[AT] tractor wreck

[charlie hill]

Hi Roger,

Here in NC farm equipment actually has legal right of way, year 'round, on 
almost all highways (except interstates and some freeways).  They don' have 
to get out of the way but most of the time they do if they can.
I agree with you.  I always try to remember to stay out of the way of a 
working man and that even includes trucks on the highway.  If they want to 
get by I let them go and I will not pass a truck unless I relatively sure 
I'm not going to get in his way up the road a ways.  If I meet a big farm 
tractor that is taking up and entire 2 lane road I'll pull off the road and 
let him have it rather than making him find a place to get off.   That all 
comes from having "been there and done that" as folks say.

I haven't operated a BIG farm tractor in many years but the last time I did 
I was moving it down a 2 lane road with narrow shoulders and lots of signs 
and mail boxes with a 18' wide disc harrow behind it.  Traffic started to 
back up behind me.  I found a spot to pull off on the shoulder but could not 
get over far enough for the disc to get completely out of the other lane. 
The cars behind me would not go around.  Ok, I drove a few hundred yard 
further down the road and pulled over again in a little better place.  Still 
the last disc blade on the rear was a little over the center line.  The 
woman in the first car behind me would not pass and no one behind her would 
come around.  NO PROBLEM.  I pulled back in the road and 5 MILES later at 
about 15 miles an hour I got to where I was going and got out of their way.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "captneb" <captneb at agristar.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2006 3:51 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] tractor wreck


> Most of the complaining about slow farm traffic around here comes from 
> urban
> half wits going no where in a big hurry.  I give as much latitude as
> possible to the folks making food and earning a living.  Rarely is 
> anything
> I'm doing or anywhere I'm going more important than what they're doing,
> especially at this time of the year.  The law of right of way should be 
> "At
> harvest the farmer rules the road."  And that's the way I operate.  It's 
> not
> that tough and they need all the help we can give them.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <DAVIESW739 at aol.com>
> To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2006 11:33 AM
> Subject: Re: [AT] tractor wreck
>
>
>> I drive my tractors on the back roads around here a lot of the time. I
>> always try to be nice to the cars but I also keep about half of the
> tractor on  the
>> road so as to make them slow up and pass when safe. I know some people
> think
>> its road hogging but think of it as my life that is an danger of some
> Idiot
>> who  thinks he owns the road. I try not to drive on the main roads but
> there
>> are two  here that I have to drive on at times. I do look for pull out 
>> and
> use
>> them to  let the traffic pass safely but Oregon doesn't like to build 
>> much
> road
>> beyond  the pavement.
>> Walt Davies
>>
>> Ok I took the bull by the horns for Robert Gee when he was in the 
>> hospital
>> so lets get someone else to take this one. If I get the name of the man
> and
>> hospital I will send him a Teddy bear.
>>
>>
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