[AT] Haybine arrival

[Dave Rotigel]

I SURE do--until I remember where my last meal came from. Then I relax and feel a LOT better going 15 mph and HOPING that that piece of farm equipment stays on the road!
	Dave

On Jul 12, 2015, at 9:35 PM, jtchall at nc.rr.com wrote:

> Be honest here, do any of you ever get impatient driving behind farm 
> equipment on the road? Every once in a while I catch myself getting 
> irritated and have to quickly remind myself that I've spent far more time 
> holding up traffic on a tractor than the other way around.
> 
> John Hall
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> -----Original Message----- 
> From: David Bruce
> Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2015 7:54 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Haybine arrival
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> 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
>> 
>> -----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
>> 
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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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>> Hope you enjoy,
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