[AT] Haybine arrival

rlgoss at twc.com rlgoss at twc.com
Mon Jul 13 05:58:25 PDT 2015


 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.
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> 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.
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> 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
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> 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.
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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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