[AT] Haybine arrival

[David Bruce]

Charlie I've been in your area and you in mine. Some same issues but 
some quite different. Our "farm to market" roads are simply to narrow 
for modern farm equipment.  I suspect there will be no answer for that.

I have this image of that sort of equipment on the Bonner bridge <shudders>.

David
NW NC

On 7/12/2015 9:39 PM, charlie hill wrote:
> 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