Posted by jeffcat on February 15, 2016 at 14:36:33 from (76.116.244.142):
In Reply to: Tractor drives/rides posted by hightechredneck on February 15, 2016 at 10:38:23:
I read all of the posts and now I want to B******ch a little. Last year I wanted to go on a tractor ride "first time ever" and our local fair does have one. Sunday morning and I am there. They charge $40.oo and I have my big bad baby ready to go. I own a CUB tractor. Now I can do 10mph but that is about it. One old fart said "does that thing have road gear?" Well no but the drive goes at what speed you can go. Well we start out and I am like number three out of almost 100 tractors. Well about a mile down the road they start passing me one after another. The "Organizer" on his tractor comes up beside me and tells me just to go home cause you can't keep up????????? I was kind of heart broken and turned around. Well when I got back to the fair ground all of their support people are gone. NOW this is where I really got burned up. The next day is the first day of the fair and I find one of the organizers. "Oh no we can't refund that $40.oo. I am saying that I couldn't even go on the ride. "NOPE". On all of the ride stories they have said the slow tractor governs the speed. The other thing is they can say you must have a road gear. One or the other. Well I feel that my parade got pi(^(&&ed on. Bitter would be a pretty good word to use. As others have said, insurance, cops, others who have gone on a ride lend you a hand, SMV sings, tow straps, couple safety cans of gas and some jugs of water, and a follow truck with a trailer for the breakables. Go for it if you can but a Tractor ride is for Tractors and not a road race. If I feel like maybe going ever again I would bring my IH 300U tractor down from the farm. Now that baby moves but I don't think I want to go out with a bunch of A ho riders if you get my drift. I would really like to go on that monster of a ride over the Macanaugh Bridge trip. With 1000 tractors?? That must be awwwwwwsum but I would need to borrow a tractor as it is like 2000 miles away. Sorry this turned into a bit of a rant but this is a for fun ride and not a road race. Newbees should be welcome or at least Let them down easy. It still leaves a bad taste. Don't let me rain on your parade cause I have been in town parades and other kinds of car drives Etc. but that thing last summer really put me off.
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