:02:00

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Re: How far do you drive your tractors? in reply to Dan Crocker, 11-22-2005 16:55:38

I have a friend that drove a Massey Harris 55 from Colorado to Lawton OK after wheat harvest because they ran out of truck and trailer room. They switched drivers and drove day and night to keep up with the other vehicles.

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onefarmer

11-22-2005 17:32:00

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Re: How far do you drive your tractors? in reply to Dan Crocker, 11-22-2005 16:55:38

20 miles with a M? No sweat! My M goes about 17MPH so just over an hour. I once drove a JD 4320 we got at an auction about 150 miles when I was about 14. After my dad figured fuel and tire wear we was still plenty ahead of hauling cost.

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R.J.

11-22-2005 17:13:56

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Re: How far do you drive your tractors? in reply to Dan Crocker, 11-22-2005 16:55:38

A few years ago I bought a 150hp tractor and drove 125 miles home, not because I didn`t have a way to haul it. Just thought might help me find out if it was what it was supposed to be.
I still have it. Is a good tractor.

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Retcol

11-22-2005 17:12:09

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Re: How far do you drive your tractors? in reply to Dan Crocker, 11-22-2005 16:55:38

My uncles drove a Farmall M and a pull type combine from Eastern South Dakota to Western Wisconsin. One drove the tractor and the other rode in the grain hopper.

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old

11-22-2005 17:10:56

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Re: How far do you drive your tractors? in reply to Dan Crocker, 11-22-2005 16:55:38

I've drove a good number of tractors 10-20 miles. Some where just to big for the trailor and other times I didn't have a trailor. Always good to have a car/truck follow you just in case of trouble and the help idoits off your tail.

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jack-Iowa

11-22-2005 17:09:08

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Re: How far do you drive your tractors? in reply to Dan Crocker, 11-22-2005 16:55:38

I do not think twice about driving mine 25-30 miles.done it several times this past summer. Tho the 4 wheelers do not seem to like it as it gets in their way. Oh well

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Allan in NE

11-22-2005 17:01:19

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Re: How far do you drive your tractors? in reply to Dan Crocker, 11-22-2005 16:55:38

Dan,

I knew a feller one time that drove an MT John Deere 457 miles across the state of Nebraska.

They didn't have trailers back then like we do now and he didn't own a truck, as I recall.

Allan

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Janicholson

11-23-2005 08:44:46

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Re: How far do you drive your tractors? in reply to Allan in NE, 11-22-2005 17:01:19

Hay rides we took kids on (and went on when we were kids were 15-35 miles. The best part was dowm hill with an M making fire in the stack and Pow Pow Bam

Our farm was divided by I-94 in the late 60s. The net result was a 5 mile ride to the other fields. Luckily there are family residences on both ends.

Happy turkey day JimN

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856 puller

11-22-2005 18:37:34

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Re: How far do you drive your tractors? in reply to Allan in NE, 11-22-2005 17:01:19

some farmers in our area bought a stiger in mid ohio and drove it 200 miles in to michigan. stopped at the tire shop on the way thru town they were planning on that anyway

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