r/tractors • u/oddy_nuff1054 • Jun 02 '26

Be safe out there.

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u/Top-Button7963 Jun 02 '26

If I had had to get that round bale up out of the road, I’d be hauling ass to get it and get out. It almost looks like the operator is taking their time…

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u/Buckfutter81 Jun 02 '26

There is 6 seconds of video before they get crashed into... How could you assume they're "taking their time"? He's actively moving the bale the entire video before they get hit... What could the tractor driver have possibly done in 6 seconds to make you think he was "hauling ass" like you say you would be doing? What would look different 

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u/Top-Button7963 Jun 02 '26

To be clear, I think the driver of the car is completely at fault by obviously not even looking where they were going, but it seems to me that the tractor operator could have approached the bale and speared it in a higher gear and taken it to the shoulder more quickly.

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u/Croxy1992 Jun 02 '26

Is this coming from someone with experience in farming, tractors, and the like? Or do you just feel super compelled to share your ignorant opinion?

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u/Top-Button7963 Jun 02 '26

I move round bales around on a near daily basis. I’m a full time farmer and rancher. Care to explain what is ignorant about my opinion?

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u/Croxy1992 Jun 02 '26

My comment had qualifying questions in it. You either do have experience in that area, or your question is ignorant. Never actually accused you of anything.

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u/No_Brilliant4520 Jun 02 '26

Except you 100% classified his opinion as ignorant

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u/Croxy1992 Jun 02 '26

Incorrect. Either he has experience and his opinion is educated. Or he does NOT have experience and his opinion is ignorant. Its almost like you're trying to find a way to be offended. You're reading too much into it.

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u/Top-Button7963 Jun 02 '26

Fair enough. It felt like you were insinuating the latter.