[AT] Haybine arrival

[charlie hill]

David, this is the bridge.  It's 65 feet or so above the water at it's high 
point.
It is multi lane but it's a freeway with 65 mph speed limit and very little
space between the edge of the lanes and the concrete retaining walls.
Heading east it's a bit over 2 1/2 miles to where he can pull over counting
the entrance ramp.  Heading back west it's just over 2 miles.  This is 
actually
an improvement because before they built this bridge 10 or so years ago 
there
were actually two bridges. One was one mile long 2 lane draw bridge with 2 
way traffic and NO room to move over
and the other was about 1/2 mile long, also a draw bridge and constructed 
exactly the same
way.  In between the two were 3 blocks of town traffic.

Charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: David Bruce
Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2015 7:54 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] Haybine arrival

Charlie we have some of the same issues here (except for the big
bridges). I can see why he would have a problem with nerves. The traffic
level here is a bit lower but we are beginning to get those refugees
from the city who think that are the most important thing period. Added
to that the size of the farming equipment has been getting steadily
larger. As for me I can stay calm and pull over to help the guys along
their way.
I simple can't imagine someone driving the big AG equipment on a 2 mile
bridge si I can understand his problem.

A lot of the farm fields here are less than 5 acres. I just don't get
using a 50' spray rig in such confines.

David
NW NC

On 7/12/2015 6:07 PM, charlie hill wrote:
> 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
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> -----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
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> 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.
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> John Hall
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> -----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.
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> 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.
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