[AT] Re: NAA Grader Blade - Instant gratification

Wed Nov 15 07:42:48 PST 2006

This was a big one - 36" diameter.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "charlie hill" <chill8 at cox.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 10:02 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] Re: NAA Grader Blade - Instant gratification

> Hmmm that's strange.  They put one in here a couple of years ago.  I think
> it's about 10" or maybe 1' dia.  As soon as they finished burying it the
> farmers planted right over the top of it.
>
> Charlie
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mark Greer" <greerfam at raex.com>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
<at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 8:47 AM
> Subject: Re: [AT] Re: NAA Grader Blade - Instant gratification
>
>
> > 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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