Deere pulling a chariot with deity atop

[Pumice]

Hello
I vactioned in Sri Lanka (was born there) recently and took these pictures of a religious festival where a Deere 5047D was used to pull a wooden chariot with a Hindu deity atop. In the past many men used to pull these things, and in some festivals men still do but for longer distances a tractor is used.

Thought you all might like to see it, as it is out of the ordinary for a Deere.

 

[milkman636]

I typically don't see a barefoot operator wearing a towel-like outfit either. The passenger seat on the fender is also something we would not see on a newer tractor. Thanks for posting.

 

[Pumice]

I typically don't see a barefoot operator wearing a towel-like outfit either. The passenger seat on the fender is also something we would not see on a newer tractor. Thanks for posting.

You're welcome

The towel like dress is a sarong, traditional outfit for much of South Asia and also many parts of S.E. Asia.

 

[milkman636]

okay...now that you say it I knew they were called sarongs. It's just been an awful long time since Asian attire has come up in conversation.:thumbsup:

 

[CobyRupert]

The passenger seat on the fender is also something we would not see on a newer tractor.

Those are called Freedom. Not something we'd see.

 

[Zebrafive]

Are the fender seats factory or added on?

 

[CobyRupert]

Factory:
https://www.google.com/search?q=india%20john%20deere&bav=on.2,or.&bvm=bv.56343320,d.cWc,pv.xjs.s.en_US.Lbm7JZrHHZc.O&biw=1093&bih=512&dpr=1&wrapid=tlif138445156143711&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=BQ2FUpbsNoa-sQSElIGYAw

 

[sixdogs]

Great and informative thread.

 

[hosspuller]

Interesting... fender seats but no ROPS.

 

[Pumice]

Interesting... fender seats but no ROPS.

Worker / operator safety in much of Asia and the MidEast is non exsistent to dismal.

I was at my ancestral village and saw farmers spraying Commerical Roundup from a backpak mounted metal pump sprayer with no googles or face mask and wearing just shorts or a sarong. It's been in the news that many rural folk are suffering kidney failure and other ailements from exposure to dangerous levels of pesticide.

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Another pic. I'm trying to find a picture of just the chariot.



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The various brands of tractors most seen over there (personal observation) are, in order of frequency (high to low):
Massey Ferguson
TAFE (Indian brand)
Mahindra
Deere

Chinese brands are really making inroads now; partly because China is considered a very important ally .

 

[milkman636]

Worker / operator safety in much of Asia and the MidEast is non exsistent to dismal.

I was at my ancestral village and saw farmers spraying Commerical Roundup from a backpak mounted metal pump sprayer with no googles or face mask and wearing just shorts or a sarong. It's been in the news that many rural folk are suffering kidney failure and other ailements from exposure to dangerous levels of pesticide.

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Hopefully there will be improvement soon. The US has really only been safety conscious the last 40-50 years. Our equipment made in the early 1970's had none of the modern safety features either. Worker safety really didn't take off too much before then either. I used to work with old pipefitters here that talked about mixing up asbestos in tubs like redi-mix concrete to insulate pipes. A lot of them ended up with mesothelioma and lung cancer. I have to believe that in this information age some of the affected people will gradually become more informed about the hazards of what they are doing.