Posted by Bobl1958 on January 08, 2013 at 14:40:00 from (68.98.205.31):
I was looking at the post of jon's grandson driving the B. Looks like the little duffer is having a blast. It made me think about how young some of us were when we were driving farm eqt for real. Not advocating anything, but when you were the oldest son on a not so small farm, it's amazing what we were asked to do. I can remember driving a ford tractor at 8 years old. I can also remember disking wheat stubble with a 5020 JD and a 20' disc when I was 10 years old. I'm talking about disking with no one around. Not driving down the road with it, but in the field while my Dad and Uncles were off in another field somewhere cutting wheat. Someone would come to check once in awhile, but otherwise I was alone. But the difference is, most of us at that age were seasoned veterans, and had been taught how to run eqt. Doesn't mean something couldn't happen, but I would guess the most of us got through it. I was 12 before I was "old enough" to drive down the roads. Keep in mind this is the middle of Kansas. When I was 14, my Dad got a Case 1470. Man could I make that thing crab walk down a field (when no one was around). I also drove a wheat truck to town when I was 13 (although just 3 months away from 14). It was a 2 ton 1966 Chevy. Drove to the elevator and dumped many loads. I don't mean this as bragging, because several of the kids my age were doing the same things, as I am sure several of you have as well. I'm 54, and some of you older than me did even more, no doubt. I also don't mean that we were any smarter than kids of today. Just grew up in a different time is all. Today, a kid can't even work hardly if he/she is under 18. Our parents would have been charged with child abuse in todays times. That is for certain. Bob
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