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He's not allowed to shoot you.
And if he does, it'll be a long time before he drives his tractor again, so your wife will be pleased.
[quote=FunkyDunc ]Ah usual STW double standards. It's ok for a farmer to evade tax, but not mult millionaires
See my long post above. Appears he is not tax avoiding and is perfectly entitled to use the tractor to go to and from work on red diesel. Stopping at the shops or pub would not be allowed however 🙂
Pay some kids to nick his keys when he leaves it running. He'll soon stop doing it after his 4th set go missing
**** stealing the keys, if engine is running, steal the tractor. Local kids would love it, just let them know. Also IIRC, a vehicle left with the keys in the ignition voids theft insurance.
I said on page 1 that my father in law drives his tractor home and back, so I may be able to offer some insight into why your neighbour does the same thing.
For my FIL, the reason why he brings his tractor home is that he uses it on many different farms/fields all over the local area, and his house is largely central to the area he farms. So if he kept the tractor at a single yard, he would first have to drive to the yard, then drive the tractor to wherever he is working that day, then at the end of the day take the tractor back to the yard, then drive back home.
By taking the tractor home he can just go straight from home to relevent field, and then from field straight back home without having to mess around.
In my FIL case the area he may need to use his tractor in is quite large (ie most of southern north yorkshire)
It doesnt excuse the antisocial nature, but it might help explain why he does it, on the other hand the above may not apply to this chap at all, he may just plough his own fields and never need to go further than his own farm
**** stealing the keys, if engine is running, steal the tractor
There may be 2 brake pedals and 2 gear levers, but there's only 1 key.
Used to leave the key in our tractors on friends farm, mainly cos several people would need to use one or other tractor throughout the day, and it's no use if the key are up at the farm shed or farmhouse and we're down in the orchards, cos the farm owner went home for lunch or to do some admin.
Local chavscum probably won't have a clue when there's no handbrake, no accelerator pedal (twas a lever by the steering wheel), 2 gear knobs.
All organised crime now, so that wouldn't stop them, nor would a lack of key.
You're going to bury the said stolen keys in a haystack, right?
dunno if its still the case but Massey Fergusons used to be able to be started with the dipstick if you lost the key ( yes showing my age - I am talking about little and big reds)
Ah usual STW double standards. It's ok for a farmer to evade tax, but not mult millionaires
WHAT???