Originally Posted by rockinbbar
That's what kids are for!

Starting at about age 6.

And city folks wonder how farm and ranch kids learn to drive at such young ages... smile

I steered a B John Deere between the rows of hay bales when I was 4 or 5, with my Dad or uncle right there. Raking and mowing hay on an 8N by the age of 9 or 10. Driving pickup by myself around the farm by 12.

I took my drivers license test at 16 in our pickup, 4 speed manual transmission. I had practiced a bunch at home. I parallel parked that truck perfectly between the cones with no hesitation.

The examiner was a grouchy old fart that had a reputation for being pretty tough on first time testers. He complimented me on the parallel park-"You did that pretty well." I replied with "I could back a B John Deere and a hay rack in that spot!"

I failed my test. He thought I was a little too cocky about my driving skills...


Always drink upstream from the herd...cowdoc...