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

[charlie hill]

Guy, my understanding was it was a provision within the Healthcare program. 
Maybe not.

Charlie

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From: "Guy Fay" <fayguyma at execpc.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2010 7:51 PM
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Subject: Re: [AT] Drag lines,farming and selling vegetables - fairly long 
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> 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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> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of charlie hill
> Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2010 5:28 PM
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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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> Subject: Re: [AT] Drag lines,farming and selling vegetables - fairly long
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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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>> 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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