[AT] tractor hauling truck

[Mike M]

I had a gravel straight truck loaded, no pup, get stuck in the slime
(clay)  when delivering  a load down by our barn. The driver, who was
obviously new saw my 40hp compact tractor in the barn, and asked if i
would try to pull him out. I told him, I don't think that was going to
happen, but I tried it anyway. It wouldn't even make it budge. We had to
call my dozer guy who was working a few miles away with his excavator,
his dozer was on my site. When he arrived, and seeing the situation, you
could tell he was pissed. Not at me but the truck driver. He hopped on
his dozer and had the guy out in about 2 minutes. Then he told the
driver to get out of the truck and finished backing it the rest of the
way, all the while muttering about new drivers.

Mike M

On 11/28/2019 10:40 PM, Bill Brueck wrote:
> I've been helping brother in law with harvest the past few years.  First time I've been involved with semi trucks out in the fields.  They get stuck once in a while.  I've been amazed at how often they just hook an empty pickup that's out on solid ground and get a fully loaded semi out of a soft spot.
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> But this was an especially challenging year with wet fields.  This year they didn't even try the pickup alternative...went right to the tractor with grain cart in tow, there wasn't any hesitation about getting the semi loose with that power and traction.
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> Bill Brueck
>     Pine Island, MN  USA
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> I was watching the football game with everybody else and saw a pickup advertisement that showed a pickup towing  a tractor loader on a trailer. Some of the full size pickups have higher towing ratings than a commercial truck.
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> https://www.thebalancesmb.com/commercial-motor-vehicle-classification-2221025
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> Mike Meulens AT List member (meulenms at gmx.com) ; Charges in 5 seconds? Am i reading that correctly?
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> James AT List Member and advocate of upgradeable tractor vocational training (jamesgpeck at hotmail.com); I seem to remember that the Tesla plants were having problems with the safety authorities because Elon Musk did not like to paint anything safety yellow. Is that fact the tip of an iceberg?
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>   Carl Baker or Kim Lessor one or the other an AT List Member (hodor at warmrock.net); So, umm - now?  Tesla's truck is $10k less than a comparable F-150.  Chevrolet's Bolt (car) is about $10k more than a comparable gas car.  My Nissan Leaf charges in the 5 seconds it takes me to plug it in when I get home.  I don't have to stand there and watch it charge.  I also refuse to accept less convenience and less utility for higher cost.  Which is why I'm converting my fleet from gas to electric as quickly as I can afford it (not very quickly).  Honestly, I'm keen to convert my old Ford tractor to electric.  I'm tired of schlepping gas from the gas station for it.  Or roading it to the gas station to fill it up.  Which I should probably do today - a storm is expected....
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> Stephen wrote: "Anyway, you can keep your electric cars (and now trucks) until they cost on par with a petrol-fueled equivalent, and recharge more rapidly than they do now, and charging stations are everywhere.  I refuse to accept less convenience and less utility for higher cost."
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