[AT] NH Haybine question

Thu Jul 9 06:55:45 PDT 2015

I bought both my NH 55 rake and IH 990 mower conditioner from farmers ~50 miles from my house. Pulled them both home with the pickup. I found a “Sportsman Atlas” here for the state of Iowa that had a page for each of the 99 counties. This has maps of all the roads (and nature/hunting/fishing areas) and was helpful in finding a route to take home that was less traveled and allowed me to bypass any highways or congestion of cities. Not sure if you’ve got anything like that or not. With today’s phones and GPS systems I’m sure there’s something that will give you a decent route to take.

Will be anxious to hear the story.

Brad

> On Jul 6, 2015, at 3:53 PM, Spencer Yost <yostsw at atis.net> wrote:
> 
> I just this afternoon hammered out a deal with the seller. I have decided that early on Sunday morning I will transport the haybine by road.
> 
> Wish me luck!
> 
> Spencer
> 
>> On Jul 6, 2015, at 16:14, Grant Brians <sales at heirloom-organic.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Spencer, inquiring minds wonder what you decided out on the Haybine???
>>          Grant Brians
>>> On 7/3/2015 6:39 AM, Grant Brians wrote:
>>> I would see no problem at all pulling this machine behind your truck.
>>> These New Holland Haybines are easy to pull and the offset on the hitch
>>> is easy to work with. I have used a 9 foot model years ago and towing on
>>> the road was easy.
>>>      I have shared this story many years ago on ATIS, but a piece bears
>>> repeating. Back in the mid 80's, I bought a 1968 Hesston PT-12 pull type
>>> mower conditioner. The width of this unit with the hitch full in not out
>>> is 15'10" wide. A standard California freeway lane is 14 feet wide. I
>>> towed this from North of San Francisco to our farm behind the 1971 F100
>>> pickup. All told I was on near 200 miles of freeways and a bit of
>>> streets and roads with the unit behind. 50 miles of the trip was in rush
>>> hour traffic. I exercised caution with the roadsigns and bridges,
>>> sometimes occupying two lanes.
>>>      No problems except for the highway patrolman who pulled me over.
>>> He was sure it was not legal to pull the unit on a road let alone a
>>> limited access highway! After they called Sacramento because no one in
>>> the local office knew the Agriculture section of the vehicle code that
>>> states "Implements of husbandry can be transported on any road unless it
>>> is an interstate highway and the distance on the Interstate is more than
>>> 50 miles", I was on my way again. The sad, sad part was that this was an
>>> area that at the time was rural and is still a MAJOR ag area....
>>>      So just grease up the bearings, check the tires (ag tires are fine
>>> unless it is a REALLY hot day and you go too fast), put on a red flag
>>> and SMV if required in your state of NC and drive carefully. My
>>> experience is that even low speed ag tires are fine up to about 45mph on
>>> these types of trips unless the road is really bad. If so, simply drive
>>> slower. We pull trailers, harvesters, etc. at speeds up to 55mph unless
>>> it just feels wrong.
>>>      On Saturday I was driving a load of Potatoes over the pass in a
>>> new to me old box truck with tall springs and I was driving 10-20mph
>>> slower than I would normally. Not because of the weight of the totes -
>>> about 9000#, but because the springs were taller, the pallets of
>>> Potatoes and Purple Carrots placed the center of gravity a little higher
>>> and it just did not feel right on those curves and grades to go any
>>> faster. That 2100' of elevation change on the road between ranches matters!
>>>            Grant Brians - Hollister, California farmer of vegetables,
>>> herbs, nuts and fruit
>>>> On 7/3/2015 4:00 AM, Spencer Yost wrote:
>>>> Thanks for the great replies.   I was hoping to ship it as well but the machine uses the same 8' wheel spacing as some of the bigger models.    So normal rollbacks and trailers won't handle it.   Rollbacks with the 102" bed would; but not every towing service even has them.
>>>> 
>>>> Anyone have a clever solution for shipping?   The tongue does not look to be removable.   I could load sideways if it would.
>>>> 
>>>> Spencer
>>>> 
>>>>> On Jul 3, 2015, at 1:19, Mike <meulenms at gmx.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Spencer, i don't know about the bushings, but I would seriously consider
>>>>> U-ship for a 50 mile jog!
>>>>> 
>>>>> Mike M
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