[AT] tractor wreck

[Mark Greer]

The law they are trying to change in Ohio is being done specifically because
of some custom harvesters who run JCB FasTrac tractors which will run along
at 40-45 mph. They exceed the speed which SMV signs are intended for but are
not licensed like trucks even though they are towing loads which would
normally be towed by a semi.
Mark

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rob Wilson" <rowilson at infinet.com>
To: "'Antique tractor email discussion group'"
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Sent: Monday, September 25, 2006 12:24 AM
Subject: RE: [AT] tractor wreck


> I wonder if the laws are the same as they are here in Ohio with tractors
on
> the road and cars sharing with them. Here if you want to pass a piece of
> equipment on the road you MUST come to the same speed as the equipment you
> are wanting to overtake and then pass when it's legal to do so. Also
people
> get upset when a farmer won't pull off to the side of the road to allow
> people to pass. The reason is it's not legal for the farmer to pull over.
> The sides of the road are not designed to support the weight of the large
> equipment and can cause more harm than good when he pulls off. I think the
> biggest thing is people are no longer courteous and are only thinking of
> themselves and how they are in a hurry to get somewhere fast. I saw where
> they are trying to change the laws to allow tractors to go faster than 20
> MPH and make it 40 MPH. Most new tractors and combines evidently will do a
> lot more than I thought they would.
> Rob
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Lyle Myles
> Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2006 3:29 PM
> To: 'Antique tractor email discussion group'
> Subject: RE: [AT] tractor wreck
>
> Yes we also had to make a living but we knew that it was best to wait
thirty
> minutes for rush hour traffic to thin out before endangering ourselves or
> the other people on the highway. I did not say that the farmer needed to
> stop work at five; my point was and still is that the farmer needs to
> consider road conditions and safety before moving his equipment. To me
> saving a life is better than making a profit in the field. Some of you
will
> not agree with this as the dollar is more important than human life. For
> example here in my neck of the woods we have US 30 and it is a truck
route,
> tourist route for the lakes and the only main road from one town to the
> next. I see farmers on there all the time during rush hour traffic and
they
> will not pull over for no one. It gets very upsetting going very slow for
> ten miles or so following these farmers that are in such a hurry to get to
> the next field.  When we farmed we tried to plan out our days so we would
> have some idea what was going on next and if one thing did not pan out we
> had something else to fall back on. We moved a lot of equipment with over
> two thousand acres to farm and in thirty years of farming my dad, gramps,
> brothers and myself never had an accident because we were taught to
respect
> our equipment, people in our community and our surroundings. I hope now
that
> this will clear up what I was trying to convey on moving equipment.
>
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