Required John Deere Operator Test before allowed to get a new tractor

[Rock knocker]

I suspect this was just a light hearted, jovial conversation by one person, that was received by the other person as being deadly serious.

Unless the OP can show a link, I agree with you, this was a little joke and the result was a fake-news freakout.

 

[MechanicalGuy]

We may laugh but it is a little scary what people can buy and have absolutely no idea what they're doing..!

Chainsaws come to mind

 

[BRMyers]

Talking to him more after lunch, apparently his son-in-law and the lead mechanic are best friends, so he is wondering if those two are up to something? This isn't the first tractor he has purchased over the years, so he is thinking that those two are up to something.

 

[Molalla1]

Talking to him more after lunch, apparently his son-in-law and the lead mechanic are best friends, so he is wondering if those two are up to something? This isn't the first tractor he has purchased over the years, so he is thinking that those two are up to something.

Bingo . . .

 

[Rock knocker]

Flying off the handle's fun though

 

[Sono]

We may laugh but it is a little scary what people can buy and have absolutely no idea what they're doing..!

Like standing in front of the tire, reaching over to turn the key...whoops !

 

[k0ua]

avoid running over jack-a-lopes,

Laugh all you want about jack-a-lopes, BUT I have seen their mounted heads!... So they gotta be real!

 

[coobie]

I suspect a big part of your co-workers test is general maintenance and operating instructions like how to change the muffler bearings, fill the headlight fluid, how to avoid running over jack-a-lopes, how to remove a snipe that gets sucked into the intake, etc....

He should take the test ASAP because it's only given once a month on the 2nd Tuesday of the 3rd week.

Always the Jokester..Must be a New York thing.Like ha,ha,funny..

 

[RickB]

I have found it to be a small wonder that more folks with zero tractor and equipment experience do not manage to kill or seriously injure themselves while learning how to use their new toys.

 

[5030]

I think somebodies leg is being pulled. None of the JD dealers here in Ea WA have such a "test". The local JD dealers will certainly run you thru the operational features - if you ask.

It's no wonder some folks have trouble with tractors. Look how they drive automobiles.

+1 on that. Not only drive but maintain. I know of many, many people (dipsticks) who don't even know what a dipstick is, never check their tires for air pressure and when it breaks, whine like little babies. Maintenance to them is Jiffy Lube.

Like one of my renters. 27 years old, pretty and dumb as a stump about cars. She asked me why the low tire pressure light was on and how to 'fix' it. Told her to put air in the tires. She said, what is air? I replied the space between your ears. Bought her a tire gauge and showed her how to use it. Said to me 'my windshield washers don't work'. Looked under the hood, bottle stone dry. Told her to buy a jug and refill it....duh.

Lot of tractor owners out there just as dumb, especially in the small tractor arena. At least with the bigger ones (like I have), mostly owned by people who actually know what a dipstick is...for the most part

read this forum every day but rarely comment. I get a charge out of some of the posts. Guess people really don't know poop from applebutter today.

Of course they can look on the net and get all the answers they need. Problem with that is a good percentage of the 'answers' are from people that don't know poop from applebutter either. In other words, the blind leading the blind.