[AT] Haybine arrival

charlie hill charliehill at embarqmail.com
Mon Jul 13 06:14:52 PDT 2015


I'm still here!  I've had the same problem myself with seeing replies to
threads but not the original message.  Can't remember right now who the
parties were, it's been a while.

Charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: rlgoss at twc.com
Sent: Monday, July 13, 2015 8:58 AM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] Haybine arrival

suspect something happened to Charlie's email address.  I get his messages, 
but they all started going to Junk Mail instead of the Inbox.


Larry

---- jtchall at nc.rr.com wrote:
> OT--anybody else not getting messages from Charlie Hill? I've seen replies
> to a couple things he's posted but never saw the original message come
> through.
>
> 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
>
> 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
> >
> >
> > -----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.
> >
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