Inconsiderate drivers and tractor operators, bad mix...

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I am certainly glad that those who seem to believe that farm equipment needs permits and loading and being hauled are in a minority.
Fortunately we are in a farming area with Right to Farm laws which protect normal and established practices,
and roading farm equipment has been done since the days of horse drawn equipment and many of the roads were farm to farm and farm to town.

You and I and some others like Hay Dude and Richard will be right in there at the DMV, getting permits and paying for them so we can get to our fields. Of course we get to roll the cost of the permits and the additional employees driving vehicles front and rear of the unit too.... yeah right. Of course all over width permits also come with routing and restricted hours so we will have to only farm when it's 'legal' to move equipment, usually dawn to dusk and no weekends or holidays. Sounds like a plan to me.... not.

I don't believe any of us would be able to farm productively under those rules. Sounds to me like a recipe for bankruptcy. hard enough as it is (farming) without imposing more regulations. Growing and harvesting crops or rotational grazing don't adhere to rules and regulations and never have and are not going to start now or in the future.

Implement width has everything to do with productivity and getting it done in a timely manner. If all implements were legal width (102") maximum, productivity would be constrained to the point that it would not be cost effective to farm, bad enough as it is today to make a go of farming.

Even then, with all that, it won't deter the 'all about me and pizz on you drivers' from pulling stupid stunts anyway.

Like I said previously, all distills down to common sense and pro active driving habits, neither of which are the norm today.
 
   / Inconsiderate drivers and tractor operators, bad mix... #302  
LoL...Did you poll all the licensed drivers of particular geographic region or just a few mostly rural living members of a tractor message board...?? :laughing:

Yeah, I agree with that. The farmer is in the extreme minority. Even in farm country.

I live in one of the largest Counties in Missouri. 8,500 population. Cattle and grain farming. If you put it to a vote about restricting and/or regulating farm equipment it would be a 50/50% chance of passing.

I would contend that those who vote of restrictions would also complain the loudest about their food costs. :confused3:
 
   / Inconsiderate drivers and tractor operators, bad mix... #303  
You and I and some others like Hay Dude and Richard will be right in there at the DMV, getting permits and paying for them so we can get to our fields. Of course we get to roll the cost of the permits and the additional employees driving vehicles front and rear of the unit too.... yeah right. Of course all over width permits also come with routing and restricted hours so we will have to only farm when it's 'legal' to move equipment, usually dawn to dusk and no weekends or holidays. Sounds like a plan to me.... not.

I don't believe any of us would be able to farm productively under those rules. Sounds to me like a recipe for bankruptcy. hard enough as it is (farming) without imposing more regulations. Growing and harvesting crops or rotational grazing don't adhere to rules and regulations and never have and are not going to start now or in the future.

Implement width has everything to do with productivity and getting it done in a timely manner. If all implements were legal width (102") maximum, productivity would be constrained to the point that it would not be cost effective to farm, bad enough as it is today to make a go of farming.

Even then, with all that, it won't deter the 'all about me and pizz on you drivers' from pulling stupid stunts anyway.

Like I said previously, all distills down to common sense and pro active driving habits, neither of which are the norm today.

Surprisingly in today's world, our legislators still recognize that their interference in the conduct of AG business on public roads would cause the cost of production to go up. Thus the cost of food would go up. Even today, they are smart enough to leave it alone.

A humorous side note. On our State Hiways there are signs displaying a horse/buggy saying "Share the Roadway". We have no signs displaying a piece of farm equipment saying "Share the Roadway". :confused3:
 
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In that regard. Which is more dangerous? A large bright green combine, 18ft wide, with flashing lights, going 20mph? Or a black horse and buggy with no markings going 10mph?

Ask the Amish about that. I know out Middlefield, Ohio way, quite a few Amish have been killed or maimed by automobile drives being inattentive. Same way in Southern Ohio. They all have SMV placards but that don't seem to make any difference. I think 4 wheelers view the reflective triangles as a target.

Rather be in a combine or a tractor pulling an implement versus a buggy and a horse. Like Hay Dude aptly states... Size Matters and so does mass.

People forget that the 18 gauge 4 wheel steel coffin they are piloting irresponsibly is no match for 10,000 pounds plus of steel. Myself, I have no compunction about putting them in the ditch and have in the past and probably will in the future, maybe this coming week for all I know and the roadside ditches are pretty deep and usually water filled around here.

In a hurry to get nowhere fast. Have to get there quick so they can have a beer or whatever. Life can be extremely short with that attitude.
 
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If I put one in the 'pucker bush' this week, I'll snap a picture of the debacle on my phone and post it for everyone's enjoyment, well, not everyone, just those of us who farm.
 
   / Inconsiderate drivers and tractor operators, bad mix... #306  
If I put one in the 'pucker bush' this week, I'll snap a picture of the debacle on my phone and post it for everyone's enjoyment, well, not everyone, just those of us who farm.

With your "arrogant farmer" attitude...it wouldn't surprise me if one of these days you're going to put the wrong guy in a ditch and you will pay the consequences...when they pop a cap in your *****...paybacks are a *****...!
 
   / Inconsiderate drivers and tractor operators, bad mix... #307  
Driving down a 4 lane highway in my town. You can see driving on the shoulder is impossible. Its not wide enough and the situation is worsened because of poor road maintenance- low hanging branches are so common. If one were to drive partially on the shoulder, passing would be dangerous. In my 30+ years of roading equipment, best to take a lane, turn on all the warning lights, and just go and get it over with.
People who get angry need to move back to the city where they came from and honk their horns at each other for no reason. They move out to rural areas and dont want any farming or the minor inconveniences they cause, because their lives matter so much more. :rolleyes:

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   / Inconsiderate drivers and tractor operators, bad mix...
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With your "arrogant farmer" attitude...it wouldn't surprise me if one of these days you're going to put the wrong guy in a ditch and you will pay the consequences...when they pop a cap in your *****...paybacks are a *****...!

I don't think so but you can if you wish. When I'm out in any of my tractors there is ALWAYS a brush rifle behind the seat (I deal with yotes all the time) and normally I'm carrying a sidearm as well. Usually, someone in the pucker bush is way more concerned with their immediate situation anyway, a situation that only they put themselves in by their abject arrogance and disregard for the rights of others.

I'm far from arrogant. Having said that, I cannot control the stupid actions of others that cause them to get in situations like that all by themselves.

Remember, YOU are the captain of your ship and only YOU can decide if you want to scuttle it or keep on sailing.
 
   / Inconsiderate drivers and tractor operators, bad mix... #309  
If you pass a tractor close enough to hit his extended axle shafts you are much, much too close!!!! :eek:

No, not when his tire is on the center line and the axle shaft is extending past that.
Point is he was in my lane and that time of morning the axle wasnt visible until you were upon him.

Point is there is a large difference between a smaller tractor with a 6 foot bush hog roading then an over width piece of farm equipment.
 
   / Inconsiderate drivers and tractor operators, bad mix... #310  
Pretty much if you hit anything you were too close. :confused3:
 
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