At what point does a tractor become a tractor?

[Phil_R]

Tractor:

Not a tractor:

Both are mine...

 

[slydog]

Very good examples...a picture is worth a thousand words.

In my opinion...

If the seat is bigger than the machine...not a tractor.

I put all the walk behind "tractors" in the "mule with wheels" category. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[Henro]

<font color="blue"> I'm surprised that Henro hasn't responded.... /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

Come to think of it, I'm kinda surprised Henro didn't start this thread. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif </font>

Funny thing is that today is the first I checked this thread out! /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

Because I knew there was no answer to the question... /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

Then I realized there is an answer after all. /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

A tractor becomes a tractor when the owner/operator feels it is a tractor! /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

Who cares about what the rest of the world thinks anyway? /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

If I ever was a tractor snob, I came back down to earth after reading the following thread on 2-wheel tractors:

What? A tractor can have just two wheels???

Beauty and "if it's a tractor" are in the eye of the beholder... /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif At least in MY book... /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Works for me! /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

 

[txhawg]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( If the seat is bigger than the machine...not a tractor.)</font>

That would make me not a tractor.

 

[CFHartman]

YEA, YEA, YEA, Best answer yet. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Charlie

 

[LBrown59]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( i think its to do with what it looks like,
*the engine out front, big wheels at the back, smaller ones at the front
)</font>

A rear engine Gravely is juat as much a tractor as a comparable front engine tractor.

 

[Mith]

i guess its down to your own standards, i mean matey with that big bug tractor aint gunna think much of someones B1750 whereas me, el-cheapo, thinks that most things be enough to be a tractor

 

[jwnge]

You want a fight on your hands, tell my 5 year old grandson his peddeling John Deere ain't a tractor /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[slydog]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( You want a fight on your hands, tell my 5 year old grandson his peddeling John Deere ain't a tractor /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif )</font>

HAHAHAHAHA...well there ya go! I guess it is truly in the eye of the owner!

 

[Soundguy]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( In my opinion, if it has a built-in, non-removable lawn mower, it is a "riding lawn mower". If the lawn mower is a removable attachment, it is a "tractor". )</font>

That doesn't quite meet the test.. I have two tractors with mid mount mowers.. it is probably harder to remove their mowers than it is to drop the deck from my murray riding mower. Say 4 attatch points and a drive belt?

Soundguy