Rufford Ford FLOOD at 5FT with farmer in tractor that has had enough of closure | part 142 

At the start I was thinking “where are those concrete barriers they put there to stop traffic?” one and a half minutes in “oh, there they are.” 🤣🤣🤣🤣

The tractor driver didn't pay for that tractor himself. 100%

As someone who has pulled all sorts of trailers with all sorts of trucks in ice, snow, mud, gravel, etc., that tractor was crazy impressive. A trailer is such an anchor.

Well done on filming properly in landscape mode, like 99% of other people don’t do. 👍👏

There's a reason why in Australia they say if it's flooded forget it.. underwater obstacles & damaged roads are real..

How he didn't pierce every sidewall at the end is astounding. Didn't look like he had any water in the tractor tyres either

The way that tractor shifted that trailer and the barriers was bloody impressive

Tractors are incredibly strong, to push through that much water, with a full trailer, while spinning tyres, with some massive concrete blocks in the way is crazy

As a farmer in the uk im not going to ram my tractor into a deep ford and potenital risk damaging it and the equipment on the back as i love my tractor and dont want to destroy it by unnecesarly damaging it Edit: Yo ty for the likes this most i ever got

That tractor is seriously impressive.

I was wondering what the big bumps were under the water. My question was answered when the tractor came out with 2 concrete blocks wedged in front of the trailer. I can’t believe cars and vans were still driving through it!

Holymoley… personally, Tom, I’d say this one of the tractor dragging those concrete beams is one of your best (yet)! Just my opinion of course, but I’ve ruddy loved this video. Thank you for what you do and for sharing this with us. Terrrrific!

This is proof of "completion bias" where you ignore all signs against a terrible decision just to finish 😂

If the farmer has had enough of the closure, he sure picked the best day of the year to show is frustration, you couldn't make it up

All i see is a hard working man feed up with the Governement's inaction to solve a problem. Nice work!

"These pallets MUST get thru man the shoppers need them desperately"...

How none of those tractor tyres weren’t punctured is a miracle!

I love my car so much, that there is no way i would try to go through anything like that

Best advert ever for a John Deere tractor.

put a hose on the air intake for the carb/fuel inj and a flexible exhaust tubing on the tail pipe and raise them above the water level . old times used to do this long before we had flood control. military had vehicles sealed up so they could run almost submerged, spray the ignition with something to keep it dry and keep going.

Now *THAT* is an advert for John Deere products . . . . . RESPECT!

The water level, that tractor, pushing the barriers out, best vid of rufford ford there is.

and thanks for filming this! always great viewing

This farmer really said screw this bs, i have place to go.

Some people just dont care about physics, but the Hydrolock brings them back to reality.

This just shows how much power tractors have

I got mad respect for tractors! I have seen them save people's lives.

As the saying goes, "There's no fixing stupid."

Lol the concrete barriers. I was asking myself what happens at 0:10. Now it is clear 😂😂😂

Whoever is driving that tractor hasn't much respect for machinery 😮

Big respect to the guy who owned the tractor and drove straight through 💪🏼💪🏼👊🏼

Incredible. That tractor was impressive going through. Not stopping that thing

Actually impressed he didn't damage the tires or even rolled over. Wouldn't be surprised if he was a Farm Employee than actually the owner. That would explain all the reckless.

Tractor driver had way more luck than skill. Clipped all rims after reversing (almost) around the barriers.

Great that you filmed this. A real scoop.

I'm telling you man, farmers will save us from all the madness. GO FARMERS!

The sound and the fury. That short clip had everything: tension, uncertainty, almost a crazed self-belief...I approve!

finally some Rufford Ford content!

Over here across the pond we say "Turn around, don't drown" for a reason.

Cool! Is that a new challenge? I'm sure the flooded buildings will enjoy the additional movement of the water.

I really did miss the videos from this location. Great having you back, Sir!

I have used this ford in safe conditions a few times over the years. It's always fun to drive or ride through a ford, but for most people, this ford saves only 5 minutes of easy main roads around the other 2 sides of a triangle. Only the locals need to use it on a regular basis, and they know when it is safe. Idiots travelling to the ford simply to show off to RU-vidrs have resulted in it being closed. Why anyone would take their second biggest investment (after their house) and ruin it just for laughs is beyond me.

It's really amazing how once behind a wheel, people literally turn into their alter egos. Either hyper aggressive or really passive. The gentleman in the tractor falls into the latter rather than former category.

As J Clarkson says - speed n power solves everything 😂

The driver of the John Deere is obviously not the tractor owner, he would not treat his tractor this way and do this amount of tire damage to his own machine.

It's amazing how relaxed people are when they've just potentially caused mass damage to their car. If it was me i'd asking myself why did i just do that? Also I'd be praying to a higher power, asking to go back 10 minutes in time, so i won't make that mistake again

if someday i have to buy a tractor, I will definitely go for that one, that was impressive, those concrete barriers look heavy and it pull them locking the front trailer wheels without effort.

Thank you, kind farmer, for fucking demolishing these barriers!

It just baffles me why people even attempt to go through and those who think to go flat out is best that push up so much of a wave that it’s potentially going to cause damage to surrounding properties and knock down garden walls. This was always the case in a village where I lived a tractor with a ten tonne trailer went through the water which was been retained by a wall which was protecting our properties from getting flooded until he sent a wave with so much force the wall collapsed bringing thousands of gallons of water rushing down with such force it burst everyone’s front doors open flooding the properties causing thousands of pounds of damage per property. So please if in doubt don’t go through and think of the residents and their homes.

Dude had no respect for that John Deere

Beast mode no messing about... excellent

Shoutout to John Deer! That thing had some serious pulling power. 🙌🏽

The going price for a 19 plate John Deere 6250R (same as this one) seems to be about £130,000. Im sure the farm where he works would be interested to see how he's treating this one.

I was wondering why the trailer wasnt lifting up over the new speed bumps like the tractor, its impressive it just dragged them away like that.

Nice 2 fingered salute to the local council closing the road 👏👏

Brilliant Vid. Farmer was having none of it, good for him 👍

The barriers has affected many farmers. They are compleatly fed up

Quite a impressive tractor pull there, Might be a bit of a issue if water gets into electronics as john deer puts a lot of that inside tractors these days.

Tree & Hedge Care knows what he’s doing, lovely work!

"You shall not pass!" "Uh, yeah, yeah I will."

Oh my goodness! I didn't realize the courtyard of the building was also flooded. What a mess! TY for the video.

That tractor is an absolute beast of a machine 💪💪💪

The tractor is no joke, what a beast

Tractors are fantastic pieces of kit but I genuinely thought this driver was out of his depth until I saw it gain traction again at 0:59 . This driver seriously took his chances and by very good design of John Deere the machine withstood the test, but that was on the limit. Arguably nothing should attempt 5ft of water unless the purpose of the journey is for medical/search and rescue

He broke the stand for the trailer drawbar… see the blue metal to left of concrete bollard @2:20

It's awesome you were there to film it Tom. What a memorable crossing that was!

Best john deere advertisment i have seen

Great effort from the farmer!

Just remember…..these people share the roads with us… The thing with Rufford ford is that you can avoid it by taking roughly *a 2 mile detour* .

I bet the farmer decided to do this because the barriers were submerged. Then he can claim he didn't know they were there when they inevitably try to ticket him.

Superb work, Tom.

That tractor has serious power! I loved it!!

Loved the boyfriends reaction to his other half trying to drive through 🤣🤣

If that was my JD I would be advertising for a new driver. Can’t believe an owner would treat it or the trailer like that…….. all the mental agility and mechanical sympathy of an earthworm.

What a complete tool! he will love the cost of replacing all of the tyres he has ripped the side walls out off on those concrete barriers what a hero

What an advert that is for the tractor! Beast

So glad to see you back. Great entertainment. The tractor was amazing. Raw power.

I'm sure all the people living in the houses appreciate the bow waves being sent through their gardens!

Nice, water and submerged barriers! You guys are really upping the ante!

no doubt about it... that is a badass tractor

The guy was going through Rufford Ford withdrawal and needed his fix.

2:48 this poor bloke was so mad 😂😂

Great video Tom

Need more fellas like him.

amazes me how people drive through 2 foot of water and think your standard car will survive haha

Those John Deere's certainly have some torque.

That tractor is unstoppable 🚜💪

Not exactly Brain of Britain in the John Deeds, but what an advert for the tractor unit.

In the words of Jeremy Clarkson... what a machiiiiiiiiiine!

The tractor driver is in there doing his best Jeremy Clarkson impression "MORE POWERRRR!!!"

Dealer: This repair is warranty, we’ve never seen this kind of break down. Guy posts video on RU-vid, and dealer goes ahhhhh

Holy... Alot of people knows about this road in Rufford, but this flood absolutely insane. Not even close to previous ones.

I suppose it was a genius working in the councils road planning department who decided to put those concrete blocks in the water so low no one could see them at full flood. Sometimes you can't buy stupid with the council you have no choice you have to buy stupid. It's called your council tax 😂

The power of that tractor!! 💪🚜

This tractor guy is awesome! And for worst case, he even brought his own "Arche Noah"... 🤣

Makes you realise how powerful tractors are!!

Yayy the barriers got taken away by the tractor

The tractor driver at boiling point zero f’s given just wow

1. очень мощный трактор. 2. в такую погоду, лучше сидеть дома и пить чай с печеньем! 😊

just looking at the sheer engineering, that folks is what tractors are built for. Loved watching it show the ford who's boss, ain't no bit of murky water stopping that beast of a vehicle