Why would you do this???????????

[mrf1002u]

38 G in a mud pit.
WHY?

 

[eurofarmer]

I am from Europe, but I think in the USA you have a name for people like that : Rednecks.
I don t mind getting some dust on my 6030 from doing some cultivating.
But this is just stupid !

 

[Gun guru]

Not just rednecks but.....Kids. I remember being a 17 year old and doing donuts with a front wheel drive car, you just go in reverse, then theres lawn jobs, hitting shopping carts late at night in a grocery store. And then theres racing, and hitting garbage cans at homes with cars. (oh what fun)

 

[mrf1002u]

I might even qualify as a transplanted redneck, from Ohio to North Florida, but I would never do that to a tractor on purpose.

 

[LP GAS ONLY]

and mail boxes!!
name and address witheld.
g.

 

[claude murwin]

caus I can n u cant

 

[Mike Aylward]

While others may argue about the reasons for doing this, I will remind everyone that in "real world" conditions tractors have encountered these conditions for years. The tractor is doing what it was designed to do. The operator may be another story. Mike

 

[James Howell]

Some folks have more dollar$ than <s>cent$</s> sense.

Would like to see the video of this same fellow standing chest deep in this mud hand-cranking his tractor.

What would be a reasonable towing charge for "stuck and troubled" tractors in this event?

 

[thurlow]

EXACTLY.........of course, how many folks who post on the YT forums have ever used a tractor in the 'real world'? When I went to no-til, my 'stuckages' probably dropped by 90%. When we usta plow for real, we always kept at least one chain on one-a-the tractors.

 

[buickanddeere]

The dim wit might have made it if he hadn't pulled the clutch.
The engine wasn't run up to rated rpms which dropped his speed and power.

 

[730d se]

B & D, I agree. I would never argue that the two cyclinder tractors produce a great and unique sound at slower RPMs, but many of us also know that they were not designed to run that way, especially under load.
It not only limits the horse power output, but it is hard on the engine and produces more vibration.
I hope that Yahoo knew where all of the holes were in that bog. Turning a tractor over is dangerous enough but to be pinned under muddy water would just be one of the stupidest ways to leave Mother Earth.

 

[rustred]

he wasnt plantin rice so why was he in there...?
tractor was not designed for that, cause he didnt have his pontoons on!

 

[F-I-T]

Heck, I had my 4310 stuck Saturday in a Florida bog and had to push backward with the loader while pulling backwards with the backhoe, while toeing the reverse pedal. Coordination. Yeehaw.

 

[buickanddeere]

I agree, mucking around with the backhoe and loader is great fun.
Miss having the hydrostat and 4X4 on mine. Maybe next year?

 

[F-I-T]

Yes, I think that the eHydro and MFWD is the greatest. It is a handy, yet nimble tractor.

 

[Low96hb]

(quoted from post at 21:55:58 03/03/10) I am from Europe, but I think in the USA you have a name for people like that : Rednecks.
I don t mind getting some dust on my 6030 from doing some cultivating.
But this is just stupid !

Hey ease up on the redneck thing. Nobody really wants us around till their car won't start or they are stuck in the mud. But as for this dipsh@&amp;, he should to be left out there in the mud and someone get the tractor out.... :x

 

[usetob]

Brings back memories of farming rice, what fun!!

 

[JD2ACWD]

I think beer was involved!

 

[thurlow]

I seem to remember that you moved to Sacramento or someplace similar a few years ago......maybe temporarily? Of course, I also remember a 'regular' who moved to Brazil? SWMBO says I remember a lot of things that never happened.

 

[bob15]

Why?? You ask....

Why not. You pull the operator out, wash the tractor off and you'd never know it was up to the axle in mud.

Lets all remember its still a tractor. I'd rather see him doing that over the trailer queen people who are afraid to even drive their tractor into a puddle. And I'm not even going to touch the muscle car people who are afraid to even drive their car on the road anymore.

Lighten up folks.....

bob

 

[fixerupper]

Doesn't look to me like he was hurting anything except for getting a little water in the front wheel bearings. He wasn't jamming the clutch or the brakes or running into things. Hooking onto it to pull it out is what might do damage. I sure wouldn't do it. Been stuck too many times. Jim

 

[CLW]

Guys, I don't know. I don't see that the tractor is hurt. What is he suppose to do with it, park it in a row with a hundred others and let people look at it. Could pull it, which is fine. Can't farm that much with it any more. I'm not saying that is what I would do with it if it were mine, but it does look like fun.

 

[Will P]

Why??? Because he can. If you read the caption to the video, """"It actually went farther that 99% of the trucks there that day!!!"""" That is why. To show you don't have to have cut tires and 500HP 4 wheel drive to get though it. Except for some mud in some places you don't want it to be. He didn't hurt a thing. Better than just sitting in a row looking pretty. Better to use it than let it sit. Bet he has no spark plug fouling.

Will

 

[Ken Thies]

Because he could! Looked to me like he maintained complete control over the tractor and knew it's limitations.
He also knew he wouldn't have to walk over to the neighbor an ask for a pull because he tried to push it to far.
Sorry he embarrassed the high HP go fast crowd and didn't break any thing.

 

[Anonymous-0]

leave it there and cover it up.

 

[Anonymous-0]

A fellow who used to work for me had been employed by JD in Waterloo Iowa. What you see the red neck doing is exactly what he did. He said there was so many front end weights under the slime, it was almost like a cobble stone road. If I recall correctly he said they drug a long cable. I kinda think it was in the area of the 4440 tractors, or perhaps the 4430, I'm not up on that new stuff. Maybe 1979?

He also said he used to weld leaks in fuel tanks on the assembly line. They were suposed to dry them off, and then weld where the air bubbles had been. He said they used to just put the stinger under the water and weld till the bubbles stopped. If a farmer had a JD tractor in his yard, he had to check it out, and ask if the tank ever leaked. He could tell by the weld if it had been tweaked.

You asked why, how many folks realized that the steel wheels would go that far? He wasn't abusing that tractor any more than the man in the moon. Perhaps not that extreem, on a everyday basis, but years ago many farmers farmed the creek bottoms, and hauled manure every day.

All that guy would have to do is toss a wooden fence post cross ways tight in front of the hind wheels. At this point it is important to keep a eye on the front end, and a steady hand on the clutch. That is when you test the goodies in your clutch and power train.

We all complain that our old tractor shows don't have anything new for the folks to see? How many folks in the video weren't paying close attention. How may of the folks on this board that haven't been around steel wheels were shocked?

Anyone recal a few months ago or so the coments about rubber tires vs steel wheels? Dare to compare?

 

[WeirdDeere]

It looks like he had fun. I don't see anything wrong with it, though I wouldn't do it myself...looked like it would have been too easy to tip 'er over. I was waiting for him to lose a fender too, with mud buildup.

Otherwise, he didn't hurt it. The mud washes off. Have fun!

Brandon

 

[Gary from Muleshoe]

If I was spectator I think it would be more interesting to watch something like this than to watch a slow race. At least these fellows are doing something to attract the crowd. Around here all we do is park them in a row and expect people to be charmed by their looks. I am not sure i would like the clean up, but i would give it a try on my old B.

 

[Anonymous-0]

Hey eurofarmer, You know that the rednecks in this coutry are of European descent.

 

[showcrop]

The cheers of the crowd.

 

[pgl4vt]

I wouldn't do it. I still farm and use mine but I'd never do that to any tractor. I was waiting for him to turn over. Kinda scary to me. Not safe at all. But, to each his own.

 

[CLTX]

I was raised on a rice farm but we never mudded it in. We did have some bad mud during harvest occasionally, but not that bad.

 

[john_deere_60_1953]

i would not do that, but i have did harder work in winter with a john deere A , feeding sqauir bales off a carry all feeding 60 head with 2 A'S and a 50 AT AGE 13 in the blizzard of 92/93 , cut ruts 5ft deep over one winter climing the hill sides to feed ect , that vidio is just dumb abuse no gain but a show, think it would of looked better hooked to sled or a plow off, I CALL HIM A DUMB AXX, i still farm with 2 cylinders, i work them just as hard i bet but not to be a show off its for a gain, that guy keeps doing that it just feeds parts to the parts line,

 

[CLW]

(quoted from post at 13:44:55 03/04/10) i would not do that, but i have did harder work in winter with a john deere A , feeding sqauir bales off a carry all feeding 60 head with 2 A'S and a 50 AT AGE 13 in the blizzard of 92/93 , cut ruts 5ft deep over one winter climing the hill sides to feed ect , that vidio is just dumb abuse no gain but a show, think it would of looked better hooked to sled or a plow off, I CALL HIM A DUMB AXX, i still farm with 2 cylinders, i work them just as hard i bet but not to be a show off its for a gain, that guy keeps doing that it just feeds parts to the parts line,

o you have pictures of the 5ft ruts?

 

[thurlow]

Do I sense some skepticism? You know if it's posted on YT, it's the truth!!!!!! BTW, I cut some ruts with an "H" Farmalittle that were 5 and a half feet deep!

 

[easydoesit]

I luv it! I played in a mud hole at Piney Chapel with my low radiator on Skeletons 10 years ago. Still getting mud out of the lugs! He must have known where the bottom was before he went into that pit! Sure beats sittin' around. easy

 

[mrf1002u]

Well, I didn't expect to cause such a rucuss!! I now know where a lot of you stand on the issue. I found out one thing...even most of you that said there was nothing wrong with it, WOULDN'T do it to your own. Mine is by no means a trailer queen, in fact, it doesn't even have paint in most places. But like most here...I wouldn't do it to MINE.

 

[5020s rock]

whoa whoa--hey eurofarmer....youre an alright guy but some of the downright wicked crazy tractor vids on youtube are from europe....the ones at tractor pulls with the top half of motors blown off....and people havin pulloffs in the street. somebody needs a perspective adjustment??