I drive a HGV and marvel at the space an ordinary car sometimes needs to get past. Well done on staying calm and polite. No need to add to their stress
As someone who lives in a rural community I’ve been aware of lots of farm traffic at harvest time for most of my life. I treat the roads accordingly and always give priority to farm vehicles. As with a lot of rural communities we’ve had new housing developments built on the boundaries of the villages for the past 20 years. The incomers, often commuters to London and other cities in the South don’t have the same understanding and appreciation of what the countryside is about other than ‘it’s not a city and it doesn’t have Uber or Deliveroo". They complain about ‘muck on the road’, ‘church bells at the wrong time’ ‘roads being closed for Armistice Day service at the war memorial’ ‘large farm vehicles being driven through the village’ etc etc. One dairy farmer often brought his cows from a pasture to his milking shed across a tiny lane. I would often stop my car, put on my hazards, get out and have a chat to him or his wife whilst the herd was crossing the lane. With the advent of satnav many more people started using the lane as a shortcut and it was amazing to see the irritated drivers, some who would honk their horns, sitting in their cars and getting more and more impatient; instead of getting out for 2 minutes and enjoying the calming experience of watching 50 cows, with massively full udders, swinging across the lane. Ah well, I guess that’s the 21st century. BTW - the woman was breaking the law when she was handling the mobile phone to film whilst sitting in her car - but I guess she wasn’t worried about that 😉
Agree with everything you said....its harvest time...deal with it or move back to the city! One small point though. With the huge increase in capacity of farm machinery and inevitable massive increase in size of the machinery....one thing hasn't changed - the width of our country lanes!! Fantastic that one man can now do the work of many, but no one gave a thought as to how these huge machines designed for the prairies of North America would actually get from A to B. Wasn't a problem when corn carting/bale carting with a Massey Ferguson 35X !
@@janicereadymartcher7696 I’m not sure that it’s ’against the law’ but the Highway Code does have a specific section on this Section 214 Animals. When passing animals, drive slowly. Give them plenty of room and be ready to stop. Do not scare animals by sounding your horn, revving your engine or accelerating rapidly once you have passed them. Look out for animals being led, driven or ridden on the road and take extra care. Keep your speed down at bends and on narrow country roads. If a road is blocked by a herd of animals, stop and switch off your engine until they have left the road. Watch out for animals on unfenced roads.
@@ThisOldManOfTheSea . Failure to do so could be regarded as driving without due care and attention. I was once on a moped travelling down an ordinary two lane road when I met a farmer driving some bullocks towards me. It was only by getting off the bike and walking some way down a side track that they would walk past me, stopping wasn't enough. Without doing that, they would have rather crashed through the fence than go past me.
I'm in my 60s and have spent most of my life in a biggish city. 20 years ago I moved to a much smaller town surrounded by countryside. I'd rather be held up in a traffic jam caused by farm animals being moved across the road or, like you showed then, a tractor and its load. You are doing a pretty thankless job and people should realise that. Thankyou. Keep on farming.
Tough job nowadays! I spent 35 years in arable farming and used to drive my New Holland combine along country roads with header on and no escort, driver's attitudes have changed so much. I combined for 35 years, for a start with no cab, and then with a cab, temperatures outside up to 30 degrees, in the cab up to 40 degrees and no air conditioning, nowadays I think back and wonder how I did it. I had a cool box with plenty of water bottles, sandwiches for lunch and then at 5 pm my wife brought me a lovely tea with sandwiches, cake, tea and biscuits and I spent 20 minutes with my daughter, the only time I saw her during harvest and autumn cultivation/drilling. I now can't eat wheat gluten or milk products, life can be cruel but I have had a wonderful life so far, 69 this November. Love your channel, how the other half live, we were a small family farm with only 600 acres and about 6 tractors, the largest of which was a breath taking 100 hp.
People should be more mindful and considerate of the job you farmers do, particularly at harvest time. You would have thought all locals would have been aware. Without you, the rest of us don't happen. Thankfully, its usually only the odd one, thats a fully paid-up member of the awkward squad. I think in the case of some ladies, they don't feel confident manoeuvering cars in tight and tricky situations and therefore are reluctant to go "Off-piste" - opportunity for some-one to run a post MOT Test driving experience course ?
I was with some friends who were driving down a single track road when we met a woman coming the other way. There was a field entrance about 25 yards behind her, but she didn't move. After a couple of minutes, she got out, walked up to us and asked if one of us could reverse her car back. I found later she was well known in the local village for her absolute inability to reverse her car even a short distance.
I met someone a few days ago who didn't have a clue about reversing his Chelsea Tractor. I imagine he has always expected everyone else reverse. I would have just to save time but there was another car behind me so he was outnumbered. He only had to go back 50 metres or so but it was painful to watch.
As an hgv driver… been in similar situ’s numerous times, them waving the arms at me, i just pull hand brake on, !! Let them decide what they wan to do!!😆🥰🥰💪👍🍺🍺
@@Juzzy520 yea away back when.. When I met one who refused to budge over a bit.. I'd put the parking on , and make a show of pouring tea into cup from flask..dig out a cheese sanny and let the ones behind them inform the entitled prat... no blood on my hands.. local plod once appeared in his mini van, and let the driver have it...
back in the 80's I was working on farms in Devon, narrow lanes everywhere. Often I would jump in the car and reverse for them. they were grateful of the help.
Townies with absolutely no idea about letting tractors pass. Well done for remaining so calm with that rather incompetent lady driver. Many I know would have been a lot more explicit. So well done you for being so diplomatic and a credit to your farm and farming.
You did very well I don't know what what with some drivers I'm a young farmer and I hate it when drivers don't understand what it's like carrying a tonne of bales you were very kind and polite there was nothing more you could of done well done hope the rest of the bale carting goes well 🚜👍
I got exactly the same yesterday, they even had a drop kerb to go up .. they deemed that not an essential place to pass, so I sat .. they sat .. I sat .. they moved ! I got the famous glare stare through side window .. smile and wave 😀 its a very small minority that do it, the ones that sit in the road and freeze are great one 🤭
You run in with that woman. You have to wonder why they move to the countryside. Punctures you can get anywhere. I used to live in Totnes. 20 years ago, I remember tge blowins complaining about the clock chimes during the night. Then there were ones who complained about the aluminium smelting factory they moved into next door that I think operated often 247. Long before the new builds they moved into the backed to the Industrial Estate. Townies should stay in the towns.
Hi Eleanor, it's the first time u have seen your videos and I was impressed with your driving, your efficiency and the efficiency of the operation you guys are running, all nice well maintained equipment to , the way you delt with ranty lady was very good, very polite and to the point, I get not everyone knows how to react when faced with a large vehicle but she only wound herself up but on the flip side she gave all the drivers a laugh and hopefully you laughed at her to. Ohh and I really hope she didn't get a puncture, hopefully she will invest in some reversing lessons .😂
Great video, Im a townie but absolutely love modern farm machinery...Im in awe of the skills of the operators, not just the driving skills but the IT skills needed for modern farming. Truth be told, Im a tad jealous!
I drive through the lanes of Devon when I’m on hols down there and always respect the local farmers, after all it’s their work place. Besides there’s no way I’d argue with a big green machine 😂. You were very calm dealing with it, well done.
Wow! what a driver, not only would she not move over but was willing too Break the Law. Using / Touching a mobile phone while driving is an offence and will secure a 6point and £200 penalty. Id report her for her insolence…. 😂😂😂😂
When I used to cart silage I used to come across that alot on narrow roads some people just can't understand you cannot move in any further or reverse you did exactly right you stood your ground let them moan all they want they will eventually move for you.
Eleanor you did well there it could have been very awkward you kept your cool which sometimes is the best way but some of these drivers today have no common sense it was fairly obvious you couldn’t get through it’s not easy hauling straw through tight Country lanes with big tractors and trailers like yours I must say your very organised with your straw carting it’s great watching you and Eleanor don’t cart it all before we come down before long don’t work to hard and keep up the the good work X
Hi my name is Anthony from Scotland It's my fest time seeing you on TH-cam fantastic seeing British farmers doing farm work and may I say your seriously sweet and beautiful ❤
Just found the channel and respect faming enormously. Living in a rural area it is common sense to give way to someonething bigger than your vehicle but city folk really do not understand. My one bug bear is young lads driving tractors whilst on the phone. Glad to see that you are a competent driver taking their job seriously. Good luck with the channel.
Too many people on the roads that have no idea how to drive correctly. The number of times I meet drivers on narrow roads that are totally incapable of a simple reversing manoeuvre is extraordinary. I’ve even resorted to doing the manoeuvre for them on desperate occasions - true I kid you not!
@@berkshirefarmgirl My wife is brilliant- if there’s no space on her side of the road she’ll dive into any small area available on the opposite side of the road. I’ve had to point to drivers expecting me to reverse with no discernible pull in when there’s a gap almost opposite them - now I just sit there and wait for their brains to engage!
😂😂 how funny some clowns think they own the road can’t drive and think you have to move over for them. Had an experience my self like it. This person wouldn’t move over. So I sat there and waited for him to move, this clown thought I would get inpatient when he would start reading the paper. So I walked over to him and asked or I could have it when he was done with it. 😂😂 didn’t take to long after that that he moved over.
I’ve always admired the farmers and farm workers they way they handle their vehicles I give way to them but of course you cannot all the time but we manage to get through somehow, I have done farm pickups with artics so I know what they have to put up with.
had exactly the same thing over 30 years ago. Went down a steep single track road and met a lady coming up the hill and calmly expected her to reverse back. She folder her arms theatrically and refused point blank. My trailer was fully loaded and over 30 feet long so I couldn't see a thing behind me. Like you I got out and asked her to reverse back to an easy spot about 50 yards behind but she angrily refused. I then offered to do it for her and she locked her doors !! In the end other road users tried to reason with her but to no avail. I had a relay of people guiding me back up hill in low range which took an eternity. 30 years later it still infuriates me ! It is harvest time and we are an agricultural Island which means crops etc have to be moved and 99.99% of people know and understand that, thank goodness
When living in N.Dorset, the roads all around were both narrow and steep. Locals knew that looking ahead through the wooded area, you could glimpse vehicles coming and pull over into pull ins. When more housing was built in the local village most were bought by incomers as second homes. They thought rural life would be wonderful but hated to wait behind a tractor and trailer or a flock of sheep on the road. Drivers of the trailers would pull over when possible to let vehicles pass. Incomers who would blare their horns could be kept behind for miles!
We get this all the time by us, idiots that don't know how to drive, and don't understand that reversing a huge tractor or combine is more difficult than moving your car a few feet to the side.
Definitely got some tractor envy, luckily I don’t have any big trailers but I do meet some people totally incapable of reversing and it’s a bloody nightmare. Think you handled it perfectly.
Hi I'm at the other end of the country in rural Scotland but sadly the same problems here people want to move to rural areas but have no concept farm vehicles or agriculture in general. However keep smiling and i enjoyed your film so new fan thanks hope you have a great harvest. 😀👍
One workmate had to reverse a car for an elderly chap years ago. He just couldn't reverse, kept going up the banks, and we had a convoy of combines and trailers. You know they can't reverse when the seatbelt comes off and they look over their shoulder to reverse. obviously the mirrors are not used by some.
I live surrounded by farms growing the food I buy in the local shop and that road is a motorway compared to some near me. Land owners do keep the verges cropped short so you can see how far you can pull over before going into the ditch. All the locals give way to farm traffic and follow tractors etc patiently if stuck behind them.
Living in mid-Cornwall & riding an Ebike, I use the lanes, byways & tracks to avoid riding on main roads: Ergo, I meet plenty of contractors' big green machines - The most entertaining being the 5-furrow ploughs that prune both hedges as they go. The guys are pretty much all as good as gold & hold back to give me a bit of time to dive off into a gateway or ditch; I don't argue {:0) I have infinitely more trouble with the visitors in their 'Lieutenant Gruber's little tanks' who can't manage any road wot doesn't have a white line down the middle & need at least a foot clearance on the nearside so they don't scratch their posh paintwork. I've been asked why I ride 2-3ft out from the hedge through the blind bends, preventing them from passing...
Some people are very selfish and or have 0 awareness to others. I remember when i use to be a HGV rural animal feeds driver of a class 1 tanker. People would get very angry with me on are set routes in some farms, and you will incounter car drivers who refuse to revers or are unable to due to lake of skill!!!!…. And expect a artic lorry to reverse down a windy country lane. I had it once where the police got in volved and lets say the car driver didn’t have a good or cheap day, due he refused to revers to the nearest passing place blocked the rd and disputed it for hour i was unable due i could see nothing behind and lots of tight bends. So the police rocked up and the car driver realised he was in the Wong very fast let alone all the telling off he had by others in the queue… but there are very bad drivers on rural roads and as said very selfish or are ignorant to rurale business like farming and supply traffic.
Really dont see what that cars issue was I had to reverse about 400yrds on a one track twisting lane last weekend with a tiny trailer tent so a Awesome tracked New Holland combine and two tractors with trailers could pass got a thumbs up from the old guy driving made my day im easily pleased 😂
You are right to deal with it in a calm collective manner and soon enough those people see the error of their ways. It’s unfortunate that they don’t realise that you are not completing such tasks to be a road obstruction but instead to feed the nation. Thank you
As an ex HGV driver I have come across this attitude on more than one occasion. Car drivers unable to reverse and hug the verge expecting a 44tonne artic to get out of their way,, berating me for even being on that road albeit that is the entry to an industrial estate I am heading to. What do I do,, turn off the ignition and put the kettle on.. they soon find they can manoeuvre as needed.😂
In traffic when people are being rude and won't move, when clearly they are in the wrong. I stop the engine and get out a book.... They soon get the message!
Might consider a HGV grade dash camera for the tractor and some type of 'rear of the bale trailer' wireless/ wired camera that has a small in tractor cab monitor. (able to swap tractor/ trailer combinations).
I live in Somerset and have pretty much given up and always reverse back to passing places, waiting for city dwellers, and to be fair quite a lot of locals, to figure out how to reverse to a layby they've just passed is not worth an argument. So just back up, its quicker and easier.
When did you finish at Harper Adams? My son-in-law works there! Also, there's a great open-mic night at the Navy Club in Newport (Shropshire), where some very talented HA students perform.
I was brought up near Farnham Surrey. then very rural. At 15 my grandpa taught me how to safely handle a shotgun. Sunday morning was spent on local estates on vermin control duties. Then to the village pub for a pint before dinner. 15 year old with open shotgun over my arm and dog at heal in the pub, no problem. Both the local vicar and the local policeman were there, Cricket on the village green in the afternoon. I know which lifestyle I preferred.
i was driving tractors at 15 2 trailers to little Rissington to pick up wood still see the copter leaning on his bike in Burford hill happy school days ray 79
When I was a fire officer we were going to a fire call down a single track road. We met an elderly woman driving her car and both stopped. I turned off the blue lights as she was panicking. She couldn’t reverse her car & didn’t even try! I had to jump out of the cab - take the wheel of her car and reverse it back down the lane!
To be fair the driver probably didn’t want to damage her car that was quite a high verge. No problem in 4x4 or maybe a SUV I wouldn’t want to try that in my golf GTI with 19” wheels and a low front spoiler but if I had been in the works transit van no problem. You could have suggested she did a U turn and pulled into that next turning on the left and waited until you passed.
yes i did offer that. I think if they can just get straight and over that helps. having the back end stick out is normally the bit that then gets knocked. thank you for watching David
I used to pull a trailer full of rowing boats down country lanes to events and at 58 feet overall loads of (usually) small cars would show the same sort of behaviour. I used to be able to get through if I had a couple of inches clearance but most of these clowns need a couple of feet at least. Got misdirected a couple of times and had to reverse, one was a good quarter mile past two rows of parked cars. Nobody moved one for me but plenty came out to watch ! Good times.
A local estate to me has sacrificed a little of their farmland and created their own farm tracks with aggregate they dug themselves, they also sold off outlying fields so they have minimal time on public roads, it has been well worthwhile for them.
Good video,have a question,why don’t farmer leave a small strip of dirt for a road that follow the main road then traffic would not be a issue,I don’t understand why farmers plant crops right beside main road??
Hello Anne. This is a really good question. 😊 Some larger estates do this and it is really helpful. Smaller family farms do as much as they can and then if you are a contractor as well you have to travel on the roads farm to farm. It is always quite stressful travelling on the roads and we try to get to the next farm quickly to avoid the delay for motorists. 99.9 % of drivers are brilliant. But unfortunately we do get some very angry and abusive drivers. But I am sure they are like that with all road users not just farmers. Thank you for watching. Eleanor 🌾
I know the feeling of no eat a meal a table during harvest as i make about 1000 small bales of hay with my family and my mum normally makes dinner and then takes it to the croft where we are baling and stacking and forces us to stop for a meal.
Also round our ways. The farmers often wait for a while at school times when on the way and home from school as our ways have little roads and many with no brain
Common sense, and give and take. No one has right of way on narrow roads.. so each have respect each other. Now drive on logging roads where often we'd meet log trucks 12 and 14 ft wide trailer bunks.. if in doubt , you put it in the ditch.
That's a two lane road with a dashed white line down the middle, typically a B class road size in that area of the UK. If your load/tractor is too wide to pass down that size/class of road without cars on the opposite track having to pull onto the verge and not just slow and steer left- then your vehicle is too wide for the carriageway and you should have a wide load escort. Frankly the problem is the ever bigger tractor/trailer/farm units which are simply too big for the UK's roads. Alternatively do as they have to in Wales where the roads are much narrower. and that is close the road to other traffic for the period while they are typically doing logging operations.
They don't know how to drive. The same drivers will be doing 40mph in a 20moh zone and a 60mph. They don't know how wide their cars are they can't judge widths or speeds. You did an amazing job of staying calm and getting out and talking to her was a good move. In a way she just needed your help to get passed and that's all you can do bar getting in and driving for them!
I live in an agricultural area and, when the tractors are out and about, it is easy to spot the townies as they just panic and sit there whilst us locals are putting our vehicles as far over to the side as possible.
if we use two little trailers that will put the cost of your food up, cost of second trailer. extra trip. more diesel.overtime to be paid. by the end of a day thats four extra hours. Savvy.
Sadly with such shortage of Labour and very little profit farms are always having to find ways to do more for less. Environmentally it would not be good to have 2 or 3 tractors pull smaller loads. We try our best and harvest time is such a short time really. One that the country should get out and enjoy and watch how we fill the sheds to keep our tummies full all year. But thank you for your comments and interest in farming anyway. Eleanor 🌾
I spend a lot of time on the road and genuinely feel for you at the stupidly of some of the drivers out there. Followed a combine for around 5 miles yesterday and the amount of drivers coming the other way who just tried to carry on at the same speed like it wasn't there was unreal. Ended up with a range rover having a nice combine tyre mark down the side amused me greatly. One negative thing I will say though is the amount of tractor drivers I have seen with a mobile phone in there hand while driving on the road is concerning.
As my Mother would say, manners maketh man or woman of course. Why is spending an extra thirty seconds of your life to help assist the speed in which the harvest can be completed so annoying for people? Allowing farm workers to crack on with the day job benefits everyone. Why do I say everyone? Everyone eats, or drinks a farm’s produce up to three times a day, every day of their life. Doing so shows respect for the tough work they put in 365 days a year. Best wishes, Tony.
I live on the route to/from a farm.Over the last 2 weeks the farm has been baling and there are numerous tractors & trailers back/forward ALL day. The route is also a bus route, is popular with dog walkers/pedestrians, 9-5 traffic, and HORSE riders from a nearby stable. The farm machinery has to negotiate a road with traffic parked both sides, with limited room to get through. The drivers have my greatest respect - other drivers MUST obey the Highway Code and be considerate and courteous.....and learn how to manoeuvre your vehicle !!!!!
I ve met farmers sons that pass a gateway and then they expect me on a tractor and trailer load of bales to pull in. I just stop and they eventually go back to the gate way and I can safely pass. No comon sense
I live in a rural location surrounded by several farms, we have good relationships with the local farmers but they don’t use trailers as large as yours.
Well you have chosen to take a huge trailer down a little country lane and to get down you have to force cars off the road. So what are you going to do if you meet another farmer with a similar trailer and load of bales? Or maybe a HGV
@@berkshirefarmgirl wow that's awesome, not unusual, our two countries mix a lot for operators,,, and steerers... lol I wish you well on your travels. Rest assured we do not have as narrow of lanes anywhere as you do.
As a person who lives in a small rural community with very narrow roads I am very concerned about the ever increasing size of these massive American tractors and trailers which are causing awful damage to the tarmac road surfaces and the road verges. They must also be damaging the land by excessive compaction of the soils. I used to manage a fleet of MB Tracks and JCB Fasttracks and they were huge, but the latest generation of tractors are even bigger. Where’s it all going to end? Landowners and farmers need to get back to the smaller tractors of yesteryear sooner rather than later!
If she can't reverse or figure out the alternatives, she's not much of a driver. On country roads drivers should be prepared for that. Alternatively you could hire that TH-cam star farmer that moved the car that was blocking his entrance. That went quite well I thought!
yes we do need bigger roads. unfortunately as there is such a shortage of labour as no one wants to work very long hours in such dusty dirty conditions farmers try to maximise the efficiency with the staff they do have. hope that helps. thank you for watching too.
Tuun the engine off put your feet up on the dash pour yourself a mug of tea or coffee raise your mug to give the a toast saying im in no hurry and smile they'll soon move i was told that by a lorry driver once he said it work's a treat 😂
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Thank you for the content I think you’re giving Clarkson’s Farm a run for his money.
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I drive a HGV and marvel at the space an ordinary car sometimes needs to get past. Well done on staying calm and polite. No need to add to their stress
Agree. 😊
As someone who lives in a rural community I’ve been aware of lots of farm traffic at harvest time for most of my life. I treat the roads accordingly and always give priority to farm vehicles. As with a lot of rural communities we’ve had new housing developments built on the boundaries of the villages for the past 20 years. The incomers, often commuters to London and other cities in the South don’t have the same understanding and appreciation of what the countryside is about other than ‘it’s not a city and it doesn’t have Uber or Deliveroo". They complain about ‘muck on the road’, ‘church bells at the wrong time’ ‘roads being closed for Armistice Day service at the war memorial’ ‘large farm vehicles being driven through the village’ etc etc. One dairy farmer often brought his cows from a pasture to his milking shed across a tiny lane. I would often stop my car, put on my hazards, get out and have a chat to him or his wife whilst the herd was crossing the lane. With the advent of satnav many more people started using the lane as a shortcut and it was amazing to see the irritated drivers, some who would honk their horns, sitting in their cars and getting more and more impatient; instead of getting out for 2 minutes and enjoying the calming experience of watching 50 cows, with massively full udders, swinging across the lane. Ah well, I guess that’s the 21st century.
BTW - the woman was breaking the law when she was handling the mobile phone to film whilst sitting in her car - but I guess she wasn’t worried about that 😉
Agree with everything you said....its harvest time...deal with it or move back to the city!
One small point though. With the huge increase in capacity of farm machinery and inevitable massive increase in size of the machinery....one thing hasn't changed - the width of our country lanes!!
Fantastic that one man can now do the work of many, but no one gave a thought as to how these huge machines designed for the prairies of North America would actually get from A to B.
Wasn't a problem when corn carting/bale carting with a Massey Ferguson 35X !
@@ThisOldManOfTheSea thankyou for sharing your stories, I agree it’s lovely to watch the cows
Thanks for watching
I think it’s against the law to hurry a cow on the road
@@janicereadymartcher7696 I’m not sure that it’s ’against the law’ but the Highway Code does have a specific section on this
Section 214
Animals. When passing animals, drive slowly. Give them plenty of room and be ready to stop. Do not scare animals by sounding your horn, revving your engine or accelerating rapidly once you have passed them. Look out for animals being led, driven or ridden on the road and take extra care. Keep your speed down at bends and on narrow country roads. If a road is blocked by a herd of animals, stop and switch off your engine until they have left the road. Watch out for animals on unfenced roads.
@@ThisOldManOfTheSea .
Failure to do so could be regarded as driving without due care and attention.
I was once on a moped travelling down an ordinary two lane road when I met a farmer driving some bullocks towards me. It was only by getting off the bike and walking some way down a side track that they would walk past me, stopping wasn't enough. Without doing that, they would have rather crashed through the fence than go past me.
I'm in my 60s and have spent most of my life in a biggish city. 20 years ago I moved to a much smaller town surrounded by countryside. I'd rather be held up in a traffic jam caused by farm animals being moved across the road or, like you showed then, a tractor and its load. You are doing a pretty thankless job and people should realise that. Thankyou. Keep on farming.
@@petersmithm9 thankyou for your kind comments Peter
Eleanor you handled that traffic situation well it’s so frustrating when some drivers have no common sense. Great video.
One of those drivers that think their car is 2 feet wider than it actually is !
Tough job nowadays! I spent 35 years in arable farming and used to drive my New Holland combine along country roads with header on and no escort, driver's attitudes have changed so much. I combined for 35 years, for a start with no cab, and then with a cab, temperatures outside up to 30 degrees, in the cab up to 40 degrees and no air conditioning, nowadays I think back and wonder how I did it. I had a cool box with plenty of water bottles, sandwiches for lunch and then at 5 pm my wife brought me a lovely tea with sandwiches, cake, tea and biscuits and I spent 20 minutes with my daughter, the only time I saw her during harvest and autumn cultivation/drilling. I now can't eat wheat gluten or milk products, life can be cruel but I have had a wonderful life so far, 69 this November. Love your channel, how the other half live, we were a small family farm with only 600 acres and about 6 tractors, the largest of which was a breath taking 100 hp.
@@grahamcuthbert783 amazing story and interesting to hear how it was back then, thankyou for watching Graham I really appreciate it
People should be more mindful and considerate of the job you farmers do, particularly at harvest time. You would have thought all locals would have been aware.
Without you, the rest of us don't happen.
Thankfully, its usually only the odd one, thats a fully paid-up member of the awkward squad.
I think in the case of some ladies, they don't feel confident manoeuvering cars in tight and tricky situations and therefore are reluctant to go "Off-piste" - opportunity for some-one to run a post MOT Test driving experience course ?
i have been known to simply stop the engine and pour myself a cup of coffee and wait for them to back down ----- effing townies
Straight road drivers as we use to call them😊
And bring out scones
do not forget the sandwidges ! then when all is gone get out the news paper and read they eventuly get the message LOL.
Amazing how many drivers cant reverse their little car but expect you to reverse a huge trailer
Particularly one with a front steering bogie - absolute nightmare to reverse.
I was with some friends who were driving down a single track road when we met a woman coming the other way. There was a field entrance about 25 yards behind her, but she didn't move.
After a couple of minutes, she got out, walked up to us and asked if one of us could reverse her car back. I found later she was well known in the local village for her absolute inability to reverse her car even a short distance.
I met someone a few days ago who didn't have a clue about reversing his Chelsea Tractor. I imagine he has always expected everyone else reverse. I would have just to save time but there was another car behind me so he was outnumbered. He only had to go back 50 metres or so but it was painful to watch.
As an hgv driver… been in similar situ’s numerous times, them waving the arms at me, i just pull hand brake on, !! Let them decide what they wan to do!!😆🥰🥰💪👍🍺🍺
@@Juzzy520 yea away back when.. When I met one who refused to budge over a bit.. I'd put the parking on , and make a show of pouring tea into cup from flask..dig out a cheese sanny and let the ones behind them inform the entitled prat... no blood on my hands.. local plod once appeared in his mini van, and let the driver have it...
My son-in-law drives a hi-ab and, when they start that malarkey, has been known to hop down, lock the door and say he'll walk home from there.
Excellent video - great job dealing withe the person who clearly should not be a motorist! Can l say that!
@@charleshart6992 thankyou Charles
A growing number of people do not know that farming fills their plate. They get their milk from a clean supermarket, not from a dirty cow. 😄
You farmer's do a fantastic job, thank you.
thanks Chris
back in the 80's I was working on farms in Devon, narrow lanes everywhere. Often I would jump in the car and reverse for them. they were grateful of the help.
I remember a bus driver once jumping out of a bus to reverse a womans car out of the way in Devon.
yes I have done that. they are so grateful. even shook my hand.
I am sure
Townies with absolutely no idea about letting tractors pass. Well done for remaining so calm with that rather incompetent lady driver. Many I know would have been a lot more explicit. So well done you for being so diplomatic and a credit to your farm and farming.
Thanks John. We all have to share the roads so just need to be kind and fair 😊👍
You did very well I don't know what what with some drivers I'm a young farmer and I hate it when drivers don't understand what it's like carrying a tonne of bales you were very kind and polite there was nothing more you could of done well done hope the rest of the bale carting goes well 🚜👍
@@jamiesinden3020 ahh thankyou, are you doing harvest too ?
I think a lot of drivers get their licence out of a cracker box,because they have no bloody idea townies what do expect.
@@robertwilson93 🤣🤣🤣
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We're dependant on the farmers for our survival . Give them right of way and more respect .
thank you Eddie. most people are brilliant. but just a few don't neccesarily understand the time pressure to get harvest in in dry conditions
I got exactly the same yesterday, they even had a drop kerb to go up .. they deemed that not an essential place to pass, so I sat .. they sat .. I sat .. they moved ! I got the famous glare stare through side window .. smile and wave 😀 its a very small minority that do it, the ones that sit in the road and freeze are great one 🤭
You run in with that woman. You have to wonder why they move to the countryside. Punctures you can get anywhere. I used to live in Totnes. 20 years ago, I remember tge blowins complaining about the clock chimes during the night. Then there were ones who complained about the aluminium smelting factory they moved into next door that I think operated often 247. Long before the new builds they moved into the backed to the Industrial Estate. Townies should stay in the towns.
just work together and then it can be win win
Hi Eleanor, it's the first time u have seen your videos and I was impressed with your driving, your efficiency and the efficiency of the operation you guys are running, all nice well maintained equipment to , the way you delt with ranty lady was very good, very polite and to the point, I get not everyone knows how to react when faced with a large vehicle but she only wound herself up but on the flip side she gave all the drivers a laugh and hopefully you laughed at her to. Ohh and I really hope she didn't get a puncture, hopefully she will invest in some reversing lessons .😂
@@paul8161 thankyou for watching Paul I really appreciate it, we like to keep everything up together.
@berkshirefarmgirl no problem glad u liked the comment, all the best Paul.
I drive that road so often for work and could have easily moved over enough for you. You handle that situation so well.
Great video, Im a townie but absolutely love modern farm machinery...Im in awe of the skills of the operators, not just the driving skills but the IT skills needed for modern farming. Truth be told, Im a tad jealous!
ahh Alan. thanks for your message. welcome to pop by sometime. or come to the ploughing match in October that will be held here at the farm. Eleanor
Exellent video as usual, keep up the good work, like how you kept your cool with the lady driver!!
I drive through the lanes of Devon when I’m on hols down there and always respect the local farmers, after all it’s their work place. Besides there’s no way I’d argue with a big green machine 😂. You were very calm dealing with it, well done.
Thank you.
Wow! what a driver, not only would she not move over but was willing too Break the Law. Using / Touching a mobile phone while driving is an offence and will secure a 6point and £200 penalty. Id report her for her insolence…. 😂😂😂😂
we all have bad days.😊
When I used to cart silage I used to come across that alot on narrow roads some people just can't understand you cannot move in any further or reverse you did exactly right you stood your ground let them moan all they want they will eventually move for you.
You have the patience of a Saint! 🙏😄
We all have to be kind
Eleanor you did well there it could have been very awkward you kept your cool which sometimes is the best way but some of these drivers today have no common sense it was fairly obvious you couldn’t get through it’s not easy hauling straw through tight Country lanes with big tractors and trailers like yours I must say your very organised with your straw carting it’s great watching you and Eleanor don’t cart it all before we come down before long don’t work to hard and keep up the the good work X
Hi my name is Anthony from Scotland
It's my fest time seeing you on TH-cam fantastic seeing British farmers doing farm work and may I say your seriously sweet and beautiful ❤
Welcome aboard!
Just found the channel and respect faming enormously. Living in a rural area it is common sense to give way to someonething bigger than your vehicle but city folk really do not understand. My one bug bear is young lads driving tractors whilst on the phone. Glad to see that you are a competent driver taking their job seriously. Good luck with the channel.
thank you for watching. yes you are right to have that bug bear
Too many people on the roads that have no idea how to drive correctly. The number of times I meet drivers on narrow roads that are totally incapable of a simple reversing manoeuvre is extraordinary. I’ve even resorted to doing the manoeuvre for them on desperate occasions - true I kid you not!
yes me too ..
@@berkshirefarmgirl My wife is brilliant- if there’s no space on her side of the road she’ll dive into any small area available on the opposite side of the road. I’ve had to point to drivers expecting me to reverse with no discernible pull in when there’s a gap almost opposite them - now I just sit there and wait for their brains to engage!
@@RichardS-qh8mi brilliant. A big thumbs up from me to your wife 😊
😂😂 how funny some clowns think they own the road can’t drive and think you have to move over for them. Had an experience my self like it. This person wouldn’t move over. So I sat there and waited for him to move, this clown thought I would get inpatient when he would start reading the paper. So I walked over to him and asked or I could have it when he was done with it. 😂😂 didn’t take to long after that that he moved over.
I’ve always admired the farmers and farm workers they way they handle their vehicles I give way to them but of course you cannot all the time but we manage to get through somehow, I have done farm pickups with artics so I know what they have to put up with.
Thank you 😊
had exactly the same thing over 30 years ago. Went down a steep single track road and met a lady coming up the hill and calmly expected her to reverse back. She folder her arms theatrically and refused point blank. My trailer was fully loaded and over 30 feet long so I couldn't see a thing behind me. Like you I got out and asked her to reverse back to an easy spot about 50 yards behind but she angrily refused. I then offered to do it for her and she locked her doors !! In the end other road users tried to reason with her but to no avail. I had a relay of people guiding me back up hill in low range which took an eternity. 30 years later it still infuriates me ! It is harvest time and we are an agricultural Island which means crops etc have to be moved and 99.99% of people know and understand that, thank goodness
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It's usually the drivers of 4x4's who are least inclined to climb the verge!
Most are great but I have seen that 👍
When living in N.Dorset, the roads all around were both narrow and steep. Locals knew that looking ahead through the wooded area, you could glimpse vehicles coming and pull over into pull ins. When more housing was built in the local village most were bought by incomers as second homes. They thought rural life would be wonderful but hated to wait behind a tractor and trailer or a flock of sheep on the road.
Drivers of the trailers would pull over when possible to let vehicles pass. Incomers who would blare their horns could be kept behind for miles!
yes it is a tricky balance. once most people recognise it is harvest time they add a little bit extra time onto their journey
She was the type of woman that moves to Heathrow and complains about the noise of planes.
some people are just having a bad day. we are all human so just be kind
As ex mechanic and now beef farmer I shall watch your progress with interest.💯🇬🇧💯🇬🇧
thanks so much Mark. Eleanor
We get this all the time by us, idiots that don't know how to drive, and don't understand that reversing a huge tractor or combine is more difficult than moving your car a few feet to the side.
a bit of time and discussion normally helps resolve most issues. Thanks for watching Peter
Much enjoyed this and brought back many happy memeories of harvest jobs and bale cart. I can even forgive the Harper Adams shirt....almost !
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Un bloody believable, good on you for being so calm with someone who plainly has no spatial awareness and can’t reverse her car..
Thank you
Hi new subscriber here. Does your farm have a website?
Hello and thank you for watching and subscribing. I work at Rookery Farms rookeryfarms.com and my own website is Berkshirefarmgirl.co.uk.
Definitely got some tractor envy, luckily I don’t have any big trailers but I do meet some people totally incapable of reversing and it’s a bloody nightmare. Think you handled it perfectly.
Hi I'm at the other end of the country in rural Scotland but sadly the same problems here people want to move to rural areas but have no concept farm vehicles or agriculture in general. However keep smiling and i enjoyed your film so new fan thanks hope you have a great harvest. 😀👍
Thanks David. My friend Nigel Smith flys the air ambulances up there. He farms in his spare time too 👍
One workmate had to reverse a car for an elderly chap years ago. He just couldn't reverse, kept going up the banks, and we had a convoy of combines and trailers. You know they can't reverse when the seatbelt comes off and they look over their shoulder to reverse. obviously the mirrors are not used by some.
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I live surrounded by farms growing the food I buy in the local shop and that road is a motorway compared to some near me. Land owners do keep the verges cropped short so you can see how far you can pull over before going into the ditch. All the locals give way to farm traffic and follow tractors etc patiently if stuck behind them.
that is excellent
Living in mid-Cornwall & riding an Ebike, I use the lanes, byways & tracks to avoid riding on main roads: Ergo, I meet plenty of contractors' big green machines - The most entertaining being the 5-furrow ploughs that prune both hedges as they go.
The guys are pretty much all as good as gold & hold back to give me a bit of time to dive off into a gateway or ditch; I don't argue {:0)
I have infinitely more trouble with the visitors in their 'Lieutenant Gruber's little tanks' who can't manage any road wot doesn't have a white line down the middle & need at least a foot clearance on the nearside so they don't scratch their posh paintwork.
I've been asked why I ride 2-3ft out from the hedge through the blind bends, preventing them from passing...
Some people are very selfish and or have 0 awareness to others. I remember when i use to be a HGV rural animal feeds driver of a class 1 tanker. People would get very angry with me on are set routes in some farms, and you will incounter car drivers who refuse to revers or are unable to due to lake of skill!!!!…. And expect a artic lorry to reverse down a windy country lane. I had it once where the police got in volved and lets say the car driver didn’t have a good or cheap day, due he refused to revers to the nearest passing place blocked the rd and disputed it for hour i was unable due i could see nothing behind and lots of tight bends. So the police rocked up and the car driver realised he was in the Wong very fast let alone all the telling off he had by others in the queue… but there are very bad drivers on rural roads and as said very selfish or are ignorant to rurale business like farming and supply traffic.
Oh crumbs
Really dont see what that cars issue was I had to reverse about 400yrds on a one track twisting lane last weekend with a tiny trailer tent so a Awesome tracked New Holland combine and two tractors with trailers could pass got a thumbs up from the old guy driving made my day im easily pleased 😂
Ahh that’s nice. Keep being nice. 😊
You are right to deal with it in a calm collective manner and soon enough those people see the error of their ways. It’s unfortunate that they don’t realise that you are not completing such tasks to be a road obstruction but instead to feed the nation. Thank you
Thank you
As an ex HGV driver I have come across this attitude on more than one occasion. Car drivers unable to reverse and hug the verge expecting a 44tonne artic to get out of their way,, berating me for even being on that road albeit that is the entry to an industrial estate I am heading to. What do I do,, turn off the ignition and put the kettle on.. they soon find they can manoeuvre as needed.😂
Its the only way they learn but often they don't
oh crumbs
In traffic when people are being rude and won't move, when clearly they are in the wrong. I stop the engine and get out a book.... They soon get the message!
Oh crumbs. I hope it is not a big book 😀
Farmers are great!
Well done for keeping cool!
It’s sadly the case that many motorists can’t reverse !
most people are great but it is getting trickier
you did good with the Lady in the car. I believe it was the best you could do in the situation ! You stayed calm.
Thank you
Fair play to you some drivers ar hard to deal with we have the same here in the south east of Ireland love those videos 👍
@@donalpower7152 ahh thankyou
Fair play to you for keeping your cool with her. You are really good with that big trailer.
Thanks Freddy
Might consider a HGV grade dash camera for the tractor and some type of 'rear of the bale trailer' wireless/ wired camera that has a small in tractor cab monitor. (able to swap tractor/ trailer combinations).
good idea Alan
I live in Somerset and have pretty much given up and always reverse back to passing places, waiting for city dwellers, and to be fair quite a lot of locals, to figure out how to reverse to a layby they've just passed is not worth an argument. So just back up, its quicker and easier.
As a retired hgv driver it still amazes me how some people pass their test and can't drive a car!
Just a bit more confidence reversing would help a little. 😊
When did you finish at Harper Adams? My son-in-law works there! Also, there's a great open-mic night at the Navy Club in Newport (Shropshire), where some very talented HA students perform.
Ahh finished this year.
I was brought up near Farnham Surrey. then very rural. At 15 my grandpa taught me how to safely handle a shotgun. Sunday morning was spent on local estates on vermin control duties. Then to the village pub for a pint before dinner. 15 year old with open shotgun over my arm and dog at heal in the pub, no problem. Both the local vicar and the local policeman were there, Cricket on the village green in the afternoon. I know which lifestyle I preferred.
how lovely. thank you for watching.
i was driving tractors at 15
2 trailers to little Rissington to pick up wood
still see the copter leaning on his bike in Burford hill
happy school days
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@@raypitts4880 I hope you mean copper not copter .
When I was a fire officer we were going to a fire call down a single track road. We met an elderly woman driving her car and both stopped. I turned off the blue lights as she was panicking. She couldn’t reverse her car & didn’t even try! I had to jump out of the cab - take the wheel of her car and reverse it back down the lane!
Ahh bless you. I am sure she was grateful 🌾
To be fair the driver probably didn’t want to damage her car that was quite a high verge. No problem in 4x4 or maybe a SUV I wouldn’t want to try that in my golf GTI with 19” wheels and a low front spoiler but if I had been in the works transit van no problem. You could have suggested she did a U turn and pulled into that next turning on the left and waited until you passed.
yes i did offer that. I think if they can just get straight and over that helps. having the back end stick out is normally the bit that then gets knocked. thank you for watching David
I used to pull a trailer full of rowing boats down country lanes to events and at 58 feet overall loads of (usually) small cars would show the same sort of behaviour. I used to be able to get through if I had a couple of inches clearance but most of these clowns need a couple of feet at least. Got misdirected a couple of times and had to reverse, one was a good quarter mile past two rows of parked cars. Nobody moved one for me but plenty came out to watch ! Good times.
Oh sorry to hear that Robert
A local estate to me has sacrificed a little of their farmland and created their own farm tracks with aggregate they dug themselves, they also sold off outlying fields so they have minimal time on public roads, it has been well worthwhile for them.
it really is a good idea Robert
Good video,have a question,why don’t farmer leave a small strip of dirt for a road that follow the main road then traffic would not be a issue,I don’t understand why farmers plant crops right beside main road??
Hello Anne. This is a really good question. 😊
Some larger estates do this and it is really helpful. Smaller family farms do as much as they can and then if you are a contractor as well you have to travel on the roads farm to farm. It is always quite stressful travelling on the roads and we try to get to the next farm quickly to avoid the delay for motorists.
99.9 % of drivers are brilliant. But unfortunately we do get some very angry and abusive drivers. But I am sure they are like that with all road users not just farmers.
Thank you for watching. Eleanor 🌾
I have this pleasure to come later this morning.
oh no. have a good day
I know the feeling of no eat a meal a table during harvest as i make about 1000 small bales of hay with my family and my mum normally makes dinner and then takes it to the croft where we are baling and stacking and forces us to stop for a meal.
ahh that sounds nice Callum. where are you based ?
@@berkshirefarmgirl I am based on the black isle in Scotland
Tell them the other option is you try 2 squeeze by but cant garanty there panels lol
Also round our ways. The farmers often wait for a while at school times when on the way and home from school as our ways have little roads and many with no brain
Common sense, and give and take. No one has right of way on narrow roads.. so each have respect each other. Now drive on logging roads where often we'd meet log trucks 12 and 14 ft wide trailer bunks.. if in doubt , you put it in the ditch.
You handled it perfectly.
@@peterweber4094 thankyou Peter
Sunday roast wrapped in tin foil brought up to the field ! Long lost but very happy days 😀
That's a two lane road with a dashed white line down the middle, typically a B class road size in that area of the UK.
If your load/tractor is too wide to pass down that size/class of road without cars on the opposite track having to pull onto the verge and not just slow and steer left- then your vehicle is too wide for the carriageway and you should have a wide load escort. Frankly the problem is the ever bigger tractor/trailer/farm units which are simply too big for the UK's roads.
Alternatively do as they have to in Wales where the roads are much narrower. and that is close the road to other traffic for the period while they are typically doing logging operations.
yes it is difficult you are right. Generally it is just during harvest period we have these issues..Thanks for watching M
just remember that you and thousands like you make life possible cause if you did not we would starve
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Well done for handling the lady driver calmly
thanks Ian
They don't know how to drive. The same drivers will be doing 40mph in a 20moh zone and a 60mph. They don't know how wide their cars are they can't judge widths or speeds. You did an amazing job of staying calm and getting out and talking to her was a good move. In a way she just needed your help to get passed and that's all you can do bar getting in and driving for them!
exactly Neil thank you
I live in an agricultural area and, when the tractors are out and about, it is easy to spot the townies as they just panic and sit there whilst us locals are putting our vehicles as far over to the side as possible.
yes agree
Story but some of these huge farm trailers & tractors are far to big for country lanes and roads
if we use two little trailers that will put the cost of your food up, cost of second trailer. extra trip. more diesel.overtime to be paid. by the end of a day thats four extra hours. Savvy.
Sadly with such shortage of Labour and very little profit farms are always having to find ways to do more for less. Environmentally it would not be good to have 2 or 3 tractors pull smaller loads.
We try our best and harvest time is such a short time really. One that the country should get out and enjoy and watch how we fill the sheds to keep our tummies full all year. But thank you for your comments and interest in farming anyway. Eleanor 🌾
when they wont move just sit there and wait
just takes time to resolve best way forward
I spend a lot of time on the road and genuinely feel for you at the stupidly of some of the drivers out there. Followed a combine for around 5 miles yesterday and the amount of drivers coming the other way who just tried to carry on at the same speed like it wasn't there was unreal. Ended up with a range rover having a nice combine tyre mark down the side amused me greatly.
One negative thing I will say though is the amount of tractor drivers I have seen with a mobile phone in there hand while driving on the road is concerning.
@@glyn3208 yes that is not right it’s a shame that a very small group let everyone else down
As my Mother would say, manners maketh man or woman of course. Why is spending an extra thirty seconds of your life to help assist the speed in which the harvest can be completed so annoying for people? Allowing farm workers to crack on with the day job benefits everyone. Why do I say everyone? Everyone eats, or drinks a farm’s produce up to three times a day, every day of their life. Doing so shows respect for the tough work they put in 365 days a year. Best wishes, Tony.
Thank you Tony. Always such positive comments 😊
I live on the route to/from a farm.Over the last 2 weeks the farm has been baling and there are numerous tractors & trailers back/forward ALL day.
The route is also a bus route, is popular with dog walkers/pedestrians, 9-5 traffic, and HORSE riders from a nearby stable.
The farm machinery has to negotiate a road with traffic parked both sides, with limited room to get through.
The drivers have my greatest respect - other drivers MUST obey the Highway Code and be considerate and courteous.....and learn how to manoeuvre your
vehicle !!!!!
@@neilharrison7555 sounds busy where you are too
I ve met farmers sons that pass a gateway and then they expect me on a tractor and trailer load of bales to pull in. I just stop and they eventually go back to the gate way and I can safely pass. No comon sense
And a lot of arrogance
Hey great video love watching even with some awkward car drivers
thanks Tim
I live in a rural location surrounded by several farms, we have good relationships with the local farmers but they don’t use trailers as large as yours.
Tractor is King. Honestly being country people. We know it !
Ahh thank you Debs. We try to be as helpful as possible. We have no more right than anyone else but thank you for watching 😊🌾🚜
Well you have chosen to take a huge trailer down a little country lane and to get down you have to force cars off the road. So what are you going to do if you meet another farmer with a similar trailer and load of bales? Or maybe a HGV
We just have to all do the very best we can to get the harvest in.
I would carry a flask of tea and a copy of War and Peace and commence to read at page 1
Love the sunglasses so cool 😊
@@steverichards4001 thankyou 😎
In my 27years AG contracting I could write a book about the complete oxygen wasting Muppets I have encountered! NZ
Hello to NZ. I have just applied for a relief job over there so I may be heading your way for a while. May get some you tube too 😊👍
@@berkshirefarmgirl wow that's awesome, not unusual, our two countries mix a lot for operators,,, and steerers... lol
I wish you well on your travels. Rest assured we do not have as narrow of lanes anywhere as you do.
As a person who lives in a small rural community with very narrow roads I am very concerned about the ever increasing size of these massive American tractors and trailers which are causing awful damage to the tarmac road surfaces and the road verges. They must also be damaging the land by excessive compaction of the soils.
I used to manage a fleet of MB Tracks and JCB Fasttracks and they were huge, but the latest generation of tractors are even bigger. Where’s it all going to end?
Landowners and farmers need to get back to the smaller tractors of yesteryear sooner rather than later!
Thank you Mr happy guy.
A lot of farms use ctf now to manage compaction.
You mention you used to manage the fleet what do you now ? 😊🌾🌻
If she can't reverse or figure out the alternatives, she's not much of a driver. On country roads drivers should be prepared for that.
Alternatively you could hire that TH-cam star farmer that moved the car that was blocking his entrance.
That went quite well I thought!
Modern farm vehicles are too large for UK roads
yes we do need bigger roads. unfortunately as there is such a shortage of labour as no one wants to work very long hours in such dusty dirty conditions farmers try to maximise the efficiency with the staff they do have. hope that helps. thank you for watching too.
At least you have got two proper tractors.
Nothing runs like a Deere
definitely
Tuun the engine off put your feet up on the dash pour yourself a mug of tea or coffee raise your mug to give the a toast saying im in no hurry and smile they'll soon move i was told that by a lorry driver once he said it work's a treat 😂
Oh dear Oh dear. Putting all her energy into cursing and taking photos rather than dealing with the situation in front of her, bless 😂
umm
Legend.
Used to get the same problem when driving a 44ton artic some car drivers could not even reverse 20 feet