Funny that should come up- I just roaded a little Yanmar from my friend's house to mine, about 10 miles, last Saturday. He's sold his place, hadn't sold the tractor, needed to get it out of there. He just couldn't believe someone (me) would drive a tractor on the road that far! He talked about renting a trailer, etc., and I kept telling him, its no problem, it'll be fun. He drove behind me in his Cube with flashing lights, couldn't believe I was still smiling when we got to my place.
My personal best is about 20 miles, but back in the mid '50's, we had a neighbor who was originally from North Dakota (we're in western Washington). He found out that 8N Fords were selling for 2 or 300 dollars back there, and they were bringing over a thousand here. So he made a couple of trips back to bring some out. He had a fairly severe alcohol problem, so didn't have a license. You could drive a tractor without a license, so he took the bus back there, bought 2 8N's and a trailer, put one on the trailer and towed the outfit with the other. Did it a couple of times without incident, but then tried it in the winter. Was able to keep reasonably warm with "anti-freeze", I guess, but sort of over indulged at one point, ended up passed out in a snow bank. Someone stopped, and he was nearly froze to death. That was the last trip- I think wife Hortense put the kiabosh on the whole scheme.
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