Can you drive your tractor on the street?

Defective · May 17, 2006

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( After reviewing the route I would have to take I thought better of it and trailered it instead. There were several points where I couldn't avoid driving in the same lane with busy 4-lane 45mph traffic. )</font>

I'd have done it for just that reason. But then again, I have a tendancy to enjoy watching other drivers get frustrated...

Soundguy · May 17, 2006

I think I may have been a tad 'fraid to drive a very small tractor like a BX down a busy street... still.. for short trips.. It sure beats trailering it.

Soundguy

Soundguy · May 17, 2006

I think I may have been a tad 'fraid to drive a very small tractor like a BX down a busy street... still.. for short trips.. It sure beats trailering it.

Soundguy

HammerFour · May 17, 2006

I was driving down a curvy 2 lane country road east of Mound City, KS a couple weeks ago, came around a corner and came upona guy driving a New Holland in the right lane. He had his slow moving vehicle sign, had obviously just mowed the shoulder and was traveling back the other way, but man he was going slow. I would guess 5 mpg, probably didn't want to change out of mid range to high or something. I saw him in time but as I was stuck behind him for a bit before I could pass, I was worried as I watched people fly up behind us and slow abruptly...now if he would have moved on the shoulder a bit and let us pass....haha.

I eventually got to a clear spot and got around him but it reminded me of somebody who stated that a lot of highway accidents are caused by speed differential ( kind of obviously I guess, I mean if you are going the same speed and the same direction as someone else, it's hard to hit them ) as in
by folks driving to slow or to fast.

HammerFour · May 17, 2006

I was driving down a curvy 2 lane country road east of Mound City, KS a couple weeks ago, came around a corner and came upona guy driving a New Holland in the right lane. He had his slow moving vehicle sign, had obviously just mowed the shoulder and was traveling back the other way, but man he was going slow. I would guess 5 mpg, probably didn't want to change out of mid range to high or something. I saw him in time but as I was stuck behind him for a bit before I could pass, I was worried as I watched people fly up behind us and slow abruptly...now if he would have moved on the shoulder a bit and let us pass....haha.

I eventually got to a clear spot and got around him but it reminded me of somebody who stated that a lot of highway accidents are caused by speed differential ( kind of obviously I guess, I mean if you are going the same speed and the same direction as someone else, it's hard to hit them ) as in
by folks driving to slow or to fast.

KubotaSteve · May 17, 2006

The farmers where I live (the few that are left) will normally go to the shoulder and wave you around when it is clear. A tractor went passed my house the other day when I was mowing. It looked like something for spraying corn as it was very tall. The tires must have been 6 to 8 feet tall and it was off the ground almost that far. The tires were wide apart and it had a set of sprayer arms on it. It was so wide that one tire was on the white line and the other was across the double yellow line. He got very close to the edge of the road to avoid cars. There is a 4 foot drop off front the road to my front yard and I thought for sure the edge of the bank would give way and this huge tractor would be on its side in my front yard. All the while he was running about 20 to 25 miles per hour.

KubotaSteve · May 17, 2006

The farmers where I live (the few that are left) will normally go to the shoulder and wave you around when it is clear. A tractor went passed my house the other day when I was mowing. It looked like something for spraying corn as it was very tall. The tires must have been 6 to 8 feet tall and it was off the ground almost that far. The tires were wide apart and it had a set of sprayer arms on it. It was so wide that one tire was on the white line and the other was across the double yellow line. He got very close to the edge of the road to avoid cars. There is a 4 foot drop off front the road to my front yard and I thought for sure the edge of the bank would give way and this huge tractor would be on its side in my front yard. All the while he was running about 20 to 25 miles per hour.

RoyJackson · May 17, 2006

" think I may have been a tad 'fraid to drive a very small tractor like a BX down a busy street... still.. for short trips.. It sure beats trailering it."

For very short trips...have a friend (with patience to drive really slow!) follow you as an escort.

If I was going to run a sub CUT on the road, I'd attach one of those flourescent flags you see on some kids' tricycles...anything to increase visibility.

RoyJackson · May 17, 2006

" think I may have been a tad 'fraid to drive a very small tractor like a BX down a busy street... still.. for short trips.. It sure beats trailering it."

For very short trips...have a friend (with patience to drive really slow!) follow you as an escort.

If I was going to run a sub CUT on the road, I'd attach one of those flourescent flags you see on some kids' tricycles...anything to increase visibility.

texasjohn · May 17, 2006

My Kubota 5030 has a top speed of about 16mph... so, not speedy on the roads... I have SMV and flashers and run them whenever I am on the road.. which isn't often and for very short distances only because takes forever if going anywhere very far. I haven't researched the legalities lately, but believe that if you have a SMV and drive "friendly" then it is fine in Texas.