Smiley Saturday: Apprentice Tractor Driver
This week I had my first tractor driving lesson.
Here I am when I first started:
That’s a mighty big machine to get used to driving.
Thankfully there isn’t too much you can hit out in the paddock.
After a while, I started to relax a little:
Farmboy bought me the pink John Deere hat a couple of weeks ago to get me all “psyched”. Kind of funny given our machinery is mostly Case. Problem is, don’t think Case make a pink hat!!!
Sadly, they don’t make pink tractors either. I have to put up with a faded red as the closest I’ll get to a pink tractor:
And this is what the tractor is pulling:
The cultivator turns the soil over. We don’t do a lot of this anymore. A lot of the crop is sown by a “no till” method that goes straight into unworked ground. Once upon a time all paddocks would be “ripped up” like this and often “worked back” (which is the same process a second time) before being sown. Farming methods are constantly evolving and changing.
Anyway, we have a couple of paddocks which Farmboy is “ripping up” this year and they’re perfect for me to learn on. It’s hard to get a straight line when you’re learning. That’s not really a problem when simply turning the soil over but isn’t so great when you’re putting the seed in as the green all comes up in wriggly lines.
Anyway, lesson 1 is now over. Farmboy stayed with me for a couple of laps then jumped out and left me to it!!!!
I REALLY enjoyed it. In fact, I didn’t want to give the tractor back to Farmboy. It’s MY tractor now!!!! LOL.
There’s a real feeling of accomplishment seeing the earth turn over behind you like that.
I hope you can all find a reason to smile on this Smiley Saturday! 
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OMG that first pic made me laugh!
You are hilarious babe.
Wow ! what a monster ! I had to laugh about the first picture it says it all !
I just imagine you criss crossing through the land and the pattern which could come out, lol !
Once he was gone,did you try anything fancy. Like making designs(GRIN)
Keep smiling.
Yes I can see that might be a lot of fun after you’ve got over the fear factor. How very thoughtful for them to have found a hat a while in advance. That’s a heck of a lot of machinery. Well done you.
Cheers
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cheers! =)
Kelley - glad it made you smile.
Gattina - lol.
Grampy - tempting, but no. I’m too much of a perfectionist.
Maddy - my pink “farmer chick” hat makes me smile.
Yeah, it is big. Not as big as some around here though.
You have every right to stand loud and proud after managing that.
I really enjoy driving the tractor… but since returning to work don’t do it much anymore. I sometimes go out once I get home from work so Kym and go check the sheep, have some tea etc. It’s so peaceful out there.
River - thank you
Sharon - I thought the tractor was a bit loud to be “peaceful”. Farmboy tells me that’s a quiet tractor!!!! Sheesh!