John_Deere_trip

Someone posted about the '48 John Deere trip across America, by Ivan S. He was just leaving Huntington Indiana at this time traveling his cruising speed of 11-14 mph pulling his camper, heading generally westbound to the coast. Interesting the tractor has real time GPS tracking so you can go on the website ,click location, and see where he is located at any time. He is the guy collecting money to donate to veterans. A 70 yr old tractor & retired farmer both still working for a good cause in today's 2019 world.

I seen something about it,somewhere,he's got more patience than i do,via car is bad enough !!!

He is making good time. He was just in Jeromesville and Hayesville Ohio on Sunday.

He was at the Rough and Tumble show in Kinzer,PA. In august of last year. Pretty nice rig.

Hope he has something set up to be very visible/noticeable from behind such as strobe lighting or something similar

He is in Warsaw Indiana tonight. Here is the websight, look in the upper right corner for the little JD green tractor. Heading West into Ill. Look for him Kruser. Joe
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(quoted from post at 10:42:53 05/22/19) Someone posted about the '48 John Deere trip across America, by Ivan S. He was just leaving Huntington Indiana at this time traveling his cruising speed of 11-14 mph pulling his camper, heading generally westbound to the coast. Interesting the tractor has real time GPS tracking so you can go on the website ,click location, and see where he is located at any time. He is the guy collecting money to donate to veterans. A 70 yr old tractor & retired farmer both still working for a good cause in today's 2019 world.

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What a NOBLE and HONORABLE cause!

On the other hand, it is only a matter of time before someone is killed as a result of this.

In this day and age, there's simply no room on our high-speed roads populated with people sexting and texting to come upon a 10mph "roadblock", IMHO, much less than one that goes on for hundreds and hundreds of miles.

MUST be a better way to honor our veterans than this, IMHO?

Am I alone in this opinion?

He plans his route mostly on secondary roads not interstates where there is high speed cross country traffic and truck traffic. Many of these roads here have 55 mph speed limits, not that difficult to slow down from these days. I'm thinking his tractor is slightly modified so he has a top speed of 17 mph. No different than slowing down for local farmers on the road going out to do field work at this time of year.

We had a fellow come thru Southern Indiana last week riding a mule and leading another mule
heading somewhere, said this was his third or fourth trip across the USA, I think he said the mules GPS was on the blink.

(quoted from post at 07:14:53 05/23/19) He plans his route mostly on secondary roads not interstates where there is high speed cross country traffic and truck traffic. Many of these roads here have 55 mph speed limits, not that difficult to slow down from these days. I'm thinking his tractor is slightly modified so he has a top speed of 17 mph. No different than slowing down for local farmers on the road going out to do field work at this time of year.

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The flaw with that thinking is most roads have curves and hills that you can't see around or through. And my experience is if it's marked at 55 folks drive between 60 and 65 on average. Bump that same road to 60 and they now run 65 to 70 (they bumped the highway through our farm from 55 to 60 a couple of years ago).

So he's moving 11 or so MPH on a 2 lane highway, marked at 55 or 60 or in some states 65? With hills and curves? And he doesn't have to be there? That's the difference between him and a farmer. Farmer is out there cause he has to be. Most local farmers here are running tractors that will at least do 25 MPH or so too. And they restrict traffic what? 2 months or so a year? At 11 MPH shortest route, driving 8 hours a day and no dallying? Not bad on time......unless he's just going back and forth.

I don't mind him being there or doing it. But I have to go with Bob on this. Hope he has really good warning lights on his rig. Be a shame to be doing what he's doing and for some young service member to get called home to attend the funeral of a younger sibling who with a carload of friends goofing off and distracted driving ran into the back of his rig.

Rick