In Ohio and Wisconsin where my family is from, this was normal when I was a kid... well in Ohio they didn't have a gas station in town, and in Wisconsin there was no town - but tractors on the roads wasn't unusual.
I've NEVER seen this in the Bay Area, and I've lived here for 35 years.
On the way home tonight I pull in to get fuel and there's a tractor coming at me. I make a left in front of him into the gas station and he pulls in behind me. He's more crafty than me at navigating the cars at the pumps, though and pulls in just in front of me.
And proceeds to tank up.
The tractor is a 1969 he was telling another interested fellow who walked over to talk to him. The engine and transmission bolt to the rear end and basically make up the frame.
The owner said it was old and worn out, like him, and that he wasn't going to replace it. When it broke, he was retired.
I remember my grandfather having one in green just about like it when I was a kid. Last time I saw it, I was 4. His must have been 30 years older, because it was worn out 40 years ago...
It was neat to see and be taken back.
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