[AT] Haybine arrival

[charlie hill]

John,  there is a farmer down the road from me that tends a lot of small 
farms spread over probably a 15 mile radius.
His equipment is big and they spend a lot of time transporting.  One guy I 
know worked for him for years and loved
working on the farm but the stress of having to drive down the two lane 
roads and across big bridges dodging cars,
trucks and mailboxes was more than he could handle.  He quit and moved to 
another county that has bigger farms and
went to work for a farmer there.  The guy was about to have a nervous 
breakdown.   There is a lot of traffic on our
road and there are mailboxes on both sides.  He'd be moving a folded up disc 
harrow that was still 14' wide or so folded
or a large combine, etc. and there'd be 50 cars lined up behind him, tractor 
trailers and more cars coming the other way and no where to get off
the road because there is a mail box every 100 feet for about 5 miles in 
each direction from the farm shop.  Add to that
a high rise bridge about 2 miles long.  It doesn't seem to bother the rest 
of the farm help but this guy just couldn't deal with
it.

Charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: jtchall at nc.rr.com
Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2015 4:50 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] Haybine arrival

Glad you got it home safely. Just out of curiosity, what time did you start
towing it and how long did it take? I HATE moving equipment in my area. Last
thing I towed in was a 4 row corn planter--lots of mailbox dodging there.

John Hall


-----Original Message----- 
From: Spencer Yost
Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2015 12:22 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: [AT] Haybine arrival

The new to me New Holland 467 haybine made the 68 mile trip home just fine.
I changed my route and it was a bit longer than the initial 50-55 miles I
had originally estimated.  No mailboxes were harmed in the transporting of
this equipment.   I have learned that even here in the Bible Belt there is
no Sunday morning slack in the traffic any more.    Traffic was bad I
thought.   I had to pull over a bunch.

Anyways, here is some pics of the trip.   The first is at pickup, the second
was during one of the 4 lane segments.   I had a chase vehicle with blinkers
behind me in addition to my flashers and warning light.

Hope you enjoy,



















Spencer





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