We are eager to see if we can use some of the techniques developed in the last few decades to 'sell' tractor operators on safer practices. Unless we can begin changing attitudes and behavior, we are not going to solve this problem.
Quotes about tractor (16 Quotes)
That's the great thing about a tractor. You can't really hear the phone ring.
The cost of everything has gone up. Whether it is pesticides, diesel, generator, tractor or running the bore.
He'd be washing dishes, or riding a tractor mower. He got sweaty and dirty. He wasn't afraid of manual labor. When you see your teacher do that, it's a great inspiration.
If we were to go back in time 100 years and ask a farmer what he'd like if he could have anything, he'd probably say he wanted a horse that was twice as strong and ate half as many oats. He would not say he wanted a tractor. The point is, technology changes things so fast that many people aren't sure what the best solutions to their problems might be.
I was working on the farm to get in shape, about a mile away from my parents. You know, I did everything as a kid to stay in shape - jogging, work on the farm, driving the tractor. I'll never forget.
We believe carefully managing the average age of our fleet allows us greater flexibility in addressing the cost and reliability issues involving tractor engines designed to comply with stricter emissions requirements in 2007 and generally lowers our operating expenses.
With the electronics that have been added, the farmer can put a black box in the tractor or combine and just push a button telling all that stuff how to react to the different sensors. The ability to do some of the creative things with our planters, like variable speeds and guidance systems, all came from electro-hydraulics.
I bought an ant farm. I don't know where I am going to get a tractor that small.
He brought home,
Although he could not even drive a tractor,
Cheated, a worthless car, which we returned.
There are only three things that can kill a farmer: lightning, rolling over in a tractor, and old age.
It felt like a bolt of lightning. White, blue and black all flashed before my eyes. I wanted to crawl out from under the tractor, but I couldn't.
Sam's Club and Wal-Mart stepped up quickly and said we a driver and a truck. We've got three tractor trailers now and we think we'll need more.
It's not just the bridge. It's a battle for community and culture. I basically told the state highway department that if you come through there with bulldozers, we'll meet you tractor to tractor.
No other farm machine of this century has had such a profound effect on American agriculture as the farm tractor.
Programs that pay farmers not to farm often devastate rural areas. The reductions hurt everyone from fertilizer companies to tractor salesmen.