Rufford Ford FLOOD at 5FT with farmer in tractor that has had enough of closure | part 142
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The tractor driver didn't pay for that tractor himself. 100%
I bet he did, and he knows he might lose it back to the bank if he can’t get his goods to market
Probably hired for the season...its going to have water in beaters and things
That what I see
@@benjones3329so if it’s owed to the bank then he didn’t pay for it did he.
Tbh I hope he does lose it. Typical I’m more important than you farmer attitude leaving the concrete barriers in the road. No wonder most folk in the countryside can’t stand farmers.
@@benjones3329what route do you think he has taken every other day since the road was closed?
At the start I was thinking “where are those concrete barriers they put there to stop traffic?” one and a half minutes in “oh, there they are.” 🤣🤣🤣🤣
😂😂😂😂😂
kinda surprised that the barrier didn't tear the side of the trailer wheels as it passed.
@@darwinjina if those were regular semi, or "lori" (why to they call trucks a girl's name?), they probably would have blown out. and truck tires are tough as heck also. not like car radials.
@@l337pwnage good point. they are probably tires meant for the farm and trucking so may be thick
@@darwinjina Ag tyres. They have to be pretty tough to survive in the fields.
As someone who has pulled all sorts of trailers with all sorts of trucks in ice, snow, mud, gravel, etc., that tractor was crazy impressive. A trailer is such an anchor.
I think the 2 concrete barriers were more of an anchor than the trailer 😅
Nah, that tractor is built for pulling anchors... plural... not may of em... its still a little guy after all. But it can do this much at least.
Could you imagine what this could've done if it were tracked.
@kishascape basically the same thing, but with less wheel spin
@@kishascapecouldn't do crap with tracks. All tracks do is spread mass over larger area. It would slide even more probably. Equation for traction does not have area of contact. Only mass and coefficient of friction affect it.
The way that tractor shifted that trailer and the barriers was bloody impressive
How?
@@deanfowles3707demonstration of power
@@davidmatthews9088 ohh ok. Things knocking into other things, I like it.
They’re designed to pull a dozen 6ft metal anchors through the ground. No struggle here!
There's a reason why in Australia they say if it's flooded forget it.. underwater obstacles & damaged roads are real..
The council put up jersey barriers as the location was becoming a tourist attraction. He knew the barriers were there.
@@hypotheticallywhatiskyle He didn't know what else was there or not there anymore respectively. This certainly wasn't a smart thing to do, but I understand the frustration that made him do it at the same time.
@@uselessDMhe made it and is getting paid
It is the same advice in the UK. Trying to cross a flooded road is the best way to win a Darwin award
Saltwater crocodile's i think would put me off more.....
How none of those tractor tyres weren’t punctured is a miracle!
The front n/s looked flat after he reversed.
The trailer tire sidewall was cut though you can hear it.
not yet, but it will happen
They're fine, what you heard were the rims clipping. Having been around tractors for years I can tell you that the concrete with have merely left a mark on the side walls on the tractor and the unit was the rims clipping. The side walls you can cut down over an inch and run them (wont be legal but they dont deflate). Dont forget a lot of farmers have sealant put into them as well so it's actually quite hard to puncher them unless you actively try too or like me you hit a 1" rebar sticking out the ground and get a flat but then you just get something like a m21 bolt with some epoxy on it then inflate it again and run it down 😂
@@CrazyBikerGuy Educate the Karens. Thinking the Tractor relates to their Honda SUV's 😂
It's amazing how relaxed people are when they've just potentially caused mass damage to their car. If it was me i'd asking myself why did i just do that? Also I'd be praying to a higher power, asking to go back 10 minutes in time, so i won't make that mistake again
And she'll claim to insurance "no one made me stop so I thought it was fine to drive my car into a river, buy me another plz."
A lot of people have cars under £1k
I don't think they are really relaxed - I think they are overcome with embarrassment in front of the spectators and kicking themselves for their stupidity. I think the appearance of relaxation is just a front . . .
@@jamesneilsongrahamloveinth1301 agreed
Well done on filming properly in landscape mode, like 99% of other people don’t do. 👍👏
Glad I'm not the only one bothered by that. TH-cam should ban portrait mode videos.
Those people are called dongers
@@TamTamster😂
this is a go pro recording, not a phone.
How he didn't pierce every sidewall at the end is astounding. Didn't look like he had any water in the tractor tyres either
I was thinking the same thing either. He was crazy angry or didn't pay for the equipment and didn't care. So careless.
@@Matt-my7pz look how proud he is when he hops out rofl
invest 30secons for saving 1000 of pounds
Doing gods work!
This is a low pressure tire and is difficult to puncture and tear.
As a farmer in the uk im not going to ram my tractor into a deep ford and potenital risk damaging it and the equipment on the back as i love my tractor and dont want to destroy it by unnecesarly damaging it
Edit: Yo ty for the likes this most i ever got
Same mate,edit all though if it was really really urgent I may chance it but not for that
Yes, thank you. Was looking for a fellow farmer to have common sense. Downtime on a highly expensive tractor are something you don't want to happen at harvest or seeding. In this case I think the operator could of taken the bypass route instead of the risk damage and delay harvest season. It did look like the trailer was loaded with potatoes and if so he could risk tipping a huge profit into that ford.
For those who read this and think "a tractor are built to be worked hard" has to think again the purpose of tractors were built for. It's not made to be taking hits by concrete blocks. The air suspension can either throw a bad sensor fault which means a risk of months downtime waiting on new sensor or a major suspension repair.
Only time i saw someone almost as stupid was when we where working on a farm with a ford and during the day we had been crossing over there with 2000 gallon boom tankers, one of teh lads crossed it later when it was well up and the tanker was close to getting lifted and both him and the old 7810 Ford going with teh water lol
Where did he damage it? My dads a farmer had the same tractor the last 30 years and he treats it worse than that they’re meant to be used and thrown about.
I assume that driver doesn't own it
Tractors are incredibly strong, to push through that much water, with a full trailer, while spinning tyres, with some massive concrete blocks in the way is crazy
This is only a medium one , just google up what a John Deere 8530 is ( my friend got 1 ) , that tractor can push everything
plus that tractor was also having to push with his driver, plainly dense as a neutron star.
That makes the tractor extra impressive having to carry around that seriously heavy brain matter@@notfeedynotlazy
It was just a load of empty bins on the back. They weight basically nothing compared to a full load. That idiot rolled the dice with a tractor that cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, and basically wreaked his tyres doing it, showing that he makes bad decisions. Not a good trait to have in a farmer at all.
I was wondering what the big bumps were under the water. My question was answered when the tractor came out with 2 concrete blocks wedged in front of the trailer. I can’t believe cars and vans were still driving through it!
That tractor is seriously impressive.
however the Citroen wasn't! :)
It's a workhorse.
I think the operator is the impressive one.
@@jachmastrbecause it’s French
If I'd spent £100k on a tractor I'd expect no less.
I love my car so much, that there is no way i would try to go through anything like that
Love people not stuff
I was surprised how far it got...I was also surprised of the stupidity of someone thinking that car could get through there.
@@tappy8741 you can’t love tasty succulent people if you don’t have the right stuff 🪂
And we pay for those morons in our insurance premiums. Should be an automatic refusal of insurance if you deliberately wreck your car.
@@Ardwick-Crome The biggest issue insurance wise is the people who don't insure vehicles. Also, inexperience or misjudgement or lack of knowledge is not the same as deliberately wrecking your car. It didn't look like any of those drivers were intentionally trying to wreck their cars.
Holymoley… personally, Tom, I’d say this one of the tractor dragging those concrete beams is one of your best (yet)! Just my opinion of course, but I’ve ruddy loved this video. Thank you for what you do and for sharing this with us. Terrrrific!
All i see is a hard working man feed up with the Governement's inaction to solve a problem.
Nice work!
If the farmer has had enough of the closure, he sure picked the best day of the year to show is frustration, you couldn't make it up
Plausible deniability. “I didn’t see them barriers your honour.”
This just shows how much power tractors have
About 275hp; less about power, more about dynamics.
Gearing, weight, ground clearance and traction
@@Dr.Ian-Plectit’s not the hp it’s ft-lbs of torque that does the pulling
@@edh7492 I ONLY stated the power of this model in regard to the original comment! I made no remark regarding the power's influence. Further, I CLEARLY stated;
"less about power, more about dynamics"
- you need to pay attention to what words and presentation show
It's more torque than power mate, you're clearly wrong ! !@@Dr.Ian-Plect
put a hose on the air intake for the carb/fuel inj and a flexible exhaust tubing on the tail pipe and raise them above the water level . old times used to do this long before we had flood control. military had vehicles sealed up so they could run almost submerged, spray the ignition with something to keep it dry and keep going.
As J Clarkson says - speed n power solves everything 😂
😂 especially with that tractor using all 300hp under that Bonet
@@finnthefish23 defo lol 👏👌🤣👊
Some people just dont care about physics, but the Hydrolock brings them back to reality.
At least he wouldn't need to worry about that (as long as his air intake didn't have a leak)
And very expensive too. I wiped out an engine many years ago in a van going through flood water. I'd always thought the air intake was high up but it turned out it was about level with the top of the wheels. The engine was still running but was producing white smoke. Trip to garage and a strip down. One con rod had slightly bent. The company decided to go for a new engine, rather than a repair.
@@bertiesworld Wouldn't be surprised that the bent con rod had been done before your wandering through deep waters ...
No company vehicle is ever driver with care in mind. They are thrashed. Driven like they're stolen. Maybe why you decided to try it in the water ..... LOL.
How do people not know it yet? They begin bailing the water out of the floor like a wet carpet is the problem. "Oh the engine just needs to dry up a bit"
Hydrolock vs Citroën: 1-0 😃
This is proof of "completion bias" where you ignore all signs against a terrible decision just to finish 😂
Best advert ever for a John Deere tractor.
I'm telling you man, farmers will save us from all the madness. GO FARMERS!
Actually impressed he didn't damage the tires or even rolled over. Wouldn't be surprised if he was a Farm Employee than actually the owner. That would explain all the reckless.
agreed if i had someone drive one of my tractors like that it would be the last time.
might also be an older fellow who just completely forgot about the closure and thought thoae obstacles were trees... if i would have used that ford for years an had a long day this could happen to me as well
@@jefuytterhoeven4893 Know a Farmer his tractors are all beat up due the reckless driving from the Employees. He now has a John Deere 6R, and he is the one Driving it, or a long time Employee he trusts more with the tractor.
It's leased.
@@nilz6432 This is not a random tractor, this is a John Deere 6250R. A very expensive machine to be trashed this way. Not only he could ended up rolling it, as water enter the engine through the air intake. That's why I really doubt it was the owner driving it. Or if was, could be due the camera filming him, and got nervous.
The water level, that tractor, pushing the barriers out, best vid of rufford ford there is.
and thanks for filming this! always great viewing
Thank you, kind farmer, for fucking demolishing these barriers!
Whoever is driving that tractor hasn't much respect for machinery 😮
But boy he is good with the machinery he has...
It likely belongs to the boss , not him ...........
Did he get through though?
@@BibTheBoulderTheOriginalOne no, not really
Is it built for water intake? Should've just turned the wheels flat end down like in San Andreas and he would've sailed over the top of it@@G-Bob4
Now *THAT* is an advert for John Deere products . . . . . RESPECT!
yes but i would not like to face the bill for a new front axle if the axle snapped ...........the john deere would fast become a dear john ........
didnt snap tho so moot point @@georgedoorley5628
Nice 2 fingered salute to the local council closing the road 👏👏
"You shall not pass!"
"Uh, yeah, yeah I will."
Tractor driver had way more luck than skill. Clipped all rims after reversing (almost) around the barriers.
How do you think tractors get around doing there work. These are tough working machines are almost impossible to destroy and they are build for this. If you worry about a scratch or dent, don't be a farmer.
@@tomdowning9358 Трактор, справляется, с работой. А вот покрышки, распоротые об бетонные отбойники нет. И покрышки колёс, не любят боковых ударов. Повреждения обеспечены.
@@tomdowning9358yeah because driving over a sharp, pointy concrete corner is exactly the same as driving through the soft soil of a corn field.
I mean, he risked a puncture?
What was the worst case scenario? That there were some scuba diving leprechauns that he might have run over?
@@teppo9585 he could have destroyed five wheels with that stunt...🤦♀One rear tire on that John Deere costs 3500 Euro...🙄
The sound and the fury. That short clip had everything: tension, uncertainty, almost a crazed self-belief...I approve!
Cool! Is that a new challenge? I'm sure the flooded buildings will enjoy the additional movement of the water.
if someday i have to buy a tractor, I will definitely go for that one, that was impressive, those concrete barriers look heavy and it pull them locking the front trailer wheels without effort.
I really did miss the videos from this location. Great having you back, Sir!
I was wondering why the trailer wasnt lifting up over the new speed bumps like the tractor, its impressive it just dragged them away like that.
They're not speed bumps. They are supposed to close the road.
@@adrianthoroughgood1191 its a speed bump to that tractor.. and im well aware of the actual purpose btw
@@christianbuczko1481 Less aware of the lack of friction once these blocks of cement have a lubricant flowing underneath them such as water... that tractor can haul tons. Two cement road blocks at 300kg a piece is a piece of cake.
Blocks of *CONCRETE* , NOT cement. Cement is used to MAKE concrete and is a powder.
@@simontay4851 Thanks for that very important "heads up". I will keep in mind next time I see one: Concrete NOT cement. 🙂 I'm not a 'manual.'
I got mad respect for tractors! I have seen them save people's lives.
Dealer: This repair is warranty, we’ve never seen this kind of break down.
Guy posts video on TH-cam, and dealer goes ahhhhh
The barriers has affected many farmers. They are compleatly fed up
Not many at all.
And the barriers wouldnt be there if drivers hadnt played silly buggers in the ford making it unsafe to leave the road open
Blame the people driving through at stupid speeds being videoed by the likes of this lads channel
@@JL-rx6hl . They were having fun . Leave them to it . Good entertainment anyhow 😉 .
There is another road that bypasses this and is a mile longer. If they’d rather get a fine every time they do this, and risk breaking their kit then that’s on them. Farmers aren’t the brightest bunch though.
The driver of the John Deere is obviously not the tractor owner, he would not treat his tractor this way and do this amount of tire damage to his own machine.
Wdym, the tires were fine
Raw operator,secondary thumps were unnecessary on tyres and rims,deffo thumped on steps or exhaust system on far side....he was committed for sure
If he’s pissed off at tyrannical rules he sure as hell would
Sorry mate, there was no damage done there. That's a heavyweight tractor and trailer, not a hatchback and caravan.
I’ve got a tractor and just writing to let you know that tractor tires aren’t anything like car tires. I can drive right over a piece of rebar sticking out of the ground and it does nothing to the tire. Same with glass, nails, sharp rocks. It doesn’t do anything to tractor tires. Car tires are relatively weak in comparison for 1) tread life and 2) ride comfort.
It's really amazing how once behind a wheel, people literally turn into their alter egos. Either hyper aggressive or really passive. The gentleman in the tractor falls into the latter rather than former category.
As the saying goes, "There's no fixing stupid."
Lol the concrete barriers. I was asking myself what happens at 0:10. Now it is clear 😂😂😂
Yeah, I was wondering the same myself. His tractor clearly hit something but the trailer didn't. Getting past them was a little sketchy though, making hard contact with the sidewalls of a couple of his tires.
I first thought the tractor was floating and losing traction until I saw them huge lumps of concrete lol
finally some Rufford Ford content!
I think you'll find it's a John Deere 😄😄😄😄😄
Big respect to the guy who owned the tractor and drove straight through 💪🏼💪🏼👊🏼
I bet the person who own it and the person who was driven it are not the same people
Incredible. That tractor was impressive going through. Not stopping that thing
Dude had no respect for that John Deere
Made in American,, FAK YEAHHHH
John Deere has no respect for their users either. Soooo...
@@thespeakersreview99 American grammar too.
@@Coen80 Sadly true.
right to repair@@Coen80
He broke the stand for the trailer drawbar… see the blue metal to left of concrete bollard @2:20
I bet that’s not all he broke
Good catch!
Best john deere advertisment i have seen
Shoutout to John Deer! That thing had some serious pulling power. 🙌🏽
Not to mention traction given the whopping great concrete ground anchor it’s dragging on wet tarmac😂
@@1982craigyboy FACTS! 👍
It just baffles me why people even attempt to go through and those who think to go flat out is best that push up so much of a wave that it’s potentially going to cause damage to surrounding properties and knock down garden walls. This was always the case in a village where I lived a tractor with a ten tonne trailer went through the water which was been retained by a wall which was protecting our properties from getting flooded until he sent a wave with so much force the wall collapsed bringing thousands of gallons of water rushing down with such force it burst everyone’s front doors open flooding the properties causing thousands of pounds of damage per property. So please if in doubt don’t go through and think of the residents and their homes.
take the day off...
@@garnhamr If it had happened to you, you would probably think differently. But I doubt if you have the intellect to have a cogent thought.
@@kingcurry6594 I got a credit and a distinction for my electrical installation exams I’ll have you know! Xd
@@garnhamr Wow. I hold a PhD. But I also know that there's a massive difference between being educated and intelligent.
@@kingcurry6594 I like the term ‘triggered’
Quite a impressive tractor pull there, Might be a bit of a issue if water gets into electronics as john deer puts a lot of that inside tractors these days.
Waterproofing is a thing. JD engineers account for that since Farms can get pretty wet.
@@SternLX Theres pretty wet and then there is a submarine haha
Most of the electronics are in the cab and roof. Equipment manufacturers take deep water fording into account
Over here across the pond we say "Turn around, don't drown" for a reason.
That tractor is unstoppable 🚜💪
The going price for a 19 plate John Deere 6250R (same as this one) seems to be about £130,000. Im sure the farm where he works would be interested to see how he's treating this one.
its most probably the owner of the tractor ........
@@georgedoorley5628 No, almost certainly an employee. Like Kaleb to Jeremy Clarkson
kaleb owns and drives his OWN tractor!@@AndreiTupolev
@AndreiTupolev actually in that specific example I'd believe it to be Clarkson doing that and Kaleb face palming
@@AndreiTupolev You messed up with that statement there, Karen.
I have used this ford in safe conditions a few times over the years. It's always fun to drive or ride through a ford, but for most people, this ford saves only 5 minutes of easy main roads around the other 2 sides of a triangle. Only the locals need to use it on a regular basis, and they know when it is safe. Idiots travelling to the ford simply to show off to TH-camrs have resulted in it being closed. Why anyone would take their second biggest investment (after their house) and ruin it just for laughs is beyond me.
Idiots in the council resulted in it being closed.
I don't recall a referendum in the area on whether it should be closed.
@@G-ra-ha-m We live in a representative democracy. We have local elections and appoint councillors to make decisions. Referendums are very much the exception.
@@mikefule330 No, we live in a tyranny where the WEF ideas get the money, and the councils break the law. I don't vote and I don't consent to some idiot councillor deciding where to spend my money.
Since when has voting, changed anything? Every time we get venal politicians working to remove our wealth, health and freedom.
@@mikefule330Its a shame that they make decisions that are not in the best interests of the locals. 20mph in Wales. ULEZ in London.
Also, everyone wondering how it didn't puncture the tires, does not understand the difference between consumer cars and industrial farm equipment. The sidewalls on that tire are very literally 2-3 inches thick, I've seen tractors drive over sharp rebar whilst carrying load, those aren't built to drive on nicely paved roads, they're designed for precisely this purpose, going over any and everything.
This farmer really said screw this bs, i have place to go.
It's awesome you were there to film it Tom. What a memorable crossing that was!
I bet the farmer decided to do this because the barriers were submerged. Then he can claim he didn't know they were there when they inevitably try to ticket him.
He's local then know it was there
I suppose he was blind as well as he clearly also ignored all the road closed signs that had only recently been put up.
This is my theory too. He just didn't expect some throbber to be there 24 7 filming it.
Holy... Alot of people knows about this road in Rufford, but this flood absolutely insane. Not even close to previous ones.
Beast mode no messing about... excellent
I'm sure all the people living in the houses appreciate the bow waves being sent through their gardens!
I'm sure they are used to it otherwise they wouldn't live at the side of a ford that regularly floods
It's some wedding house thing.
@@G-ra-ha-mnow needing a refurbish. Must be easy to insure...
No where near as much money as these poor farmers are losing to fuel costs having this stupid road closed!
they have bags of sand on the inside perimeter, ive been there, totlly safe@@jtb52
Loved the boyfriends reaction to his other half trying to drive through 🤣🤣
Tractors are fantastic pieces of kit but I genuinely thought this driver was out of his depth until I saw it gain traction again at 0:59 . This driver seriously took his chances and by very good design of John Deere the machine withstood the test, but that was on the limit. Arguably nothing should attempt 5ft of water unless the purpose of the journey is for medical/search and rescue
As shown a tractor is quite able to get through ….. it’s the idiots who put the unseen concrete slabs who are responsible for the chaos , were there signs to say “ underwater barriers in operation “ ?
amazes me how people drive through 2 foot of water and think your standard car will survive haha
Haha yeah, you need an electric car if you want to attempt stuff like that
an EV would short circuit and fry the driver at that depth. Seen it hppen @@swecreations
Oh my goodness! I didn't realize the courtyard of the building was also flooded. What a mess! TY for the video.
This tractor guy is awesome! And for worst case, he even brought his own "Arche Noah"... 🤣
Council are incompetent in putting barriers like that, invisible in a flood when there are perfectly capable vehicles that need to cross, especially in an emergency. Having said that, the tractor driver is quite reckless with his machinery and could have damaged the tractor but was extremely lucky not to rip both the tractor’s and trailer’s tyres to shreds. Those tyres cost literally thousands of Pound each.
That tractor is an absolute beast of a machine 💪💪💪
Just remember…..these people share the roads with us…
The thing with Rufford ford is that you can avoid it by taking roughly *a 2 mile detour* .
seriously? ive watched so many people wreck their cars via this channel and theres just a quick detour? .... why... why is all i can say
@@atlasfugged9044 To show off
@@atlasfugged9044 Google Maps probably doesn't show the detour
Tree & Hedge Care knows what he’s doing, lovely work!
Great effort from the farmer!
If that was my JD I would be advertising for a new driver. Can’t believe an owner would treat it or the trailer like that…….. all the mental agility and mechanical sympathy of an earthworm.
I thought the same.
Many years ago, a farm where I worked was flooded. The flood waters were coming in rapidly. Each of us picked a piece of machinery (already in knee-deep water) and drove it out. Farmland is usually flat and low-lying, as this was, but we were above the roads, and a goodly distance from anywhere higher. The owner got his family out first, and they made it, but their vehicle did not. They were rescued from the roof of their truck by a boat. That truck was destroyed by water and a barrage of tree trunks.
I was in a much older tractor than this, but a big tractor. The tires were about 6 feet in height, and often underwater. I had about a foot of water over the floorboards. I kept the engine RPMs up, and the speed steady. I took the most direct route out, regardless of field, road, or whatever, just avoiding creeks and low spots. Sometimes, the water pushed me a ways, but the tractor eventually regained traction, and it kept pulling. The engine sputtered a few times, but made it out.
Yes, there was tire damage. I had driven through fences and such. I don't recall any flat tires. The tractor I drove was one of several that made it.
You have to understand that tractors may be 15,000, 20,000, or more pounds. These aren't flimsy Japanese cars.
The farm was destroyed. The water reached a height if 18'. It enveloped the house. Most of the buildings were destroyed. About half of the motorized vehicles remained behind.
I do not recall the owner saying much, one way or another about his tractor that I had driven. He paid me for a full day of work, but his farm was out of operation after that.
As I recall, one of the flooded tractors had been rolled over. The owner replaced the steering wheel and shaft, the seat, the exhaust stack, and the battery, and the tractor started and ran. It was an old tractor.
Should I have done what I did? Maybe not. Would I have made it out in another vehicle? Probably not. Likely only in a boat, but no guarantees.
Did I really save the tractor? Probably not. The damage likely cost more than $5,000. Would anyone want to purchase a tractor that had been in a flood? Dunno. Did the tractor save my life, almost undoubtedly.
One other point. I drove that tractor a lot. I had frequently had that tractor in mud to the axles or higher. On this particular tractor, the axles were in the middle of the wheels--not one of those tractors with the axles at the tops of the wheels. I was familiar with handling the tractor in deep mud, and was familiar with the topology around. Most importantly, I made it out. Where I drove the tractor--or did not drive it--was not evident after the flood. The entire landscape had changed.
I do recall that that tractor was used to help with cleanup.
Lol yeah ok
@@me-ju3fv Is your reply supposed to be intelligent, helpful, or provide any facts? You failed on all counts.
@googleuser6635 No it isn't. But it's less boring that the dross you posted.
who let ChatGPT out
Thanks for the great story but i'm surprised you didn't tell us what make the tractor was (or even the colour as a clue).
Those concrete blocks are called jersey barriers, I think they each weigh 2000kgs but not 100% sure, and he pushed them through the water easily.
Nah , nothing like that weight !
Amazing work
The guy was going through Rufford Ford withdrawal and needed his fix.
I suppose it was a genius working in the councils road planning department who decided to put those concrete blocks in the water so low no one could see them at full flood. Sometimes you can't buy stupid with the council you have no choice you have to buy stupid. It's called your council tax 😂
They probably have to put them close to the ford so the locals can still access their houses etc. This was unprecedented levels of water. I'm sure there are also signs saying road closed. Maybe they got washed away!
@@adrianthoroughgood1191He's right though. They were placed in the dip of the ford. Could have quite easily Bern placed on tbe flat at either end of the wooden footbridge. No access would be blocked, the nearest entrance is the hotel. Which being underwater probably isn't open for business today anyway.
Brilliant Vid.
Farmer was having none of it,
good for him 👍
Let's see if the local police and magistrates agree 👍
Was that Jeremy??😂😂
“POWEEEEER!!”
2:48 this poor bloke was so mad 😂😂
The tractor driver is in there doing his best Jeremy Clarkson impression "MORE POWERRRR!!!"
There's definitely a bit of blue painted box steel caught up in those concrete blocks as the tractor drives off... looks like the leg for the hitch to rest on that's sheared off. At 2:15 you can just see it appear by the side of the front block.
No way there's not damage to the underside of the tractor either where that block scraped it, and probably sidewall damage to the tyres too.
I wonder if the tractor driver simply didn't realise what he had hit and thought it was a log or other bit of debris.
The lesson here is probably going to be an expensive one about why you don't drive through deep water you can't see into!
Great that you filmed this. A real scoop.
In the words of Jeremy Clarkson... what a machiiiiiiiiiine!
And in a few days when the owner of the Tractor notices bulges on the Tyres and he complains to the Tyre company thinking he has faulty tyres…..the evidence is online, the Animal driving did it guv.
no doubt about it... that is a badass tractor
A farmer with an "im alright Jack" attitude. What a shock.
He hates that road block. He needs to get yhrough and... go and block some roads.
By lowering the front weight on the 3 point linkage there would still be traction for the tractor and it would push the blockage out of the river. (if done slowly).
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I don't think they knew the blocks were there. They could be a hired driver from much further away who doesn't follow any channel that filmed this ford. They possibly thought they just hit a tree or something that had been washed down stream, and it looks they hit it at a high enough speed to bounce the front wheels over it so they couldn't reverse off it again (the point we see at the start of the clip), even if they wanted to back up and push that unknown underwater obstruction across in that manner.
The council shouldn't have blocked the road with unmarked concrete blocks with empty plastic barriers just sitting on top, especially when they're there to block a ford, something with regularly changing water levels, so much so that the site had permanent switchable road/ford closed signs for deep water. What else are those bollards going to do except float off, and it's not like they didn't have a water source to fill them from (that's how that type seen floating in the clip are designed to be weighted down).
If those signs are still there, and open on the road closed side of them, they're only there for vehicles not capable of driving through deep water, so there's no reason for a tractor to be concerned. If they wanted to close the road to all traffic when it flooded, they should have had those yellow gates on mountain passes for heavy snow at the last available turning on the road leading to the ford, as other fords featured by this or similar channels have, so it isn't a foreign concept to have not thought of before now.
@@markwright3161Wrong. He knew, the council put the blocks there, he did it intentionally to remove them.
@@eyesodd How do you know that? You're aware only a tiny portion of the population of the UK actually watch videos like this? Just because you as someone not living next to this ford know the council put blocks here doesn't mean every single other person in the country also knows.
The driver could easily be from a different county, and therefore not aware of what this council has done.
Also, most farms have all sorts of equipment far more suitable for moving concrete blocks without risking damage than driving over them with a trailer and wedging them under the towbar. To load that very trailer they will have some kind of front loader with pallet forks. If they really were a frustrated farmer, they would have simply lifted them out of the way with that front loader.
Think about it, why would they risk damaging a 6 figure combination to move the blocks like this instead of just going to get the front loader to make the route more passable than they made it here? The blocks were still in the road when they left. It was only when it was clear what they had dragged out and that the trailer wasn't going to roll over them that they backed up and went around. If they were deliberately clearing the road, they would have kept going until the blocks were properly out of the way before backing over them and driving around.
@@eyesoddWrong. If he knew they were there and wanted to drive through he would have just lowered his front linkage and pushed them out of the way. Don't spout nonsense like you know what you are talking about. Driver didn't know there was an obstruction because he couldn't see the obstruction. He was committed when he was halfway across so wasn't going back.
The tractor driver at boiling point zero f’s given just wow
💯🤣 a proper Rivearse and I've seen some in my time give him credit he didn't give up kerrrching 💯🤣👊
So besides the water itself, the council added some additional hidden underwater obstacles.
When John Deere labels something "Ultimate Edition" they aren't messing around.
You have to know farmers to truly understand the shear bloody minded approach some have
This tractor driver must not be the hero we wanted, but he is a hero that we need.
Funny to see the corsa ploughing through. I used to own one and regularly drove it through stuff that i shouldnt have
Straight away I saw the tractor go up at the front I thought hit something under the water. Gives a small idea of the power of the tractors 🚜, trailer plus two concrete blocks