I bought a house by a speedway. The long term speedway lease ran out. It was renewed after public consultation said don’t. The sound of the cars never bothered me but the tannoy was a pain in the aris.
@@jeremyashford2145I know some people who moved near a race track, complained about the noise, the track owners planted trees screening and tried to mitigate noise levels by changing their race times and limiting race days, reducing practise sessions etc but still it wasn't enough and the complaints continued. Some people just like to complain about anyone else just enjoying themselves, no matter what they are doing. I mean who would move next to a race track then complain about racing car noise?⚠️😲🤔
@pdtech4524 A friend of my brother had a property right on the edge of the park, which was also used for rock concerts. He built a grandstand in his back yard. His primary source of income was towing cars.
From what I've seen i doubt much persuasion would be needed. River,road, they both begin with R, meander through the countryside,why they're the almost the same really. Give or take a little standing water.😜
We’ve got a ford to access where I live and occasionally it was impassable and very inconvenient. The council eventually dug the bottom out and fitted three rows of 18” diameter concrete pipes to take the water most of the time. A concrete slab was put over the top and now, only heavy rain causes the road to flood but, it’s still passable. Why can’t they do the same there? It’s a very wide river so put more pipes in. Mind you, having seen some of the jokers trying to get through at speed, they deserve everything they get….😂😂😂
It goes to show how far Britain has come. If it had been busy back then, with their abundant skills and dedicated work ethic, the Victorians would have built a nice ornamental bridge with an elliptical span out of stone, bricks and mortar. Materials would have been sourced from all around the country and drawn to site by horse and cart. Nowadays, we have modern technology. We park a computer controlled, 100 diesel horsepower, hydraulic machine with several axes of motion right in the middle of the water. There it can push a precast concrete slab, stolen from a nearby motorway, in circles under the surface of the water. Later, unsuspecting drivers can slam into said slab, unseen and at great speed as they try to cross the ford. Meanwhile the modern marvel of global video file sharing cements our international reputation. It demonstrates to the world our singular inability to build a bridge where one is so clearly required. Hurrah for Britain. Aren't we amazing?
I used to like watching the plums in their BMWs etc thinking they're Jack the Biscuit going through it and hydro locking the engine. Ruined by the local tw&ts driving at stupid speeds.
they need a few more in the center, then span the top with some steel or concrete... then you could drive over the water without getting wet! 5:34 bro's so close... just a few scoops right there and the water goes under the road instead of over it... then just take the concrete barriers and lay them over the top... I feel like I should name the invention a "Bridge", after the card game.
Too expensive, in the same way they could put up electronic metal barriers you see all over North Yorkshire that close when the roads are too snowy. They just want to fuck with people. Fairly certain this is just created by people to stop the RUclips videos making them look bloody stupid. A lot of expensive cars owned by "Expensive idiots" drowned publicly.
Probably the noise of the spectators and bad parking of those same spectators. These people bought a house once in a quiet neighbourhood. Not along side a race circuit with 20-40 people cheering all day every day.
aye it's one thing if your road attracts the occasional BMW driving past "road closed" signs and hydrolocking their engines but once people are deliberately driving through it in flood to "have a go" closing the road for safety is a no-brainer
@@G-ra-ha-m There you go again! No it is not unlawful. But if you are daft enough to believe your crap, take them to court! If you are correct, it will cost you nothing, the council will have to pay your costs! But ya won't!
TBH cars doing this on a public road is pretty dangerous and someone could get badly hurt. Perhaps what someone could do is acquire some land and build a track with a 'water feature'. Then people can pay to drive through it as fast as they want. And with free recovery for their broken cars afterwards. Business opportunity?
Drive through, raise the water level by 100mm. Repeat... like high jump. Manufacturers could compete with stock vehicles and homologated specials. Brilliant idea. This should happen.
Well, some hard-core testers /4×4 etc drivers created their own muddy tracks in the forest near me. They brought in gallons of water and pumped it into dirt tracks and the fun rally begin . Council/forestry department are trying to close the entrance, but people can still drives between trees and bushes to get to it .
Exactly! That road needed to be reopened with all the traffic calming safety measures. @Tom Sunderlands video with the tractor driving over those blocks was an amazing and very powerful message from farmers to authorities! Even mail man have an impact on the road closure because the village has been divided in half and local businesses are affected . The courtyard with empty shops and empty car park.. The speeding needed to be tackled for sure but road shouldn’t be closed!!
@@lamarw7757he will be prosecuted. The police is after him ..but my point is why authorities keeping this road closed for a year now and not implementing any safety measures.. because it’s a simple and not expensive solution to stop speeding and dangerous driving.. This road is vital for the farmers at this time of year and businesses around are suffering..
With people being irresponsible its good that they have closed it off. Its not safe with idiots in their 4x4 piling through it at top speed. Or driving down the run off.
@arizonasteve8170 there's a motto I always go by. "Do stupid things in sensible places," and this isn't one of those places for doing 60+... There are plenty of other Fords about the UK that are less populated or in an area where people are not at risk. I used to enjoy these types of videos of people drowning their car. Unfortunately, there are a few that spoil it by being reckless.
So impressed with the power of this machine! And, I just found out, from checking their website, that the first JCB was invented in the year I was born! 71 years ago!!!!!!
It shows how pitiful our highway authorities are. In the hundreds of years that ford has been in existence they have never got round to culverting it and building a proper road over it.
People didn't have cars hundreds of years ago. Drivers used to treat crossing ford's with respect. Unfortunately that's a past era. Closing the Ford is the cheapest option for the council tax payers. This river is likely a stream only for the majority of the year anyway. CCTV is an alternative with the footage supplied to insurance companies. The rest of the driving public are paying for the insurance losses.
It's like when people move next to a huge stadium... then complain. If the locals (nimbies) are saying it's speed, why not put some big speeds bumps in before it? Would reduce the run up speed (that often doesn't work anyway) but keep it open? Probably a local there that has a contact in the council, so probably abusing that.
@@DM-ur8vc 😆😅🤣Frothing has begun! C'mon nimby! It's all about common ground, keeping stuff moving, suggesting stuff to keep people (mostly like you) happy (mostly impossible). Keep it open, slow it down. But in your world... NOOOOOOO! 😆. So come, bring out the none troll account... still too shy? Come on nimby be brave. Put the Daily Mail down and chill.
@user-un7eu8ud8l It’s always used to be famous for cars splashing kids on the bridge. Lots of grown ups remember when they were kids they were used to go there.. Because the you tubers made it famous it doesn’t mean the you tubers started a problem.. it was already there . These people knew where they were buying their houses.. Rufford is a public place and have lots of visitors.. The reason that Rufford Ford has been closed is a danger to the public! Not the idiots drowning they cars in there.. There is lots of simple solutions to stop speeding and Highways maintenance came up with really good one but not locals moan again… obviously it’s in their interest but it’s a public road and taxpayers paying for it.. also local businesses have been closed in a court yard and cafe is not open every day as it’s used to be the expensive car park is empty and it’s used to be full of cars.. If you watched Tom Sunderland’s video how tractor dragging these concrete barriers you will realise that road needed to be re opened especially for farmers..
@@trog8035 I am not denying that and actually agree with the closing Rufford Ford as council said was a right temporary solution.. but the council isn’t looking into solutions to resolve the problem and there is lots of ideas . One of these options in my video was to position concrete barriers staggered which would resolve the issue with speeding but no .. speed bumps no.. speed cameras..no. The road has been closed for almost a year now and businesses are affected and it started to look like derelict.. so do you think it’s ok to keep public road closed not looking into solution resolving the issue just to keeplocals happy? Because this is how it looks like..
@@DM-ur8vc I am saying that closure of Rufford Ford supposed to be a temporary until authority will find a right solution to solve with speeding. I am agree the speeding should be stopped..It’s just no one looking into this solutions the road been shut for almost a year and it affects businesses, farmers and cost taxpayers money to keep it shut or someone just have its own interest to be shut. I live on busy street and have idiots driving dangerous too , so can I close it too so I can have a good quiet life? Obviously i will be laughed at.. just saying
@@Jack-Sparrow77 Yep you can not close access on a common public road, it's simply unlawful, that is technically common land and anybody would be well within there rights to push aside those barriers, hell if i lived there and needed to travel that route I'd be down there with a loader moving those blocks the same day as they put them out!!!
What use would a 5th sign be? There is already a sign stating Road Closed and the depth of water and the self important idiots ignore it. The easiest way to stop them is an ANPR speed camera, go through as fast as you like but, you will be getting a large fine.
@@DM-ur8vc Don't live there then, the ford and what goes on there was happening before you arrived on the planet to force everyone to do what you want.
@@bussesandmore1263 The right thing by making people drive further than they need to? If it's such an issue install a speed camera or even better, put the ford into a culvert.
@@skylined5534 I do understand what you mean and agree with borth parties: Cars can be seen getting stuck then breaking down some cars may need repair there for closing the road stops it. Closing the road would make it longer meaning people need to pay for gas ect however in terms of health and safety in my opinion closing the road is the safest thing to do but i do like watching these videos!
@@skylined5534 The road is owned by the council is it not? The flood is a roading hazard to cars i would say. I would rather drive further than screw my car up having to go through water and pay $$$ in damage
What statutory procedure have the Council used to close the road. Have they made a Traffic Order? Is it a lawful obstruction of the highway? Any locals made an FOI request to the Council?
Maybe time to gate barriers up, like the snow ones up in Scotland that can be swung closed when required , I’m aware that planning & costs etc will have to be taken into account, but long term there has to be a solution.
I live next to a church thats been there for approximately 600 yrs & there is 1 house owner that complained about the bells 😂. I also live down a rural area that had trees with a TPO and the council ignored it when the nearby house owner had it removed as it blocked sunlight into there house !!! The house was 15yrs old & the tree was there for over 100 yrs !!
I live in the country, along with two other houses. Toff neighbour complained about our log burners, literally came around here last winter and said "There's smoke coming out of your chimney. Well of course there is you mong) . Next doors dog (it's fine), me using an angle grinder after ~20 mins last summer. Farmer driving his tractor on the road to his barn. Me listening to the radio while reading outside. He moved out a week ago. Met the new neighbours today and they said he was a tool. He removed all the light bulbs, toilet roll holder, and towel holder from the house before moving and asked them to pay for the emptying of the cess pit (full of his shit and piss) Some very entitled and odd people out there that absolutely expect you to live according to their rules.
You are correct is speeding was the only issue the Staggering of the blocks would have been sufficient people wanting their own way and their own private road I agree the Ford was there first
WHY would anyone think they could get through this bloody river . There should be a bridge or the road completely blocked. Anybody that hydrolocks their engine with flood water should know it is down to them as insurance will walk away because of idiocy, driver fault and stupidity.
Hi! This is a very long story…This ford is usually not very deep. This is the deepest we ever saw. What you saying its absolutely right about insurance and driver decision..but this road should have been available for farm vehicles at least because it’s vital for farmers especially when they harvesting.. you see for a tractor even if that deep is not a problem.. Because not only this ford was flooded in the area at that time all normal roads were flooded also and were blocked by stranded cars.. he find a simple solution to go through the ford..so what happened was the tractor driver has pushed the barriers out off the ford which were under water so he could do his job.. but he has been prosecuted and lost his job because stubborn authorities would not open it because locals want it to be shut and used all they power to keep it closed..
@@JelMain Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but you don't have a clue about Law. you might try researching the difference between Natural Law (some aspects of common law) and Legal rules and regulations, it might be an eye opener for you to see what actual powers legal entities don't have! all the best.
There is a road that bypasses this - there is no reason people need to go through that and wreck their cars. The poster is just mad they cant make money from posting more videos of cars being damaged here.
Average water level 3 foot average car engine intake 1 foot, water stuffs the engine irreparably it is NOT an insured loss for £5000, but the idiots still do it.
For new BMWs the replacement engine is well into 5 figures. I was quoted £32,000 for a replacement engine for my M5 when I blew it up. Obviously didn't go to the dealer for that, but that's the kind of price they'd want.
they are probably closing it because theres a liable case against them for damages to vehicles. possibly the police have had too many cars getting written off.
You'd be very lucky to win a case for negligence by the council. This is clearly a Ford and the depth of water at deepest part is clearly shown on a marker post. The way the majority of drivers seem to attempt to cross is clearly unsafe to themselves and by standers. As for laying effectively a pipeline to carry water under the road that's not going to work. There's clearly enough twigs, brush and solid items to block that at which point the houses and buildings further upstream are in danger.
Money talks how else do you get it closed off in a few hours if i lived near id be selling hot drinks and burgers to the visiting public off of my yard of course
The farmer maybe back this time in force to destroy the blockage ! Ha ha I agree with you I think people want a private lane, I would say yeah ok you maintain it then lol soon change their minds lol 😂
If the council had closed the ford, how come their digger was crossing it, should have taken the detour to get to the other side like most other people have to.
if its a public highway, then any vehicle can use it ,provided they are taxed, insured and have mot, obviously within weight limits. Its very difficult to close a public road ,it needs a legislation change ,same as these stupid signs that say "no through road, access only" ,its a public highway owned and maintained by the local authority and paid for by the public
If it's a public road you don't need any tax, insurance, mot, etc, that is just a legal requirement, not a lawful requirement. One man or a group of men can not deny access through that road, that is unlawful! Those council workers are breaking the law!
@@Peter_Riis_DKUnlike the useless articles driving at speed through the Ford the JCB driver is fully aware and trained to deal with water. His vehicle costs the equivalent of several BMWs and weighs several tons. This ford may have a surface too weak to carry the load on one or more wheels for all he knows. Perhaps you armchair experts have never driven anything this size?
Cost, simple. It's cheaper to close the ford than to build a bridge over it, especially if people that don't want traffic going through that area don't want the road to be open in the first place
It also takes years these days to plan, approve, and execute any development, so if they are thinking of redesigning this section of road, it may not happen in this decade!
Brilliant video. If it wants for those nigbors . They can't have it their way. It's a public road for everyone. There's more to this . Rufford ford is a a legend in its own right. Open it up again 👍😎
@@DM-ur8vc If there is a public WC, why would people need to use the street? lowestoft still has a few, and the locality is always very clean. I'm merely pointing out freedom. If you want to live in the USSR, keep voting Liberal.
Before their owners drove them into the river or after? After nothing because the insurance won't pay out for negligence so they're worth whatever the scrap man pays less the cost of the tow truck to get it there which is probably more than the scrap man will give you. Even striping it for parts the engine is shot, the interior is waterlogged and anything electrical is going to have a serious case of the green crusties so it's going straight in the crusher to get melted down. Scrap steel is about £150 a tonne so by the time you're done driving your 40k BMW through the river it's going to be worth just about enough to pay the tow truck to drag it out and take it to the nearest recycling centre for you.
@@binky_bun Bingo, and seems to be completely misunderstood by a lot of people. Lets be honest, insurers do their best to not pay out when they should, like hell are they paying out when they don't need to.
@@skylined5534 I'm fairly certain that flood damage is covered when the car is stationary at home or parked. Not when you wilfully damage your car going through a ford.
I think this is for the best. Too many people were just recklessly speeding through the ford with no regard to the people around. And kids were getting scarily close to the vehicles. It was only a matter of time before someone was killed or seriously injured.
Yep that's the way!!!!!, take someone else's right to travel away, on the off chance some might get hurt. It's got to be dealt with in a different manner that doesn't infringe on others!
In the last video I saw a John Deere pulling a trailer push the obstructions aside, in the process the tractor driver was spinning all four wheels in the ford. There was some discussion whether the tractor's tyres were damaged but perhaps the important point should have been if the road surface of the ford was damaged? In rural Wales the increasing size and weight of agricultural vehicles and delivery HGVs appears to be degrading the rural road network, most lanes were constructed and surfaced when a vehicle weighing 10 tons was exceptional and now narrow lanes are regularly used by by HGVs (and tractors and trailers) of 20, 30 or 40 tons. There is no money to repair the rural road network.
It had become a 'tourist spot' for watchers. Just like objectors to a reopening private 'tourist' railway-they don't want visitors around where they have chosen to live.
That section of road already has a TRO on it, and is closed almost indefinitely. Someone pushed the blocks out the way and drove through. Technically if caught by police doing it you could be hit with a section59 offence, no different to driving on a closed green lane.
People buy houses near brands hatch racing circuit that has been their for 80 years , then complain about the noise . Some cars have to have noise restriction n exhausts because of them .
@@Rumouruk 62 years living in sevenoaks and involved with motor racing in past means I have it right , together with knowing people that lived near brands for many years ,
@@laverdajota8089 This is about the ford, not Brand Hatch! The people here did not buy houses next to a 4x4 race track! Involved in motor racing? What teams, perhaps we can swap stories?
I’ve watched loads of the videos and live not that far away from Rufford and can’t say I’m surprised it’s going to be blocked off all the time. It’s gone to far, people are driving like idiots and it’s only a matter of time till a kid gets hit by one of these vehicles.
So, you get a number of round concrete pipes - and some concrete. Lay the pipes across the road with the flow of the river, fill in the gaps around the concrete pipes with concrete. Re open the road once set. This isn't expensive in the great scheme of things, is it?
I haven’t filmed them to protect their privacy as I don’t want any hustle of them for putting them on a spot… the guys closed Rufford Ford are from Highways maintenance
I knew some people who bought a house next to an industrial estate. Whenever people used to make a noise they'd complain.
I bought a house by a speedway.
The long term speedway lease ran out.
It was renewed after public consultation said don’t.
The sound of the cars never bothered me but the tannoy was a pain in the aris.
@@jeremyashford2145I know some people who moved near a race track, complained about the noise, the track owners planted trees screening and tried to mitigate noise levels by changing their race times and limiting race days, reducing practise sessions etc but still it wasn't enough and the complaints continued.
Some people just like to complain about anyone else just enjoying themselves, no matter what they are doing.
I mean who would move next to a race track then complain about racing car noise?⚠️😲🤔
I live near an airport been there since the wars and people moan about the noise 🤦♀️
@pdtech4524
A friend of my brother had a property right on the edge of the park, which was also used for rock concerts. He built a grandstand in his back yard. His primary source of income was towing cars.
@@jeremyashford2145 I lived in a caravan near Silverstone circuit whilst working out that way. Loved the sound of the practise sessions.
I think with strategic use of concrete blocks, they could divert traffic down the river.
From what I've seen i doubt much persuasion would be needed. River,road, they both begin with R, meander through the countryside,why they're the almost the same really. Give or take a little standing water.😜
@@Dikka0 Oh ARrrr!
In next weeks episode we see the local farmer push them aside like matchsticks again, using a tractor with double the hp of the JCB 😅
We’ve got a ford to access where I live and occasionally it was impassable and very inconvenient. The council eventually dug the bottom out and fitted three rows of 18” diameter concrete pipes to take the water most of the time. A concrete slab was put over the top and now, only heavy rain causes the road to flood but, it’s still passable.
Why can’t they do the same there? It’s a very wide river so put more pipes in.
Mind you, having seen some of the jokers trying to get through at speed, they deserve everything they get….😂😂😂
Crossing this river by car could end up becoming a world sport
It goes to show how far Britain has come.
If it had been busy back then, with their abundant skills and dedicated work ethic, the Victorians would have built a nice ornamental bridge with an elliptical span out of stone, bricks and mortar. Materials would have been sourced from all around the country and drawn to site by horse and cart.
Nowadays, we have modern technology. We park a computer controlled, 100 diesel horsepower, hydraulic machine with several axes of motion right in the middle of the water. There it can push a precast concrete slab, stolen from a nearby motorway, in circles under the surface of the water. Later, unsuspecting drivers can slam into said slab, unseen and at great speed as they try to cross the ford.
Meanwhile the modern marvel of global video file sharing cements our international reputation. It demonstrates to the world our singular inability to build a bridge where one is so clearly required.
Hurrah for Britain. Aren't we amazing?
I used to like watching the plums in their BMWs etc thinking they're Jack the Biscuit going through it and hydro locking the engine.
Ruined by the local tw&ts driving at stupid speeds.
Jack the biscuit?!😂
@@skylined5534😂😂😂
Why just the BMW's? More Fords and Peugeots get stranded! Or is that your jealousy showing?
@@Rumouruk Oh it's good fun watching all the idiots who don't know how to go though a ford, just enjoy it more when it's a Beemer.
@@markburgess4528 Really don't understand why! Must be because you can't afford one?
they need a few more in the center, then span the top with some steel or concrete... then you could drive over the water without getting wet!
5:34 bro's so close... just a few scoops right there and the water goes under the road instead of over it... then just take the concrete barriers and lay them over the top...
I feel like I should name the invention a "Bridge", after the card game.
Too expensive, in the same way they could put up electronic metal barriers you see all over North Yorkshire that close when the roads are too snowy.
They just want to fuck with people. Fairly certain this is just created by people to stop the RUclips videos making them look bloody stupid.
A lot of expensive cars owned by "Expensive idiots" drowned publicly.
Ford's are so 19th century
OK that sounds awfully complicated and what is this "steel' you talk of!! Another flash in the pan no doubt, like the wheel!
@@Dikka0 it's like wood, only made of fancy rocks!
Probably the noise of the spectators and bad parking of those same spectators. These people bought a house once in a quiet neighbourhood. Not along side a race circuit with 20-40 people cheering all day every day.
It was very quite in a week but busy at weekends..and only have become busy a 2-3 weeks before it has been closed
aye it's one thing if your road attracts the occasional BMW driving past "road closed" signs and hydrolocking their engines but once people are deliberately driving through it in flood to "have a go" closing the road for safety is a no-brainer
Unlawful to close it. too.
@@G-ra-ha-m what are you on about, Nottinghamshire County Council implemented a TRO in December 2022
@@G-ra-ha-m There you go again! No it is not unlawful. But if you are daft enough to believe your crap, take them to court! If you are correct, it will cost you nothing, the council will have to pay your costs! But ya won't!
TBH cars doing this on a public road is pretty dangerous and someone could get badly hurt. Perhaps what someone could do is acquire some land and build a track with a 'water feature'. Then people can pay to drive through it as fast as they want. And with free recovery for their broken cars afterwards. Business opportunity?
Drive through, raise the water level by 100mm. Repeat... like high jump.
Manufacturers could compete with stock vehicles and homologated specials.
Brilliant idea. This should happen.
Well, some hard-core testers /4×4 etc drivers created their own muddy tracks in the forest near me. They brought in gallons of water and pumped it into dirt tracks and the fun rally begin . Council/forestry department are trying to close the entrance, but people can still drives between trees and bushes to get to it .
@@tinaforbes1059 It's our land, don't let the corporations steal and fence it all off.
i'd buy shares in that! :D
Quite interesting that there are millions of potholes needing attention, but this does get all the attention it didn’t need
It simply depends on "who" lives there, or "who" they know.
how long till the farmer knocks the barriers over again
Exactly! That road needed to be reopened with all the traffic calming safety measures. @Tom Sunderlands video with the tractor driving over those blocks was an amazing and very powerful message from farmers to authorities!
Even mail man have an impact on the road closure because the village has been divided in half and local businesses are affected . The courtyard with empty shops and empty car park..
The speeding needed to be tackled for sure but road shouldn’t be closed!!
@@lamarw7757he will be prosecuted. The police is after him ..but my point is why authorities keeping this road closed for a year now and not implementing any safety measures.. because it’s a simple and not expensive solution to stop speeding and dangerous driving.. This road is vital for the farmers at this time of year and businesses around are suffering..
With people being irresponsible its good that they have closed it off. Its not safe with idiots in their 4x4 piling through it at top speed. Or driving down the run off.
You should stay in your safe zone and let the rest have fun if they want to.
@arizonasteve8170 there's a motto I always go by. "Do stupid things in sensible places," and this isn't one of those places for doing 60+...
There are plenty of other Fords about the UK that are less populated or in an area where people are not at risk.
I used to enjoy these types of videos of people drowning their car. Unfortunately, there are a few that spoil it by being reckless.
Finally removing those hidden (submersed) lumps of concrete that cars have been hitting for weeks..well done that man!
Yes the cars that ignored the Ford closed signs
I think that huge tractor with trailer that smashed through the concrete reckless driving was enough is enough
He'll be back... lol
I absolutely loved that guy. He showed them All how it's done if you have the right equipment and know how. Tenacity and grit!
He certainly didn't own the tractor no way.
He’s probably in the jail or lost his job by now
@@barkeyes8592 TBB, he had neither, only a large vehicle capable of mounting the barriers.
I'm surprised any insurance company would pay out if the car is deliberately driven into the ford.
Prob won't
They class it as accident damage normally.
@@blueboy7589 They still almost always cover it as accidental damage. Will go down as an at fault claim. Same as storm damage would.
This country is a real mess.
The majority have to pay for the twats who wreck their engines through increased insurance premiums.
@@trainman665
@@blueboy7589 think it's called 'Twatage'
Guessing those barriers were knocked down when a tractor decided to just go through anyway
More destroyed cars filled with water and blown up hydrolocked engines smashed to pieces. Stupidity was so common as they had to stop them doing it.
So impressed with the power of this machine! And, I just found out, from checking their website, that the first JCB was invented in the year I was born! 71 years ago!!!!!!
It shows how pitiful our highway authorities are. In the hundreds of years that ford has been in existence they have never got round to culverting it and building a proper road over it.
There might be an existing Preservation Order, because horse-drawn vehicles crossed the Ford 100 years ago. It is an area of some beauty.
@@peterduxbury927horses can swim 😂🤦
People didn't have cars hundreds of years ago. Drivers used to treat crossing ford's with respect. Unfortunately that's a past era. Closing the Ford is the cheapest option for the council tax payers. This river is likely a stream only for the majority of the year anyway. CCTV is an alternative with the footage supplied to insurance companies. The rest of the driving public are paying for the insurance losses.
The area is a national park preservation.
It’s called RufFORD.!!!
I’ve no sympathy for those that live there or those idiots that try to drive through a flooded road and complain.
🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄
Also the hue and cry when floods happen.. blaming the government…no one controls Mother Nature… Wakey wakey
Send in the John Deeres again!
It's like when people move next to a huge stadium... then complain.
If the locals (nimbies) are saying it's speed, why not put some big speeds bumps in before it? Would reduce the run up speed (that often doesn't work anyway) but keep it open? Probably a local there that has a contact in the council, so probably abusing that.
@@DM-ur8vc 😆😅🤣Frothing has begun! C'mon nimby! It's all about common ground, keeping stuff moving, suggesting stuff to keep people (mostly like you) happy (mostly impossible). Keep it open, slow it down. But in your world... NOOOOOOO! 😆.
So come, bring out the none troll account... still too shy? Come on nimby be brave. Put the Daily Mail down and chill.
@user-un7eu8ud8l It’s always used to be famous for cars splashing kids on the bridge. Lots of grown ups remember when they were kids they were used to go there.. Because the you tubers made it famous it doesn’t mean the you tubers started a problem.. it was already there . These people knew where they were buying their houses.. Rufford is a public place and have lots of visitors..
The reason that Rufford Ford has been closed is a danger to the public! Not the idiots drowning they cars in there.. There is lots of simple solutions to stop speeding and Highways maintenance came up with really good one but not locals moan again… obviously it’s in their interest but it’s a public road and taxpayers paying for it.. also local businesses have been closed in a court yard and cafe is not open every day as it’s used to be the expensive car park is empty and it’s used to be full of cars..
If you watched Tom Sunderland’s video how tractor dragging these concrete barriers you will realise that road needed to be re opened especially for farmers..
@@trog8035 I am not denying that and actually agree with the closing Rufford Ford as council said was a right temporary solution.. but the council isn’t looking into solutions to resolve the problem and there is lots of ideas . One of these options in my video was to position concrete barriers staggered which would resolve the issue with speeding but no .. speed bumps no.. speed cameras..no. The road has been closed for almost a year now and businesses are affected and it started to look like derelict.. so do you think it’s ok to keep public road closed not looking into solution resolving the issue just to keeplocals happy? Because this is how it looks like..
@@DM-ur8vc I am saying that closure of Rufford Ford supposed to be a temporary until authority will find a right solution to solve with speeding.
I am agree the speeding should be stopped..It’s just no one looking into this solutions the road been shut for almost a year and it affects businesses, farmers and cost taxpayers money to keep it shut or someone just have its own interest to be shut.
I live on busy street and have idiots driving dangerous too , so can I close it too so I can have a good quiet life? Obviously i will be laughed at.. just saying
@@Jack-Sparrow77 Yep you can not close access on a common public road, it's simply unlawful, that is technically common land and anybody would be well within there rights to push aside those barriers, hell if i lived there and needed to travel that route I'd be down there with a loader moving those blocks the same day as they put them out!!!
Even Kim Jong Un has come to look.
Make Rufford great again
Make Rufford ford again!
Make Fords pund again in the Rufford Fords
Why don't the council empty some gullies, do something usefully for a change!!!
wouldn't have been easier to put a sign 10mph, and a speed camera....hey presto, job done !!
Exactly! The solution is simple but the authorities want to keep it closed and pretend there isn’t any solution!
is it beyond the big brains too put a 5 mph speed limit and an enforcement camera, stop the idiots trying to show off
What use would a 5th sign be?
There is already a sign stating Road Closed and the depth of water and the self important idiots ignore it.
The easiest way to stop them is an ANPR speed camera, go through as fast as you like but, you will be getting a large fine.
Should have a staggered right of way island on either side of the ford. Keeps the road open but also calms the traffic
That is what they have planned to do first until neighbours came out..
@@Jack-Sparrow77Do they own the fokin road, mate!?
@@VancouverCanucksRock they act like they do
@@DM-ur8vc Don't live there then, the ford and what goes on there was happening before you arrived on the planet to force everyone to do what you want.
@@DM-ur8vc No I wouldn't but I'd also want the road to still be open.
Makes sense to close it- stupid people sometimes need saving from themselves.....
When it's your first day on the Digger... Doh. Made a right dogs dinner of that.
Honestly this dude made me itch 😂
There's a RUclips expert for everything these days.
When you run a business that has 4 of these you can tell a newbie a mile off @@skylined5534
He looked like he’d just been given a JCB for Christmas.
Unless it is correctly sanctioned, that there is an illegal obstruction, The workmen cannot make that descision, it has to be done legally.
Then I suspect this work was done legally or the operator of the JCB was opening himself up to a criminal prosecution which I doubt was the case.
Im sure it would be the council and eaven if not they where doing the right thing.
@@bussesandmore1263
The right thing by making people drive further than they need to?
If it's such an issue install a speed camera or even better, put the ford into a culvert.
@@skylined5534 I do understand what you mean and agree with borth parties: Cars can be seen getting stuck then breaking down some cars may need repair there for closing the road stops it. Closing the road would make it longer meaning people need to pay for gas ect however in terms of health and safety in my opinion closing the road is the safest thing to do but i do like watching these videos!
@@skylined5534 The road is owned by the council is it not? The flood is a roading hazard to cars i would say. I would rather drive further than screw my car up having to go through water and pay $$$ in damage
What statutory procedure have the Council used to close the road. Have they made a Traffic Order? Is it a lawful obstruction of the highway? Any locals made an FOI request to the Council?
that's what Google is for - - -
The council website says they have.
The council are breaking the Law
There are legal ways of closing a road and this could be done on public safety grounds
@@charlesburgoyne-probyn6044 provided the council have issued the correct public notices/statutory regulations then yes, they can.
Maybe time to gate barriers up, like the snow ones up in Scotland that can be swung closed when required , I’m aware that planning & costs etc will have to be taken into account, but long term there has to be a solution.
I presume the village will now be known as Ruff.
Its like when rich people buy cottages in countryside villages then complain about the church bells ringing on Sunday
I live next to a church thats been there for approximately 600 yrs & there is 1 house owner that complained about the bells 😂.
I also live down a rural area that had trees with a TPO and the council ignored it when the nearby house owner had it removed as it blocked sunlight into there house !!! The house was 15yrs old & the tree was there for over 100 yrs !!
@@merlin5476there is always one😂
@@merlin5476 Holy shit, I get if the tree is about to fall down, but for some fucking light!!! Some people are gross.
And that was the end of Solomon Grundy
I live in the country, along with two other houses. Toff neighbour complained about our log burners, literally came around here last winter and said "There's smoke coming out of your chimney. Well of course there is you mong) . Next doors dog (it's fine), me using an angle grinder after ~20 mins last summer. Farmer driving his tractor on the road to his barn. Me listening to the radio while reading outside.
He moved out a week ago. Met the new neighbours today and they said he was a tool. He removed all the light bulbs, toilet roll holder, and towel holder from the house before moving and asked them to pay for the emptying of the cess pit (full of his shit and piss)
Some very entitled and odd people out there that absolutely expect you to live according to their rules.
You are correct is speeding was the only issue the Staggering of the blocks would have been sufficient people wanting their own way and their own private road I agree the Ford was there first
This starts to become a saga !
Typical council workers, one working and several doing f**k all, paid for by the taxpayer.
IMO it was defo the speeding & dangerous driving by a few that brought on the closure.
WHY would anyone think they could get through this bloody river . There should be a bridge or the road completely blocked. Anybody that hydrolocks their engine with flood water should know it is down to them as insurance will walk away because of idiocy, driver fault and stupidity.
Hi! This is a very long story…This ford is usually not very deep. This is the deepest we ever saw. What you saying its absolutely right about insurance and driver decision..but this road should have been available for farm vehicles at least because it’s vital for farmers especially when they harvesting.. you see for a tractor even if that deep is not a problem.. Because not only this ford was flooded in the area at that time all normal roads were flooded also and were blocked by stranded cars.. he find a simple solution to go through the ford..so what happened was the tractor driver has pushed the barriers out off the ford which were under water so he could do his job.. but he has been prosecuted and lost his job because stubborn authorities would not open it because locals want it to be shut and used all they power to keep it closed..
How long until a farmer brings a tractor to clear the road!
Give it time
Bet that farmer will move them again 😂 fair play to the man too.
They've got his number now. Those blocks are out of the water this time, so he's got no excuse.
@@JelMain He doesn't need an excuse they are unlawfully blocking the road!
@@farmingfromscratch No, road closures are in the local authority remit. Look at all the traffic calming measures.
calming is not closing.@@JelMain
@@JelMain Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but you don't have a clue about Law. you might try researching the difference between Natural Law (some aspects of common law) and Legal rules and regulations, it might be an eye opener for you to see what actual powers legal entities don't have! all the best.
Everyone knows the real reason. Too many people driving like twits.
Great access for emergency vehicles. 😇
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There is a road that bypasses this - there is no reason people need to go through that and wreck their cars. The poster is just mad they cant make money from posting more videos of cars being damaged here.
Average water level 3 foot average car engine intake 1 foot, water stuffs the engine irreparably it is NOT an insured loss for £5000, but the idiots still do it.
For new BMWs the replacement engine is well into 5 figures. I was quoted £32,000 for a replacement engine for my M5 when I blew it up. Obviously didn't go to the dealer for that, but that's the kind of price they'd want.
@@Stabby666 Why shouldn't he be mad? We don't live in the USSR. We're supposed to be allowed to make a living or extra money.
@@DM-ur8vc Council regulations are not a free market, it's an illegitimate woke bleating against freedom.
they are probably closing it because theres a liable case against them for damages to vehicles. possibly the police have had too many cars getting written off.
You'd be very lucky to win a case for negligence by the council. This is clearly a Ford and the depth of water at deepest part is clearly shown on a marker post. The way the majority of drivers seem to attempt to cross is clearly unsafe to themselves and by standers. As for laying effectively a pipeline to carry water under the road that's not going to work. There's clearly enough twigs, brush and solid items to block that at which point the houses and buildings further upstream are in danger.
Doesn’t anyone have a job in that village?
This was a Sunday derp derp
Money talks how else do you get it closed off in a few hours if i lived near id be selling hot drinks and burgers to the visiting public off of my yard of course
@@keithleivers4061 then council busybodies would want to see your "permits" etc. :(
You choose to buy a house near a river or a flood plain then think you are King Canute 😂😂
You come driving that way and you're even more of a newbie.
I dare say they were living there before people decided to make a sport of drowning their cars.
I don't blame the locals. I like watching the videos, and I've watched many of them, but it must be a right pain for people having to live with it.
How about access for emergency services?
The farmer maybe back this time in force to destroy the blockage ! Ha ha I agree with you I think people want a private lane, I would say yeah ok you maintain it then lol soon change their minds lol 😂
If the council had closed the ford, how come their digger was crossing it, should have taken the detour to get to the other side like most other people have to.
Technically yes unless they left an option for maintenance access.
Poor you...
if its a public highway, then any vehicle can use it ,provided they are taxed, insured and have mot, obviously within weight limits. Its very difficult to close a public road ,it needs a legislation change ,same as these stupid signs that say "no through road, access only" ,its a public highway owned and maintained by the local authority and paid for by the public
If it's a public road you don't need any tax, insurance, mot, etc, that is just a legal requirement, not a lawful requirement. One man or a group of men can not deny access through that road, that is unlawful! Those council workers are breaking the law!
Surely anyone that deliberately drives thro it makes their insurance null and void ....good argument not to pay out or am I in the wrong job
Is there some law that states 'digger drivers must be over 20 stone'?
It must be his first time in the new digger either that or there’s not much work for it 😂
Not the fastest operator, you think? 😉
@@Peter_Riis_DKUnlike the useless articles driving at speed through the Ford the JCB driver is fully aware and trained to deal with water. His vehicle costs the equivalent of several BMWs and weighs several tons. This ford may have a surface too weak to carry the load on one or more wheels for all he knows. Perhaps you armchair experts have never driven anything this size?
@@geoffreycodnett6570
Armchair experts? I see. Welcome to the club, Geoff. 😘
I don't understand why won't they just make a small bridge... 😐 Can someone explain to me?
Cost, simple. It's cheaper to close the ford than to build a bridge over it, especially if people that don't want traffic going through that area don't want the road to be open in the first place
It also takes years these days to plan, approve, and execute any development, so if they are thinking of redesigning this section of road, it may not happen in this decade!
Can't understand why the people in the UK can't build bridges or elevated roadways!
Silly people....
Get tractor boy to come through again 😂 Eeeeezzzaayyyy 😁
they will only be there until the local farmer gets p'eed off again and drags them out the way,
Brilliant video. If it wants for those nigbors . They can't have it their way. It's a public road for everyone. There's more to this . Rufford ford is a a legend in its own right. Open it up again 👍😎
How many neighbours moved there not knowing they were next to a ford? Zero. Screw the neighbours, it's a public road.
Don't pay you're council tax until they do open it
@@DM-ur8vc If there is a public WC, why would people need to use the street? lowestoft still has a few, and the locality is always very clean.
I'm merely pointing out freedom.
If you want to live in the USSR, keep voting Liberal.
Well said mate👋
At least we watching it on RUclips gets exciting content
take out a private injustion against the council
Pretty slick JCB loader backhoe
It's environment-protection from stupidity, or reverse 🤣🤣
I enjoy the videos, someday they will build an automobile bridge over the Rufford
Look on the guardian in January. There's a piece on the reasons for the closure.
Lamestream media just lies. If u want Truth then do your own research
The road is closed also for emergency services - that is not very wise.
Least I know why anything takes so long that fatty made a 2 second job into a full weekends work😅😅
Also double pay working on Sunday 😂
What’s the total cost of all those wrote of cars 😮
Before their owners drove them into the river or after? After nothing because the insurance won't pay out for negligence so they're worth whatever the scrap man pays less the cost of the tow truck to get it there which is probably more than the scrap man will give you. Even striping it for parts the engine is shot, the interior is waterlogged and anything electrical is going to have a serious case of the green crusties so it's going straight in the crusher to get melted down. Scrap steel is about £150 a tonne so by the time you're done driving your 40k BMW through the river it's going to be worth just about enough to pay the tow truck to drag it out and take it to the nearest recycling centre for you.
@@binky_bun Bingo, and seems to be completely misunderstood by a lot of people.
Lets be honest, insurers do their best to not pay out when they should, like hell are they paying out when they don't need to.
Good, stops the morons . Why don't they build a raised prefab bridge over the water . Its been done in other places
Morons?
Having fun with a ford, while our 'sensible' authority wages foreign political wars, and you pick on them???
It's a public thoroughfare so locals just got to accept it. Next thing they will build speed bumps lol
Hope he gets sacked for damaging the road, 😎
I don't think you are covered by insurance if you drive through a flood willingly.
You are but your insurance company will very likely try to argue the toss.
@@skylined5534 I'm fairly certain that flood damage is covered when the car is stationary at home or parked. Not when you wilfully damage your car going through a ford.
I hold a minutes silence for all those poor bastards that has to pay for this.
Commonsense tells you not to drive threw a flooded road!!!
A few sleeping policemen in the road would help control speeds but they are probably already sleeping somewhere else in the county.
I've got to ask,
why not build a bridge like the pedestrians have?
The amount of flooded cars I've seen would have paid for the bridge 10 times.
I think this is for the best. Too many people were just recklessly speeding through the ford with no regard to the people around. And kids were getting scarily close to the vehicles. It was only a matter of time before someone was killed or seriously injured.
Yep that's the way!!!!!, take someone else's right to travel away, on the off chance some might get hurt. It's got to be dealt with in a different manner that doesn't infringe on others!
Why don't they put a floating bridge there? It's cheaper than cars getting damaged or building a real bridge...
maintenance costs and shorter lifespans
@@kathrynwhitby9799 75-100 years life span with low-cost maintenance cycle, how is that bad?
Building anything in this country is not cheaper. Highways are also not paying for the damage to the cars
It's a rural road that just happens to access a country park. Not worth the expense.
In the last video I saw a John Deere pulling a trailer push the obstructions aside, in the process the tractor driver was spinning all four wheels in the ford. There was some discussion whether the tractor's tyres were damaged but perhaps the important point should have been if the road surface of the ford was damaged? In rural Wales the increasing size and weight of agricultural vehicles and delivery HGVs appears to be degrading the rural road network, most lanes were constructed and surfaced when a vehicle weighing 10 tons was exceptional and now narrow lanes are regularly used by by HGVs (and tractors and trailers) of 20, 30 or 40 tons. There is no money to repair the rural road network.
There must be *something* to do in Rufford, surely?
why they don't build a bridge at the same height as the pedestrians bridge? is that so hard????
It had become a 'tourist spot' for watchers. Just like objectors to a reopening private 'tourist' railway-they don't want visitors around where they have chosen to live.
Same for people who buy houses next to pubs. Then they get pissed off about chucking out time being. Play silly games..............
oh sure it would have been obvious to anyone five years ago that living next to a ford would result in this 🙄
@@DM-ur8vc Oh ok. If you say so.
The 6th blank comment in a row, with likes and replies - youtube 'sensor' ship has gone mad.
It's always been a tourist spot. But not as busy as these days. But I remember standing there with my coffee in the 70's
The farmer will move them blocks again 😂
Is there some legal framework to read regarding the closure ? Or is it just some guy in a JCB ?
Is it just an advisory closure ?
That section of road already has a TRO on it, and is closed almost indefinitely. Someone pushed the blocks out the way and drove through. Technically if caught by police doing it you could be hit with a section59 offence, no different to driving on a closed green lane.
Legal framework doesn't matter it is unlawful to block a common right of passage.
People aren't happy unless they are complaining about something
Ah the great devide
People buy houses near brands hatch racing circuit that has been their for 80 years , then complain about the noise .
Some cars have to have noise restriction n exhausts because of them .
They didn't buy houses next to a 4x4 race track! Come on, get it right!
@@Rumouruk 62 years living in sevenoaks and involved with motor racing in past means I have it right , together with knowing people that lived near brands for many years ,
@@laverdajota8089 This is about the ford, not Brand Hatch! The people here did not buy houses next to a 4x4 race track! Involved in motor racing? What teams, perhaps we can swap stories?
@@Rumouruk understand your comment I thought you were digging at me about the people who buy houses near brands hatch
Apologies
If you're going through hell, keep going.
Winston Churchill
What was the digger driver doing with the rear bucket ? looked like he was stirring a cuppa!!
Someone with a Hiab, PLEASE go and remove the blocks 😂
About time the residents built a bridge and got over it.
I’ve watched loads of the videos and live not that far away from Rufford and can’t say I’m surprised it’s going to be blocked off all the time. It’s gone to far, people are driving like idiots and it’s only a matter of time till a kid gets hit by one of these vehicles.
Indeed.
So, you get a number of round concrete pipes - and some concrete. Lay the pipes across the road with the flow of the river, fill in the gaps around the concrete pipes with concrete. Re open the road once set. This isn't expensive in the great scheme of things, is it?
Otherwise known as an Irish bridge. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-water_crossing
they'd need to be a minimum of 6 Ft diameter, to accommodate the river levels in winter.
Sound like a good idea, I like it but do you have a plan of what to do with the water while the pipes are being installed.
so where are all the "Angry Locals"? looks like some council workers closing it
I haven’t filmed them to protect their privacy as I don’t want any hustle of them for putting them on a spot… the guys closed Rufford Ford are from Highways maintenance
Just checked out the location on maps id say some spoiled brat wants there own government founded private driveway
nice waste of tax payers money ....how about repairing the roads that need it first
Why is the water so dirty? Can't they find the plug?