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<blockquote data-quote="Red Fred" data-source="post: 6175004" data-attributes="member: 189"><p>We used to make small bales of hay and straw all over the district and drive it home on the roads. The rules were always a bit vague ("12 isn't it, for driving your own tractor on the road?" )</p><p>We all used to drive through town in convoy with the flat 8er and all the trailers, cars must have been narrower in the early '70s since we never hit anyone. Everyone in town used to know it was hay time and put up their hands as you went by and some of the policemen would come and stack bales for a bit of cash after their shifts finished. We used IH 434s and a "big" Nuffield and none of them ever had brakes on both sides. The Nuff's steering wheel used to go round twice before anything happened, and it was flipping fast.</p><p>Dad would happily stand on the drawbar as we went along, usually with a big bolt serving as a pin...<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek! :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" /> These days, I think twice before taking the new tractor anywhere near the road, even on its own.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Red Fred, post: 6175004, member: 189"] We used to make small bales of hay and straw all over the district and drive it home on the roads. The rules were always a bit vague ("12 isn't it, for driving your own tractor on the road?" ) We all used to drive through town in convoy with the flat 8er and all the trailers, cars must have been narrower in the early '70s since we never hit anyone. Everyone in town used to know it was hay time and put up their hands as you went by and some of the policemen would come and stack bales for a bit of cash after their shifts finished. We used IH 434s and a "big" Nuffield and none of them ever had brakes on both sides. The Nuff's steering wheel used to go round twice before anything happened, and it was flipping fast. Dad would happily stand on the drawbar as we went along, usually with a big bolt serving as a pin...:eek: These days, I think twice before taking the new tractor anywhere near the road, even on its own. [/QUOTE]
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