Spam/Phish> Re: [AT] Towing

[charlie hill]

David,  most of the small farmers have gone out of business since the end of 
the quota system.  Now there are just a few large farmers farming all of 
those small farms.  Also, a lot of the larger farmers got out of the 
business so some of that mechanical equipment was on the market a couple of 
years ago at good prices.  However, the prices of some of it and the bulk 
curing barns (for flue cured tobacco) have gone sky high in the last year or 
so because no one is manufacturing the stuff now.

Tobacco, as you might know but others may not, is now grown on contract with 
the tobacco companies much the same way as citrus and vegetable crops.

That guy must have been a smooth driver!  I used to play around when I was 
pulling 3 or 4 behind a tractor.  One little shake of the wheel that would 
only make the tractor move a few inches would translate into a major whip in 
the last trailer.  I can't imagine what would  happen with 20!

By the way,  some of the central and eastern NC farmers are trying their 
hand at burley tobacco now and I hear there are folks trying to grow 2 crops 
a year in Texas.

Charlie
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From: "David Bruce" <davidbruce at yadtel.net>
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Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2006 12:56 PM
Subject: Re: Spam/Phish> Re: [AT] Towing


> Hey Charlie,
> I'm sure the running gear was manufactured - I've seen several of those 
> "without clothes".  I even rode one of those older harvesters years ago - 
> I couldn't really see the advantage of using one in our small fields over 
> the traditional "walking method".  Years ago I saw a pick up pulling a 
> "train" of these "trailers" (about 20 or so) down a county road.  Glad I 
> didn't meet him in another vehicle <g>.
> I noticed this year the new mechanical harvesters around here this year. 
> Previously they weren't used here because of the smaller fields - the 
> economics must have changed because the field size surely didn't <g>.
> David
> NW NC
>
> charlie hill wrote:
>> Hi David,  we had some like that here too.  I almost believe those were 
>> manufactured or at least started out that way and were copied.  We 
>> started seeing them about the time we started seeing the first 
>> "harvesters" not the new, automatic mechanical harvesters we have now but 
>> the old ones that several people rode on that had the big chain drive 
>> front wheel and usually a Wisconsin engine pulling it.
>>
>> Charlie
>>
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