Driving was likely the largest single component of the wheat farm I grew up on. Truck to haul water and wheat, tractor to summerfallow and seed, tractor pullin

Driving was likely the largest single component of the wheat farm I grew up on. Truck to haul water and wheat, tractor to summerfallow and seed, tractor pulling baler to bale hay and straw, swather to lay down rows of barley and wheat, combine to harvest. Some of these were pretty tricky to drive — the swather had a small engine driving a pair of variable diameter pulleys, one for each wheel plus reversing pedals. Took my dad a year to master that one. The definition of mastery here was the ability to smoke his pipe. Certainly an odd thing to do in the midst of a wheat field where the humidity would hover around single digit percentages. Also about hauling water https://william-g-lederer.net/daily//blog/2008/03/13/HaulingWater.html https://william-g-lederer.net/daily//blog/2008/03/13/Hauling... I wrote about that kind of driving here https://william-g-lederer.net/daily//blog/2008/06/01/Driving.html https://william-g-lederer.net/daily//blog/2008/06/01/Driving... Later I would be able to do recreational driving, often along US 2 in northern Montana or along state road 5. Going through rare counties for my ham radio buddies. And driving was a key component of a cousin’s reunion https://william-g-lederer.net/daily//blog/2007/05/25/TheSummerthattimestoodstillPart4Onthewayhome.html https://william-g-lederer.net/daily//blog/2007/05/25/TheSumm...