Popular Post umodelnut Posted May 4, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted May 4, 2013 Went up to Fetterly's today, he had a job for me. He wanted me to pack down the dirt shown in the one picture there with the old RD tractor. I spent about 2 hours drivin it. It was a blast!!! I took some crappy videos when I was driving. But I had a great time. Papa guided me with hand signals every once and awhile. Bet my damn pictures are upside down. If someone wants to help me out that'd be great. :-). Vinny 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike69mackman Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 Glad your having fun vinny, very few kids your age get to do that stuff. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post other dog Posted May 4, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted May 4, 2013 That's great Vinny, I was driving tractors- farm tractors that is- in the field at a very young age myself, cutting hay, baling hay,combining wheat, picking corn- you get the idea- but I never got to drive a big truck until much later, and that's what I always wanted to do. 3 Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umodelnut Posted May 4, 2013 Author Share Posted May 4, 2013 Thanks Mike and OD. And OD thanks for flipping my pictures up normal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post other dog Posted May 4, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted May 4, 2013 you're welcome... 3 Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umodelnut Posted May 4, 2013 Author Share Posted May 4, 2013 I would have let her ride in the passenger seat OD.... Hahaha 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umodelnut Posted May 4, 2013 Author Share Posted May 4, 2013 http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EqrZ6izapxwhttp://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qUFDTHfXc8kLets see if these links work I got them uploaded. The one video the lense pointed at the sky but you can see my reflection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felicello122 Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 I would have let her ride in the passenger seat OD.... Hahahathat's why you need a sleeper so she could rest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul roncetti Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 Hi Vinny, are they on U Tube, can't seem to get here? Quote RONCETTI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2stacksuperdog Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 Here you go Paul:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUFDTHfXc8khttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqrZ6izapxw Quote Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul roncetti Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 Thanks Matt Quote RONCETTI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umodelnut Posted May 5, 2013 Author Share Posted May 5, 2013 Here you go Paul:Yes thank you Matt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vladislav Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 Cool!Glad to know you was involved in such action.I had to spent 36 years of my life to drive a Mack truck down the road. 1 Quote Никогда не бывает слишком много грузовиков! leversole 11.2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umodelnut Posted May 5, 2013 Author Share Posted May 5, 2013 Cool!Glad to know you was involved in such action.I had to spent 36 years of my life to drive a Mack truck down the road.Thanks Vlad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
57 bcr Posted May 6, 2013 Share Posted May 6, 2013 Looks like Doug's got a nice playground,Vinny.Thats cool! For the 452nd time,I envy you! 1 Quote IF YOU BOUGHT IT, A TRUCK BROUGHT IT..AND WHEN YOU'RE DONE WITH IT, A TRUCK WILL HAUL IT AWAY!!! Big John Trimble,WRVA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gvam Posted May 6, 2013 Share Posted May 6, 2013 Good job Vin! No grinding gears or anything....... (or did you edit that out?) OK, fine I am just jealous because none of my neighbors ask me to do fun stuff like thisGeorge 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umodelnut Posted May 6, 2013 Author Share Posted May 6, 2013 Thanks Al and George. But oh yeah, there was grinding gears. When I'd stop sometimes the truck was sitting just right so it wouldn't go into gear. So I'd stick it in a higher gear then go back to the gear I wanted to be in, or just let the clutch out more and more and see if it would go in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2stacksuperdog Posted May 6, 2013 Share Posted May 6, 2013 I pull it in gear and let the clutch out slowly until it goes in Quote Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umodelnut Posted May 6, 2013 Author Share Posted May 6, 2013 I pull it in gear and let the clutch out slowly until it goes inYeah that's what I mean. I felt cool doing that. One hand on the shifter, steering one handed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2stacksuperdog Posted May 6, 2013 Share Posted May 6, 2013 is it a 5 or 6 speed? Quote Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umodelnut Posted May 6, 2013 Author Share Posted May 6, 2013 is it a 5 or 6 speed?It was a Road Ranger I'm pretty sure. Don't remember all I used was first and reverse for packing that dirt down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2stacksuperdog Posted May 6, 2013 Share Posted May 6, 2013 oh closest i got to driving a roadranger was a Autocar that took about 10 minutes to figure out how to start it with about 10 different switches to turn on all over the truck then took another 20 to build up air and once we got that i released the brakes and the maxi's were losing air so i figure get it in gear and go but the clutch pedal moved about 1/2 inch and thats when i said I'm not driving this death trap. and our RD has a 8LL fuller Quote Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umodelnut Posted May 6, 2013 Author Share Posted May 6, 2013 Yeah don't take my word for it but I thought it was a RR. She started right up though. Took awhile to build the air. Papa actually started it and he had his foot on he pedal to get the air to build up. Then when the buzzer went off he got out and said get in there. So I did all the dirt packing. (I wouldnt have let him do it because I knew it was fun). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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