allischalmers6
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I was wondering what the longest distance you drove down the road on a tractor. I went almost 20 miles one time.
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Nathan (SD)
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IH 1066. 47 miles. Really didn't take long at all. 2 1/2 hrs.
Some local BTO's drive tractors 130 miles to some land they farm in ND. Combines they haul.
Some local BTO's drive tractors 130 miles to some land they farm in ND. Combines they haul.
rusty6
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- East central Sask.
Round trip, probably close to 75 miles.On an open 730 Case. All gravel roads . The 730 would make 17 mph so I made good time going empty, a little slower coming home pulling a 12 foot JD Van Brunt end wheel disc drill. The disks would high centre and drag some places on the road. Luckily the weather was nice that spring day in 1973.
FonterraFarmer
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125 km one way, 5 hours on back roads, back in the late 80's.
allischalmers6
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Fastest tractor that I been on is a 430 case diesel. I heard that some silver kings will almost double a triple range case.
local guy drove one from Maryland into central West Virginia back in the 1960's, about 150 miles on U.S. Rte 50 & 19. Left one morning & stayed in a barn overnite. Got in late next day. Long winding road thru mountains, if you know it. This was back when these were the main routes with all the truck traffic. Said he couldn't see any wear on the tires. Used it for years.
Bill from Scotland
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I take my two Massey"s 1155 and 97 4x4 to local shows, up to 25 miles each way. Took my International b450 and Fordson e27n p6 on a trailer about 45 miles each way to a show a few years back, took just over 2 hours.The B450 can do 24mph in fifth gear. Same journey takes 1 hour in the car due to th etype of roads.
Rex in Australia
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Around 150km (nearly 100miles) over a weekend. Tractor trek each year. Actually it's on next weekend and we are off again. Have to walk the tractor down there this year - around 50miles from here.
Looking forward to it. Will post some pics afterwards
Rex
Looking forward to it. Will post some pics afterwards
Rex
twostepn2001
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Back in the late 80's, we were doing custom CRP grass sowing. Bid on a job that had to start ASAP. Drove a JD 4440 with a 20ft. grass drill from Roswell, NM to Tahoka, Tx. 165 miles one way on US 380.
Bruce from Can.
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- Woodville, Ontario, Canada
I do hay on a farm 25 miles away every year. Haul the hay on a truck. really isn't as bad as it sounds. Bruce
Larry EC-OH
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My dad and I took turns driving a 730 JD home from a sale from Ft Dodge to SE Iowa in February. No heat houser. We'd take turns and switch off to the 1951 Ford truck that didn't have a heater worth spit. It made more noise than heat. That was the coldest I've ever been in my life. If it got above zero that day I didn't notice it. Had to be 200 miles.
MarkB_MI
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- Motown USA
In Michigan, I've driven my Ford 4000 50 miles a couple of times.
Out west where I grew up, it was very common to drive tractors pulling implements 20 miles or more between fields. Pulling an 18' tandem disk 20 miles back in Colorado was much less harrowing than driving a bare tractor 20 miles on narrow Michigan roads.
We also had heavy earthmoving equipment we'd have to drive long distances. My dad once bought a LeTourneau C-Pull scraper in Texas and drove it back home, a distance of about 400 miles.
Out west where I grew up, it was very common to drive tractors pulling implements 20 miles or more between fields. Pulling an 18' tandem disk 20 miles back in Colorado was much less harrowing than driving a bare tractor 20 miles on narrow Michigan roads.
We also had heavy earthmoving equipment we'd have to drive long distances. My dad once bought a LeTourneau C-Pull scraper in Texas and drove it back home, a distance of about 400 miles.
Not that far as some of you guys . I have made a few 40 mile trips but the big trip was when I was 10 yr. old . Me and Dad at a farm auction , bought a AC WD and a old 25-30 ft. elevator . Dad led the way and I drove the WD pulling the elevator about 25 mile , I was the biggest roster in the pen that day !!
Anonymous-0
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We have done a couple 80 mile legs on our three day rides. about 5 years ago a few of us each tallied up just under 2000 miles for the season.
Anonymous-0
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140 miles @ 20+ miles per hour. Took 7 hours.
I drove a Cockshutt 30 100 miles once. I drove my Chevette down to North Bay where the tractor was, and tied a trailer hitch to the front bumper of the Chevette, and hooked the car behind the tractor, and drove the tractor home. It took 2 hours to drive the car there, one hour to hook up, and 12 hours to drive home. Top speed on an old Cockshutt is only 10 miles per hour.
onefarmer
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- 6735 S Lowell Rd, St Johns, Mi 48879
I drove a 4320 JD we bought at auction in Bryan, OH 130 miles to St Johns MI. When I was 14yo.
When a kid I used to drive the Farmall Regular to my Great Aunt and Uncle's farm a few times each year. It was only about 15 miles but the Regular only went about 5 miles per hour.
Traveled on a busy 2 lane State route. Those semi drivers and a few car drivers were very nice... they made sure I knew I was #1 many times with their hand signs......made me feel important !
Traveled on a busy 2 lane State route. Those semi drivers and a few car drivers were very nice... they made sure I knew I was #1 many times with their hand signs......made me feel important !
Used to work for our local BTO with fields spread across 3 counties so 80+ miles one way was nothing. Over the years I've bought/traded a few tractors with local dealers that are 28 and 37 miles one way. Drive the one in and drive the new one home. Right now my furthest field is 10 miles one way. My neighbor whom we all know is not right bought a IH 560D by Bemidji MN one year while on vacation. Rather then drive back home to get the trailer he just drove it home. Including back roads we figured it out to 350 miles give or take. Not sure how long it took but it was the middle of December. Crazy fool.
Casey in SD
Casey in SD
jwal10
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- Western Oregon
I have shuttled peppermint tubs with a 4240JD for 16 hours everyday day for a month. We had 7 tubs. Unhooked and rehooked with a wagon hitch bolted to the drawbar, no need to get out. Ate lunch and dinner in the tractor. Some trips were 15 miles out and 15 back....James
Motorcraftman
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Back in the early '90s I bought an H Jd in orig cond, from a Local farmer... I carried the large Trailer, But the cultivators wouldn't let me drive it on the trtailer, Soooo, i told the Wife to Drive the Vehicle home, and I'd be on in a While LOL!,,, Drove that H about Five miles... it was a great trip!... That Thing was running Good when I got Home, after Poppin alot getting used to Runnin. again.. Good memories Larry KF4LKU
Customer of mine and some buddies drove two 980B CAT rubber tired loaders around 140 miles from Kings Mountain, NC back to Chapel Hill, NC. The first leg of the trip took them straight up Interstate 85. He said they had a couple of State tropers passed them and gave them 'a look' but he said behind that 'look' seemed to e th thought that 'I could stop them but if they didn't want to stop then I really don't want to be in their way'...LOL In the end they made it home with no incidents or accidents to speak of.
Bob M
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I routinely ferried our Oliver 1650 with mounted picker and Fieldhand bucket 25 - 30 miles during sweet corn season.
However a buddy of mine drove his newly purchased John Deere B 90 miles home in the dead of winter (temp's in the 20's) Took him 12 hours including periodic stops at bars and C-stores to warm up. He shared afterward he'd NEVER attempt anything that again(!)
However a buddy of mine drove his newly purchased John Deere B 90 miles home in the dead of winter (temp's in the 20's) Took him 12 hours including periodic stops at bars and C-stores to warm up. He shared afterward he'd NEVER attempt anything that again(!)
Funny that should come up- I just roaded a little Yanmar from my friend's house to mine, about 10 miles, last Saturday. He's sold his place, hadn't sold the tractor, needed to get it out of there. He just couldn't believe someone (me) would drive a tractor on the road that far! He talked about renting a trailer, etc., and I kept telling him, its no problem, it'll be fun. He drove behind me in his Cube with flashing lights, couldn't believe I was still smiling when we got to my place.
My personal best is about 20 miles, but back in the mid '50's, we had a neighbor who was originally from North Dakota (we're in western Washington). He found out that 8N Fords were selling for 2 or 300 dollars back there, and they were bringing over a thousand here. So he made a couple of trips back to bring some out. He had a fairly severe alcohol problem, so didn't have a license. You could drive a tractor without a license, so he took the bus back there, bought 2 8N's and a trailer, put one on the trailer and towed the outfit with the other. Did it a couple of times without incident, but then tried it in the winter. Was able to keep reasonably warm with "anti-freeze", I guess, but sort of over indulged at one point, ended up passed out in a snow bank. Someone stopped, and he was nearly froze to death. That was the last trip- I think wife Hortense put the kiabosh on the whole scheme.
My personal best is about 20 miles, but back in the mid '50's, we had a neighbor who was originally from North Dakota (we're in western Washington). He found out that 8N Fords were selling for 2 or 300 dollars back there, and they were bringing over a thousand here. So he made a couple of trips back to bring some out. He had a fairly severe alcohol problem, so didn't have a license. You could drive a tractor without a license, so he took the bus back there, bought 2 8N's and a trailer, put one on the trailer and towed the outfit with the other. Did it a couple of times without incident, but then tried it in the winter. Was able to keep reasonably warm with "anti-freeze", I guess, but sort of over indulged at one point, ended up passed out in a snow bank. Someone stopped, and he was nearly froze to death. That was the last trip- I think wife Hortense put the kiabosh on the whole scheme.
Went to an auction back years ago, when I was maybe 20. There was aguy who was asking about a 3010 in the auction, and having one at the time, I was answering some questions about it for him. After he bought it, he asked if I'd drive it home for him for a paycheck. I told him I would. He picked me up the next day, but I hadn't counted on the drive being about forty miles, nor had I thought about the weather being about 11 degrees out. I liked to froze my azz off, but I was a tough young kid and survived. He gave me $50, which was a lot back then, and bought lunch.
fixerupper
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Drove a new combine from Omaha to southwest Oklahoma. And then from southwest Oklahoma to Dighton Kansas and then from Dighton to Deerfield Kansas. NEVER AGAIN! I don't care if I never drive a tractor or combine on the road again. Jim
We haul all our agricultural produce with tractors on the road so big miles on a tractor is no mean feat here, buying the tyres is!!!!!
We once went to Lanark auction in Scotland and bought a tractor and drove it home to Northern Ireland that same evening. Bought another the next year in south east Scotland and drove that home the same day....The 2 hour ferry crossing did hold us up a bit but it was essential!!
It is not uncommon for farmers here to have farms on both sides of the sea and drive the equipment between farms.
Sam
We once went to Lanark auction in Scotland and bought a tractor and drove it home to Northern Ireland that same evening. Bought another the next year in south east Scotland and drove that home the same day....The 2 hour ferry crossing did hold us up a bit but it was essential!!
It is not uncommon for farmers here to have farms on both sides of the sea and drive the equipment between farms.
Sam
Dieseltech
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MF dealer I worked at years ago had no way to haul new combines, or New Idea Uni power units, so we drove them. Most was 120 miles one way. I have been to every Rockville IN covered bridge tractor tour except the first one in 2002. Usually drive 45 to 50 miles each day. Call it my redneck vacation.
preacher man
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Back in the 60's, a group of farmers from Central IL drove tractors to Washington DC to the Capitol. Have forgotten how many days it was, but it is about 800 miles out there.
gtractorfan
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I've seen several Fast-trac tractors traveling together going down a divided highway pulling large silage wagons and nearly "keeping up with traffic". Part of a custom cutter's operation.
Larry EC-OH
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Too bad they didn't take the honey wagons with them....they could have all loaded up and had hardly left a dent in the pile of stuff in DC lol
oes remind me of my youth.(quoted from post at 02:27:34 08/01/13) 21 miles. The sun was shining when we left camp to bring the Ford 4000 LCG home.
I spend 3 years driving cabless tractors on my job in all kinds of weather in the netherlands
Plowing snow on an open station tractor in our town many a day in winter and driving soaking wet and covered from top til toe with mud and cold sleet and rain in fall with mud slinging from the tires in my face was no picnick. :shock:
I don't think one could make any young guy to do that today??
I must've made countless miles over the years.
I would not drive a tractor without a cab again for a living if they paid me $1000 a day.
About 1962 I spent one summer working for Green Giant canning co. When we were done with pea harvest in Ill, they towed all 12 of there "Scott" viners or combines to Beaver Dam Wi.They weighted about 14,000lbs.
They hired me and my M M "U" tractor to pull one. I thought it was to small , but they said it would do the job. The trip was about 125 miles each way. It took about 12 hrs, due to the hills in southern Wi. Lots of hills were pulled in 4th gear! Stayed the nite there , drove back to northern Ill. the next day. I netted about $ 150 on the trip. The reversed tires showed very little wear. Was this a for runner of the present tractor drives? It was for me. clint
They hired me and my M M "U" tractor to pull one. I thought it was to small , but they said it would do the job. The trip was about 125 miles each way. It took about 12 hrs, due to the hills in southern Wi. Lots of hills were pulled in 4th gear! Stayed the nite there , drove back to northern Ill. the next day. I netted about $ 150 on the trip. The reversed tires showed very little wear. Was this a for runner of the present tractor drives? It was for me. clint
Distance doesn't matter when you go through a major metropolitan area. Local guy used to drive a Case 600 combine through downtown west Pittsburgh, across the Sewickley bridge, and out into farmland west of Pittsburgh. Total trip was only about 12 miles, but, do that in city traffic where your top speed doesn't matter since no one is going faster than a tractor in traffic. He got a lot of looks!
I guess it depends on area, but around here, with narrow roads and steep hills and winding roads, 1 mile seems like an adventure!
I guess it depends on area, but around here, with narrow roads and steep hills and winding roads, 1 mile seems like an adventure!
The Dukester
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I guess last year's drive of 38 miles over to the Forrester Road Show near Adrian with the '51 G pulling the Minnie U on a trailer would be the longest non stop drive.
As a side note my Dad and Uncle in 1939 drove a new Avery Ro-track all the way from the factory in Peoria to the home farm 5 miles east of Jonesville, MI. As I remember they said it was "Quite a Trip".
As a side note my Dad and Uncle in 1939 drove a new Avery Ro-track all the way from the factory in Peoria to the home farm 5 miles east of Jonesville, MI. As I remember they said it was "Quite a Trip".
Will Herring
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Not very far for me compared to all you guys. A 12 mile or so one way trip with the Allis Chalmers WD (I've made it about 5 times now). The interesting one was the time I did it about 6 months ago because I also had a 3 bottom snap coupler plow on the back. Took around an hour or so, I think.
T in NE
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- Cambridge, Nebraska
That's funny, for general chore work, moving bales, stuff like that, I'll use the open-station 4020 over the cabbed 4430 and 4450 any day I can get away with it.
We are about 22 miles from east to west, but the amount of north-south travel required to get there can easily double the trip.
We are about 22 miles from east to west, but the amount of north-south travel required to get there can easily double the trip.
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