How far would you drive a tractor?

[Soundguy]

yep.. adds up fast.

I drove my ford 5000 to a show in the next city up a while back.. was 10-12 miles.. took maybee ? 45m or so.. I enjoyed the ride.. tractor is big enough to set above most cars.. etc. ( 70hp.. big rears.. etc.. )

I wouldn't want to make a similar trip in a smaller frame tractor..

soundguy

 

[Midsouth]

Go for it. I would bet when i was growing up we probably put double that on ours each year. We farmed land in three different counties. The only difference was it was not all in one shot. Enjoy the trip.

 

[GeneD14]

I vote for drive it and enjoy the ride.

A large modern tractor usually has a high road gear so you should be able to average at least 20mph.

I have gone on several antique tractor caravans traveling up to 232 miles. Because the group of 30-80 tractors had some really old ones we typically traveled about 8 mph.
The last one I went on was in 2008 and it traveled from Jackson MI, thru NW OH and ended at Portland IN.

Here is a picture of us once we reached the Portland destination, the tractor show at the Jay County fairgrounds.

 

[RoyJackson]

...I wouldn't want to make a similar trip in a smaller frame tractor..

soundguy

You bet!

 

[Mace Canute]

When I was a young teenager, I drove our Cockshutt 1850 (92 PTO HP) to a dealer for service work. ~180 miles round trip @ 15.6 MPH!

 

[psj12]

I once drove a D8 Cat (rubber tank track pads) nearly 30 miles round trip to tow a tank from a remote area.

 

[Wombat125]

I always wondered if I should drive my tractor (~19mph) seven miles round trip to fill up the 19 gallon fuel tank, but I haven't done it yet.

This thread makes me feel like a wimp.

 

[Soundguy]

fill an extra can when ya go to make up for the trip

I drive mine 8m just to mow... that or you can haul diesel in your pickup truck bed via cans..

soundguy

 

[Stargazer]

Google Great iowa tractor ride

 

[scootr2d]

Alvin Straight drove 250 miles across from Laurens, Iowa to Mount Zion, Wisconsin to visit his sick brother on a John Deere lawn tractor.

If you have never seen the movie its worth watching.
It's called The Straight Story.

My Uncle lives in Texas, I live in Vermont ,
He has an old ford tractor that he absolutely loves. He has willed to me upon his passing.
I have always told him and my family as tribute to him , I will be driving that tractor back
1700 miles from Texas to Vermont after his service, I have family scattered in different states
along the way and it may take a few years to drive it all the way back but I am a man of my word.
Anything worth owning is worth working for. and if he's going to pass it on to me I'm gonna earn the
privilege of owning it.