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- The moon
Another Shropshire tractor incident
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Tarw Coch
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- Bottom of Wats Dyke
As I have said before, I think it’s very easy for those of us in the know to be over sensitive (not convinced that’s the right wording) about the wrongs with in the industry, tractors certainly aren’t the only vehicles on the road that are sometimes in breach of the law but as we are within the industry we are more aware of the wrongs when we see them.
I don’t suppose most of the public have a clue what an overloaded trailer looks like or the restrictions on the use of tractors/red diesel
Some will have a blatant disregard for the law whilst others will do their utmost to be legal at all times with various shades of grey in between and that will apply to any category of vehicle on the road.
Thought you lived near Sandringham?
ollie989898
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Ah I see the commentator was Irish. What a coincidence...
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- The moon
If that's a 1290 like they say it's only 58 hp but the way she sounds and pulls that load I'd say she's not like she was when she left mr browns at meltham
Possibly a turbo or pump opened
But still highly dodgey with that load
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- The moon
looks abit big on those shoes really, was wondering if it was a 1390. either way theyre not heavy i winge enough about our 94 on the small hedge cutter when its wet being front end light.....
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- Yorkshire
Says 1290 on mudguard
Imo they will punch above their wieght and safely do so in the right hands but it doesn't mean it's legal
I would be much safer on my old db,s than I would on a modern 50k tractor as I wouldn't have experience with it and it works the other way too. Not many young lads would have experience to operate older kit .
Yes but the owner will go to jail for cooperate man slaughter
Sometimes the law does protect the stupid and naive
Tarw Coch
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- Bottom of Wats Dyke
Just looking on a Facebook group, Shropshire farmers and contractors, and it would seem the driver of the tractor wasn’t some spotty teenager and actually holds a HGV licence
Christoph1945
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- Widnes West Cheshire
Probably used to freewheeling down long inclines then!
A few years ago me, the Mrs, and the dog were motoring down to Hemsby from Liverpool and had chosen to travel down over night.
Driving in the early hours we hit a section of motorway with only the inside lane and the hard shoulder open for use; the other two lanes were all coned off and a speed restriction posted. As we tootled along I glanced in the rearview mirror to see the only other vehicle travelling in our direction was well over a mile and a half behind us. After a short while the vehicle reduced the distance between us by about half and I coud see that it was a large heavy good waggon that was gaining on us very quickly.
The darned thing looked as if the driver hadn't seen us and with the speed he was shifting he would plought right over the top of us. Just as I noticed that the lane restrictions were coming to an end up ahead, I started to contemplate putting my foot down when the driver of the waggon put on all his lights and started moving over on to the hard shoulder with the obviouse intention of overtaking us on the iside, using the hard shoulder.
As the waggon thundered up, almost along side us, the last of the cones flashed past and I put my foot down and thanked God that there hadn't been some poor sod stuck in the dark changing a wheel.
- Location
- Carmarthenshire, West Wales
When the builder was building my porch, his old apprentice did not know how to stop the tractor, he had never driven a tractor with a stop pull cable (his father is a contractor and all their tractors are big and modern)!
- Location
- Acton Scott, South Shropshire
I accept the point you are making but having a HGV license nowadays would not give me confidence in anyones abilities or common sense. I despair at the standard of folk driving artics nowadays - many of them should not be on the road. I am sure many on here have seen the same antics I have when we get farm deliveries. On more than one occasion I have had to offer to reverse an artic for a 'professional' driver who was incapable of doing so.
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- Carmarthenshire, West Wales
my son said the best thing he did for his car driving, was his motorbike test, as when he rides his bike, he is looking ahead and watching other drivers far more.
Say no more.
Having a licence makes you legal not safe
Tarw Coch
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- Bottom of Wats Dyke
Although this accident involved a tractor it most certainly didn’t involve farmers/farm work.
However when from time to time there are stories about farm tractors/trailers/drivers involved in accidents on here its usually not long before there are cries of these jobs should be left to professional drivers with all their rules , regs and training.
Well, here is an accident where it would seem the driver is one of these professional HGV drivers working for a company who also run lorry’s.
Things certainly aren’t perfect within agriculture but let’s not pretend that things are perfect in the world beyond, this accident would seem to indicate that even buisnesses who should be fully aware of the rules and regs are quite happy to blatantly ignore the law
