* this thread needs YOU ! *, Which car/motorbike/tractor/drone/plane/skateboard/surfboard/boat/train is the coolest ever

I do like driving tractors, but haven't really driven one since the early 90s. My choice would be something like a Ferguson T20 or a Fordson Major. But numerous others too. (I suspect Aidie will know what I'm talking about. ;-)) Harry Ferguson would also go down in history for me, as the undoubted originator of 'modern' tractors. A very practical talent!

I could also rave on for hours about Unimogs, but have never actually driven one. And as Unimogs are a bit of a hybrid vehicle, I do also like 4-wheel drives. I used to have great fun driving a Haflinger pick-up, as part of my supervisory duties on a fruit farm.

In future, I would like to learn how to drive a JCB backhoe properly. I have driven one before, when I worked in construction.

last time i drove a tractor i removed an entire gate post with the trailer -  I was 10 at the time. I bought a house / small holding and regret not buying the Fergie  sitting in the field. I could have healed my tractor issue with a bit of practice and they look so cute sitting in a field.  I would love a spin in a unimog ( i had to look it up ) they look like serious fun.   you have been about a bit just going by your vehicle range lol

1948 unimog. isnt she just a pile of fun waiting to happen ?

I also remember that joke, just because they were so 'blocky' back then. But I respected Skodas because at the same time, I was also told that they were "built like Tanks". In Cars I sat in, I was told that if they crashed into a Skoda, the other Car would always come off worst (Steel vs. Aluminium)...  :-)

ha ha yea I remember that Skoda joke doing the rounds I also remember some owners who had several Skodas so they could swap bits in and out as needed. Skoda have moved a way up market now and are the choice for Taxi drivers which shows their reliability.

Your tractor prank story was a great read cheered me up from a stressful day at work

Beaut! I like the way the ladder chassis is deliberately designed to bend inches out of true, and still recover after you have finished driving it over a boulder in the road. Anything that has PTO shafts has got to be very useful, just about everywhere. The railway company here has some that can also run on rails. Good for checking tracks during the rainy season floods.

I've damaged a few gate posts myself over the years. But what farmer hasn't!? On one of my first efforts at driving a tractor, I accidently stamped on an unlinked diff brake, and damaged a barn door with the front-end loader. I seem to remember that was a Fordson Major. Anyway, the farmer who was with me was a bit of a wild character, but the damage didn't really have a huge impact on the door. You could still shut it. So instead the guy sees the funny side of it. It never got fixed. It wasn't necessary. So years later, I'm watching a famous major TV series that has obviously been filmed on a farm, and I suddenly realise I'm looking at an identical barn door with exactly the same damage. Next time I went back to the farm, I checked with the farmer's son and he confirmed a lot of that series had been filmed on their farm. So we had another good laugh about me learning to drive a tractor on a machine with a front-end loader.

A cruel auto joke from the 80s:

What do you call a Skoda Convertible?

..........

A skip.

Skoda were actually great value back then, and were even then beginning to look quite up-to-date. (I've driven Skodas in the UK in more recent times, and thoroughly enjoyed them.)

Anyway, whilst considering a new motor, I popped into a rural Skoda dealership. I knew the owner from the local pub, and also knew that he had been born on a local hill-farm. As an opening shot, I asked "Do these still have the engine in the back?". "Sure", he says."It makes the handling a bit light on our bendy roads in the Winter, but I get over that on longer runs by slinging a 25 Kg. bag of 20:10:10 NPK farm fertiliser, cement or cattle cake in the front." My kind of humor!

Beaut! I like the way the ladder chassis is deliberately designed to bend inches out of true, and still recover after you have finished driving it over a boulder in the road. Anything that has PTO shafts has got to be very useful, just about everywhere. The railway company here has some that can also run on rails. Good for checking tracks during the rainy season floods.

I've damaged a few gate posts myself over the years. But what farmer hasn't!? On one of my first efforts at driving a tractor, I accidently stamped on an unlinked diff brake, and damaged a barn door with the front-end loader. I seem to remember that was a Fordson Major. Anyway, the farmer who was with me was a bit of a wild character, but the damage didn't really have a huge impact on the door. You could still shut it. So instead the guy sees the funny side of it. It never got fixed. It wasn't necessary. So years later, I'm watching a famous major TV series that has obviously been filmed on a farm, and I suddenly realise I'm looking at an identical barn door with exactly the same damage. Next time I went back to the farm, I checked with the farmer's son and he confirmed a lot of that series had been filmed on their farm. So we had another good laugh about me learning to drive a tractor on a machine with a front-end loader.

A cruel auto joke from the 80s:

What do you call a Skoda Convertible?

..........

A skip.

Skoda were actually great value back then, and were even then beginning to look quite up-to-date. (I've driven Skodas in the UK in more recent times, and thoroughly enjoyed them.)

Anyway, whilst considering a new motor, I popped into a rural Skoda dealership. I knew the owner from the local pub, and also knew that he had been born on a local hill-farm. As an opening shot, I asked "Do these still have the engine in the back?". "Sure", he says."It makes the handling a bit light on our bendy roads in the Winter, but I get over that on longer runs by slinging a 25 Kg. bag of 20:10:10 NPK farm fertiliser, cement or cattle cake in the front." My kind of humor!

I also remember that joke, just because they were so 'blocky' back then. But I respected Skodas because at the same time, I was also told that they were "built like Tanks". In Cars I sat in, I was told that if they crashed into a Skoda, the other Car would always come off worst (Steel vs. Aluminium)...  :-)

ha ha yea I remember that Skoda joke doing the rounds I also remember some owners who had several Skodas so they could swap bits in and out as needed. Skoda have moved a way up market now and are the choice for Taxi drivers which shows their reliability.

Your tractor prank story was a great read cheered me up from a stressful day at work