[AT] Tractor hauling, central Ohio

[Henry Miller]

That is why I'm planning on being an early adopter of the self driving car. It doesn't have to be perfect, it just has to be better than humans.

On February 7, 2016 7:21:47 AM CST, Cecil Bearden <crbearden at copper.net> wrote:
>Dean:
>Funny you mention backing up.
>I was on my 4 wheeler trying to get an old sheep headed to the pen last
>
>year and when she turned, I threw it into reverse and hit the throttle.
> 
>BAM!  Wife's mini van was about 30 ft behind.  I did not remember it 
>being there even though i had just passed it. There is a massive dent
>in 
>the tailgate.  I can't find a tailgate for less than $700 at salvage.  
> 
>About 6 months later that old ewe died of old age....
>I was moving hay a few weeks later, after my wife had said her piece 
>about her mini van, and backing my Belarus tractor up to get out of the
>
>way of the trailer, when I hit the loader forks on the New Holland 
>loader.  That time it was a $50 tire boot and patching the tube.
>About 3 weeks later, I was trying to keep a 2 day old calf from getting
>
>away from the herd, and started backing my Ford pickup that I had just 
>overhauled and spent a fortune on.  (the drug forfeiture) When I hit my
>
>head on the back glass when it hit the end of the header of an old junk
>
>JD swather parked in the pasture.  I know that time I had looked in the
>
>rear view.  I now have a big dent in the tailgate on my pickup.
>
>I really look now before backing sometimes 4 and 5 times.  My neck just
>
>will not turn like it used to, so I rely on mirrors a lot. The silver 
>lining to the pickup tailgate....   Ford F150 tailgates are being
>stolen 
>like there is a clearance sale on them..   Mine is not too desirable 
>with that bid dent in it!!!!   Just FYI to all.  If you need to protect
>
>your tailgate, you can put a worm drive hose clamp over the end that
>has 
>the cutout for removing the tailgate and it takes a screwdriver to 
>remove the tailgate.  If it takes longer than 30 seconds the thieves 
>will leave it....
>
>Cecil in OKla
>
>
>
>On 2/6/2016 11:44 PM, Dean VP wrote:
>> Cecil,
>>
>> I have found that as I have gotten  older even when I try to pay
>attention
>> to everything the computer doesn't quite compute as fast as it used
>to. The
>> situation that I have noticed this the most is when backing up in
>anything.
>> For some reason I have lost confidence that I'm processing all
>available
>> information. I used to be humored by those who do what I now do when
>backing
>> up. It isn't funny anymore.
>>
>>
>> Dean VP
>> Apache Junction, AZ
>>
>> It's better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6.
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
>> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Cecil
>Bearden
>> Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2016 9:53 PM
>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
><at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> Subject: Re: [AT] Tractor hauling, central Ohio
>>
>> That old M farmall can do the job on those hilly places, but you
>don't
>> have to stay on top of things as much with the 3600.   I have noticed
>> that as I get older, I like not having to pay so much attention to
>> everything......
>>
>> Cecil in OKla
>>
>>
>> On 2/6/2016 8:54 PM, Dean Vinson wrote:
>>> So that Super M is growing on you, huh, Dean?   :)
>>>
>>> Yeah, I know, this 3600 isn't quite the classic that the old
>rowcrops are,
>>> but I've always thought they looked like useful little tractors.  
>When I
>>> was in high school I worked for a farmer who had a then-brand-new
>>> 4600, and it was a good machine, well thought-out and comfortable.
>>> And I've got a few areas that are hilly enough, and I'm getting old
>>> enough, that having a low-center-of-gravity tractor might come in
>handy.
>>>
>>> Dean Vinson
>>> Saint Paris, Ohio
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
>>> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Dean VP
>>> Sent: Saturday, February 6, 2016 9:25 PM
>>> To: 'Antique tractor email discussion group'
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>>> Subject: Re: [AT] Tractor hauling, central Ohio
>>>
>>> Dean,
>>>
>>> It would be sacrilegious to put a Ford with the M and 620!!
>>>
>>> Dean VP
>>> Apache Junction, AZ
>>>
>>> It's better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6.
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
>>> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Dean
>Vinson
>>> Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2016 3:47 PM
>>> To: 'Antique tractor email discussion group'
>>> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>>> Subject: [AT] Tractor hauling, central Ohio
>>>
>>> Anyone in the hauling business, or have any recommendations?   In a
>couple
>>> of weeks I'll be looking to move a tractor (Ford 3600) from south
>>> central Ohio to my place in west central Ohio, about 120 mile trip.
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> Dean Vinson
>>> Saint Paris, Ohio
>>>
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