[AT] Some ads from the 8/20 Lancaster Farming

[Mike Sloane]

I was only referring to a trip driving a crane with a 45' boom, using 
what has been referred to as one of the heaviest traveled corridors in 
the country - between Philadelphia PA and NYC. I don't live anywhere 
near either, but there really aren't any good alternatives to the super 
highways for a good portion of the route.

Several years ago, I bought a (non-running) Farmall F-30 from a farmer 
about 5 miles away (as the roads go), and it was too wide for any 
trailer we could lay our hands on. So, on a lovely summer Sunday 
morning, I drove over to his place on my Farmall Super M with a long 
chain, hooked the F-30 up, and towed it back with the seller "driving" 
the F-30. I only encountered two vehicles the whole trip, which is about 
what I would expect on those roads. As you could imagine, we had to go 
pretty slowly, as the F-30 isn't designed for "high speed" travel - 
anything over about 3 mph. :-) Our biggest concern wasn't traffic but 
any downhill runs, as the F-30's brakes aren't at all impressive. On one 
steep hill near my place, we swapped the lead, and I used the Super M to 
keep the F-30 from going too fast.

Mike

DAVIESW739 at aol.com wrote:
>  
>  
> In a message dated 8/22/2005 4:32:53 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
> mikesloane at verizon.net writes:
> 
> You are  either joking or not familiar with the roads between those two 
> points.  Moving that kind of machine would require at least two dozen 
> special  permits from various state/local/bridge agencies, fully marked 
> and  permitted escort vehicles front and rear, and the willingness to put 
> up  with constant abuse from other drivers and local/state police. In 
> fact, I  suspect that the permits are likely to specify night time travel 
> only to  reduce the blocking of the roads during commuting hours. 
> 
> 
> -----------------------------------------------
> Thank god that I live out here in Oregon
>  
> Walt  Davies
> Cooper Hollow Farm
> Monmouth, OR 97361
> 503 623-0460 

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Mike Sloane
Allamuchy NJ
mikesloane at verizon.net
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whether a man is wise by his questions.
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