[AT] Drag lines, farming and selling vegetables - fairly long set of thoughts andinfo

[Guy Fay]

Not exactly. It has nothing to do with Obamacare. If you have a BMI above a
certain point, or neck size issue, they will order a Sleep Study to see if
you have Sleep Apnea. 

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Yep, even boom truck operators.  That ain't all.  Starting next year, under 
the Obama Care law, all CDL drivers with a body mass index greater than 40 
or a neck size greater than 18" (I think) will loose their license.



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From: "Terry Welch" <terry1955 at sbcglobal.net>
Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2010 5:27 PM
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> I got a call from a retired operator today that told me in a magizine he 
> gets.
> Stated by 2014 all crane operators have to be licensed. I wonder how far 
> it will
> reach, to farmers digging out creeks and shows putting on displays?
>
> Who knows.
> Terry
>
>
>
>
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> From: Grant Brians <sales at heirloom-organic.com>
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Tue, November 23, 2010 7:55:59 AM
> Subject: [AT] Drag lines, farming and selling vegetables - fairly long set

> of
> thoughts and info
>
> I have read the drag line thread with some interest as our main ranch 
> (small
> farm to you midwest and eastern folks) has a low area in the back that I
> turned into a reservoir and deepened the existing drainage coming from
> neighboring higher properties to create a "reservoir ditch". This area 
> works
> pretty well, but our downslope neighbor blocked and built up the drainage
> way past about 40 years ago and so our drainage is constricted. What this
> leads to is the two low fields having drainage issues on the low side, but
> not being actual wetlands. Every so often the reservoir area then needs to
> be dug out.
>     Well, it has been too wet from irrigation (and in the winter from 
> rain)
> to even consider using the dozers to move the silt that has been built up 
> in
> these areas and besides which there are fish, crawdads, etc. to consider
> too. As a result I have planned for the last 4 or 5 years to hire a 
> neighbor
> of mine to bring over a hydraulic excavator to remove silt, but lack of
> funds has kept that project at bay.
>     Then along comes this thread and gets me wondering if maybe I could
> find a drag line and it would do the job! Here in California, the number 
> of
> irrigation canals in the Central Valley that have to be periodically
> maintained and the levees that drag lines were used to either construct or
> maintain are very large. I even know a guy with a late 1920's or early
> 1930's unit that he fires up about once a year. He would not sell cheap as
> he is a collector and I don't know if it would be a workable unit (seems
> like a rather short boom?), but I am inspired to consider it....
>           Grant Brians
>           Hollister,California
>           Vegetable, Fruit and Nuts farmer
> p.s. I am in my peak harvest season now and eagerly trying to sell 
> delicious
> root vegetables, greens and Tomatoes. More rain this morning is 
> interfering
> again with the farmers market sales - last weekend should have been the 
> best
> sales of the year but we got rather rained out. This morning it is rather
> drippy too and the forecast as recently as  two days ago was for no rain
> until after Thanksgiving!
>     However on Friday, the local weekly newspaper did a story on my farm
> and the CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) club that we started when 
> the
> local farmers market ended for the season. Finally that seems to be 
> picking
> up as a result of the article. One of two small errors the young reporter
> made was describing me as having a "graying" beard. No, it is going WHITE!
> LOL. Actually because of my reddish hair, it is 1/3 or so white now and 
> I've
> yet to find a single gray hair anywhere in my beard or hair, but I am
> approaching the ability to play Santa Claus from the standpoint of my 
> beard.
> The hazard of being married, farming and turning 51!
>
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