I Would! Would You?
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I had a little green car just like that.
It was the first car I bought all by myself when I was 18.
Triumph TR3
Addendum for rwsmith:
It was a blast to drive, very responsive & quick steering I loved it.
If I could find one at a reasonable price I would buy it.
It could hit 100 but that was close to the top end.
I did find one thing out about it.
Someone shredded my top. I discovered If I drove 65mph in rain I would not get wet.
It was the first car I bought all by myself when I was 18.
Triumph TR3
Addendum for rwsmith:
It was a blast to drive, very responsive & quick steering I loved it.
If I could find one at a reasonable price I would buy it.
It could hit 100 but that was close to the top end.
I did find one thing out about it.
Someone shredded my top. I discovered If I drove 65mph in rain I would not get wet.
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Ranger17
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We had a Honda s2000 for a few years, watching the Fast and Furious movies sure gave me ideas when big rigs pulled along side. Thankfully my fear of pain kept me in my own lane lol.
twodog max
Member
You could but I would not. One bobble from the high boy and it would be squashed like a bug
I'd sure give it some thought but would ultimately chicken out. Wouldn't want to orphan a bunch of nice guns.
No doubt hydraulic steering. One little wiggle of the control either stick or wheel and it could move over a ft or 2 and those big tires would roll over that MG like it wasn't there. Roading front end loaders in urban setting and people will just drive up along side you with no idea how touchy the steering is on those 10-40 ton beasts
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fiasconva
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The thought would cross my mind but it would also cross my mind that with my luck, as soon as I got underneath he'd make a quick right turn. Thump, thump. "Did you hear something?"
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Alk8944
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Place yourself in a position where you cannot be seen by the truck operator, and where you would not have any way to know what his intentions were? Only a fool would do that.
What if he made a turn at the next drive or road that cannot be seen in the photo?
What if he made a turn at the next drive or road that cannot be seen in the photo?
Lowrider limbo.
Protocall_Design
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One use is for spraying tall crops like corn or wheat.
smoothshooter
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I am an extremely patient guy, but I get annoyed as Hell when one of those guys driving slow moving farm equipment has a string of cars backed up behind him and won't pull over every 5 minutes or so to let people go by. The farmer typically has all the time in the world, but a lot of people have to be at work no later than a specific time where someone keeps track of when they show up.
I used to drive farm equipment down the road occasionally, and I would pull over to let people behind me pass at every opportunity.
It's just good manners.
I used to drive farm equipment down the road occasionally, and I would pull over to let people behind me pass at every opportunity.
It's just good manners.
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Maybe where YOU live, but all of the farmers in my area are always fighting the clock. Hay has to be mowed, dried, tedded and baled, while hoping the rain doesn't come. Cows have to be fed & here, rented pastures can be miles apart.
Since I really like to eat, I have all the time in the world when it comes to giving farmers the right of way. Because I live in an agricultural area, I give myself extra time to go anywhere. There aren't many shoulders on curvy mountain roads, with few places for a tractor to pull to the side. Farmers here DO pull to the side to let other vehicles go by, when and where it is safe to do so.
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How did you like it?
After owning for a while what did you think of it? Was it a 'fast' car? I'm sure handling was great. Did it hold up?
I just looked it up. It sounds like a real winner.
After owning for a while what did you think of it? Was it a 'fast' car? I'm sure handling was great. Did it hold up?
I just looked it up. It sounds like a real winner.
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About 40 years ago I was working a underground utility job. We were pretty spread out in a urban area. Saw lots of stupid, but the best one was the lady who moved the barricades so she could drive where she wanted. There was an operator on a John Deer 644 front end loader (over 20 tons) that was loading dump trucks from a pile of waste. Going in a big Y into the pile, back up then left to dump in truck. Woman pulls in behind him as he hits the pile and when he goes back he feels the rear end go up and stops immediately. His right rear tire is on top of what had been her hood and engine compartment. Wheels are splayed out. Tire is just to where the roof of her car which the rear end had completely trashed. She is fine because the guy had stopped so fast. Her very first word, "Look what you did to my car". Duh, there way he could have saw her. She was so very lucky shed didn't end up totally squished.
I missed seeing it put the pictures were awesome
People can be so stupid around big machinery . Cat track hoe and we got a ditch all the way across the road, about 8' wide and 20 ft deep and laying sewer line. Dirt heaped way up on the far side. Guy in a big 4x4 who must have went around some barricades pulls up and says, "Can't I go this way"? Really???? The urge to tell him "ya, go ahead and give it a shot" was almost overwhelming.
I missed seeing it put the pictures were awesome
People can be so stupid around big machinery . Cat track hoe and we got a ditch all the way across the road, about 8' wide and 20 ft deep and laying sewer line. Dirt heaped way up on the far side. Guy in a big 4x4 who must have went around some barricades pulls up and says, "Can't I go this way"? Really???? The urge to tell him "ya, go ahead and give it a shot" was almost overwhelming.
THE PILGRIM
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I have almost no patience.
But my survivability instincts are second to none.
That would be a NO.
But my survivability instincts are second to none.
That would be a NO.
Friend of mine working on the widening of old vail pass told the story of an earth mover backing over a parked pickup. Driver stopped got his lunch box and just walked away lol
Sadly,my friend died up there that summer after being hit head on by a runaway semi. 22 yrs old and a semester shy of graduating from CU.
Sadly,my friend died up there that summer after being hit head on by a runaway semi. 22 yrs old and a semester shy of graduating from CU.
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Not quite the same, but scroll down to the video and "think about it"
BangShift.com MINING TRUCK CRUSHES PICKIP
BangShift.com MINING TRUCK CRUSHES PICKIP
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Some very large farms in my area of the Virginia Piedmont. From now through the end of the year one can expect to see farm equipment on any of our roads, especially the back roads. Beautiful equipment and the farmers are wonderful hard working folks.
I see the cattle in the fields, hay being raked, corn 6 to 8 ft high, acres of soybeans. I say to anyone who will listen "this is what America is about".
I see the cattle in the fields, hay being raked, corn 6 to 8 ft high, acres of soybeans. I say to anyone who will listen "this is what America is about".
smoothshooter
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To all the farmers I know and are related to, whether they get to their destination at 6:45, 7:00, 7:05, 7:15 or 7:30 is not important. The main reason they do that for a living is that they set their own schedule, and do not live by someone else's.
If they want to stop and shoot a coyote or armadillo, or visit with a friend or neighbor they meet on a side road, they do it.
Pretty good lifestyle if you can afford it.
Most days, around 9:00AM they take time to go to the local mom and pop cafe and have coffee and breakfast with their buddies.
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