[AT] Re: NAA Grader Blade - Instant gratification

Wed Nov 15 07:02:01 PST 2006

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>
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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" 
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> Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 12:17 PM
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>
>
>> 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"
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>> Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 9:46 AM
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>>
>>
>> > 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"
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>> > 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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