Scaleyback
Veteran
- Location
- North Yorkshire
Cycling a narrow lane, do you wait and let the Tractor pass ?
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ClichéGuevara
Legendary Member
- Location
- Kingston upon the River Hull
Am I the only one that could hear the last blue tractor yelling 'wait for me'. 
FishFright
More wheels than sense
I do like an old tractor , they seem to be in the correct scale for the countryside.
Definitely, newer ones are way too big for most lanes around here.
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
The rider handled that well, and most of the salt-of-the-earth farmer types gave a nod of thanks.
The road was wide enough that some less cautious riders would have carried on, but one slip and you end up under a tractor so not a terribly good idea.
The thread title should read 'Moderately sensible cyclist meets moderately polite tractor drivers and encounter passes without incident'.
The road was wide enough that some less cautious riders would have carried on, but one slip and you end up under a tractor so not a terribly good idea.
The thread title should read 'Moderately sensible cyclist meets moderately polite tractor drivers and encounter passes without incident'.
Alex321
Veteran
- Location
- South Wales
Generally, yes, though that depends on how much space there is. I've even turned around and ridden back 100 yards to a gateway when I came across a tractor that really filled the road.
But in your case, while I would probably have stopped to watch, there was actually plenty of room to pass without stopping, unless the video is rather deceptive.
But in your case, while I would probably have stopped to watch, there was actually plenty of room to pass without stopping, unless the video is rather deceptive.
glasgowcyclist
Charming but somewhat feckless
- Location
- Scotland
Was that a lot of tractors or just a half dozen taking a short cut through the field and coming back round again?
mudsticks
Obviously an Aubergine
If I'm riding and going downhill or relatively flat I will pull over for a tractor or pretty much anything to pass.
The lanes round here are narrow, and you don't want to wobble into a brambly hedge.
If I'm tractorising I will nearly always pull over for a cyclist, unless I'm about to turn in.
I'm rarely in that much of a rush.
But the contractors are up against every minute.
From an economic, client, and weather POV.
My tractors are relatively modest by modern standards.
I agree the big beasts are wayy too big for most little lanes.
But farming has been mostly pushed that way, by many factors.
These guys look like they are on their way to, or from sort of old timers rally.
The lanes round here are narrow, and you don't want to wobble into a brambly hedge.
If I'm tractorising I will nearly always pull over for a cyclist, unless I'm about to turn in.
I'm rarely in that much of a rush.
But the contractors are up against every minute.
From an economic, client, and weather POV.
My tractors are relatively modest by modern standards.
I agree the big beasts are wayy too big for most little lanes.
But farming has been mostly pushed that way, by many factors.
These guys look like they are on their way to, or from sort of old timers rally.
a.twiddler
Veteran
I would have stopped to watch them anyway. Now if they'd been powered by steam....Not so good if you're in a hurry though. Width of the road is hard to judge with a wide angle lens. Those guys were probably not in too much of a hurry -tractor rallyists probably so pretty relaxed.
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Was that a little grey Fergie I saw amongst that lot, seeing them coming towards me I might have been reaching for my phone to take some pictures.
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Z’ha’dum
I would have stopped to watch
One advantage of stopping to pull over if that you can choose where to stop - if you try to carry on and then have to stop anyway then you end up stopping by necessity - which could be in a pothole of in a spiky hedge
Great to see them all!
One advantage of stopping to pull over if that you can choose where to stop - if you try to carry on and then have to stop anyway then you end up stopping by necessity - which could be in a pothole of in a spiky hedge
Great to see them all!
oldwheels
Legendary Member
- Location
- Isle of Mull
There was a veteran tractor rally in Oban a few years ago with about 30 vehicles as I remember. On a wet Monday morning they set off in convoy in July or August {cannot now remember which] towards Crianlarich.
We had a hospital appointment in Glasgow and I gave 3 hours for a journey that would normally take me about 2 hours. Caught up with the idiots doing about 18mph at Connel. With heavy oncoming traffic and only one small space between tractors it was impossible to safely overtake. It took me nearly one hour to do a section which would normally take 10 minutes and saw some of the most dangerous driving ever. A touring coach nearly took out some oncoming vehicles at one point.
Nightmare of the most inconsiderate road behaviour I have ever seen. Somehow somebody must have got to them and forced them to pull over into a large car park at Dalmally to let normal traffic past.
We had a hospital appointment in Glasgow and I gave 3 hours for a journey that would normally take me about 2 hours. Caught up with the idiots doing about 18mph at Connel. With heavy oncoming traffic and only one small space between tractors it was impossible to safely overtake. It took me nearly one hour to do a section which would normally take 10 minutes and saw some of the most dangerous driving ever. A touring coach nearly took out some oncoming vehicles at one point.
Nightmare of the most inconsiderate road behaviour I have ever seen. Somehow somebody must have got to them and forced them to pull over into a large car park at Dalmally to let normal traffic past.
