[AT] Re: NAA Grader Blade - Instant gratification

[Mark Greer]

They tried to put a 36" pipeline across our county a couple of years ago but
the idea got trashed because the landowners raised holy hell about it. It
would have split a number of farms and they were not going to be allowed to
use the land in the easement after the pipeline went through.
Mark

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "charlie hill" <chill8 at cox.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 12:17 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Re: NAA Grader Blade - Instant gratification


> I'm not so sure about that Mark.  For one thing a natural gas line needs
to
> be run where there is the minimum chance someone will dig a hole in it and
> that's not along a road.  Second, it's pretty expensive stuff to run and a
> straight line from point A to point B is the most economical way to get it
> done.  They just brought a new natural gas line into our area.  I guess it
> was a hassle for land owners while it was going in but to be honest I wish
> they had wanted to go across our place.  The line is burried deep, they
put
> most of it in during the winter when nothing is going on in the field and
> they pay you for it.  They put it deep, below any subsoiler you would run,
> and once it's down there it's pretty much a non issue.
>
> Charlie
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mark Greer" <greerfam at raex.com>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
<at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 9:46 AM
> Subject: Re: [AT] Re: NAA Grader Blade - Instant gratification
>
>
> > If someone was thinking they'd run that pipeline along the highway
access
> > and kill two birds with one stone (or at least only pi$$ of half as many
> > landowners).
> > Mark
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Francis Robinson" <robinson at svs.net>
> > To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
> > <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> > Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2006 12:27 AM
> > Subject: RE: [AT] Re: NAA Grader Blade - Instant gratification
> >
> >
> >>
> >> We have been watching that one pretty close... That is "supposed" to go
> >> about 4 miles north west of the farm. I hope it stays up there.
> >> They are also in the early stages of running a huge cross-country
natural
> >> gas pipeline through just about the same distance south of the farm.
They
> >> are building a local bypass right now (my road has been closed about a
> > week)
> >> that will pass within a half mile of the north west corner of the farm.
> > 1500
> >> houses are being constructed on both sides of that bypass and the Garst
> >> Seeds research farm I used to manage about a mile across the field from
> >> me
> >> is being dug up all over and will have 2 lakes and a herd of new
houses.
> >> That is in addition to the 1500 new houses we already knew about. The
new
> >> Honda plant going up about 15 - 16 miles southeast of us has
construction
> >> crews working 24-7 ripping up 1200 acres of farm land. I now understand
> > that
> >> a second plant is going up there next to it for another company that is
a
> >> vendor for Honda. I spend a lot of time looking over my shoulder for
fear
> > of
> >> getting a house dropped on me, Wizard of OZ style, while I work. A
> > railroad
> >> clips the corner of the farm that is on "the list" for an upgrade to a
> >> 150
> >> MPH line. God only knows where that will end up since they also are
> > talking
> >> bypassing the city with it. Next to it is an old traction line right of
> > way,
> >> which we acquired back some years ago, but it has a power company right
> >> of
> >> way on it that is still used. We have an old AT&T long line right of
way
> >> across the farm and a few years ago they put a fiber optic line in next
> >> to
> >> it. Some years  ago they were set to run a huge feeder power line
across
> > the
> >> south end of the farm but they found a bunch of bad concrete in the
> > nuclear
> >> plant they were building down on the Ohio and quit that one (for now).
> >> Another company wants to drill for natural gas on the farm but I'm
> >> balking
> >> over the wording that would also give them the right to drill for oil,
> >> dig
> >> for coal, copper, diamonds, chocolate chip cookies or anything else...
> > They
> >> are also allowed to come in and buy rights then just resell them to
> > anybody.
> >> No thanks.
> >> Remember back when you could just farm???
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> "farmer"
> >>
> >> The brave may not live forever but the easily frightened may never live
> >> at
> >> all.
> >>
> >> Francis Robinson
> >> Central Indiana, USA
> >> robinson at svs.net
> >
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