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Ollie2

11-07-2006 18:32:24

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While hauling your crops to town on the highway with a tractor and wagon..how many of you pull over to the side to let the traffic pass you? All the time, once in a while, or never Thank you for response.

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Ollie2

11-08-2006 18:06:34

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Re: OT Hauling corn on the highway question. in reply to Ollie2, 11-07-2006 18:32:24

Allan...so what is your solution?????

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11-08-2006 09:26:57

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Re: OT Hauling corn on the highway question. in reply to Ollie2, 11-07-2006 18:32:24

First of all it is illegal to drive on the shoulder of a road,no matter what! If you do drive on the shoulder and it gives way do to not being designed for that much weight, you will be the one who will pay. As long as what you are driving is not wider than the lane you are in, you should not move to the shoulder, I heard of a tractor one day in a deep ravine, the driver was trying to be courteous, moved to the side, the road gave way, rolled his tractor, and wagon down the ravine. luckily he was hoook up, but the tractor cab kept him out of harms way. cost him/his insurance company a lot of money for the damage to the tractor, wagon, the loss of grain, and the damage to the road, etc. You pay taxes for the roads as well as the people in cars and trucks,so I would and do use the road you pay for.

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kyhayman

11-08-2006 07:47:22

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Re: OT Hauling corn on the highway question. in reply to Ollie2, 11-07-2006 18:32:24

I try to keep my tractor on the dirt and pull the wagons or trailers with my truck. Thats one reason I bought a flatbed gooseneck when I Was still in highschool (2nd pc of machinery I bought) With that said, if Im on the road, I drive in my lane and pull over when I can and need to.

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Allan In NE

11-08-2006 03:41:16

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Re: OT Hauling corn on the highway question. in reply to Ollie2, 11-07-2006 18:32:24

Guess I'm odd man out on this one.

Can't even imagine using a tractor for that kind of a task; it seems to me that practice is the "tail waggin' the dog" at it's finest.

A load of hay now and then is as far as I'm gonna go with that plan. And far out in the boonies to boot so traffic can't get to me. Or, me to them.

Whoooie! You guys make the hair stand up on the back of my neck! :>(

Allan

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JDB

11-08-2006 10:07:42

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Re: OT Hauling corn on the highway question. in reply to Allan In NE, 11-08-2006 03:41:16

You got room for 3 more bales on that sled

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billonthefarm

11-08-2006 05:19:15

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Re: OT Hauling corn on the highway question. in reply to Allan In NE, 11-08-2006 03:41:16

Its just one of those differences in where you live. Here in C IL alot of grain only travels a couple miles, or less from field to bin. We haul alot of grain in wagons, probably 80% of it. Both police and insurance people will tell you that you are entitled to your lane and you should use it. Driving on the shoulder is dangerous for you and motorist. bill

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jddriver

11-08-2006 03:31:09

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Re: OT Hauling corn on the highway question. in reply to Ollie2, 11-07-2006 18:32:24

The law in Missouri is that ag equip has the right away on every thing but interstates,an The MSHP does not want you to drive on the shoulder unles you can get fully offf and stop.BTDT

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Hard Knocks

11-08-2006 03:02:04

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Re: OT Hauling corn on the highway question. in reply to Ollie2, 11-07-2006 18:32:24

I stay in my lane on the road unless I can safely pull over to the side.If the folks behind me were in such a hurry they should have gotten an earlier start.State Trooper told me I had as much right to the road as anyone AND if I were involved in an accicdent drving down the shoulder I'd be considered in the wrong for driving there.

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Robert in TN

11-08-2006 00:22:12

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Re: OT Hauling corn on the highway question. in reply to Ollie2, 11-07-2006 18:32:24

Years ago when hauling sugar cane I never rode on the shoulder. Very few highways in our area have the. If you had to make a left turn there is no way to see what is behind you. Now, most of the hauling is done by truck...

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paul

11-07-2006 20:52:52

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Re: OT Hauling corn on the highway question. in reply to Ollie2, 11-07-2006 18:32:24

On the state highway I drive on the shoulder 98% of the time (river bridge has no shoulder so can't there....).

County roads don't have shoulder, I tend to crowd to the side to allow those behind to view the situation.

You understand, it is likely illegal to drive on the shoulder; but you ior someone else will get killed by idiots if you don't.

Read on another forum where a fellow was chewed out by the highway patrol for driving on the shoulder, on the way home same trip he was chewed out by a diff highway patrol for not driving on the shoulder.

This is a _very_ grey area. Shoulders aren't probably rated for the loads we are putting on them.....

--->Paul

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davpal

11-07-2006 20:43:04

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Re: OT Hauling corn on the highway question. in reply to Ollie2, 11-07-2006 18:32:24

I was just doing this the other day. I pull out on the highway after everybody goes by and if somebody comes up behind me before I turn off the highway I do go over to the shoulder if it is a pretty good spot. It can get a little dusty back there though. People are always in a hurry that is for sure.

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bgoathill

11-07-2006 18:55:39

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Re: OT Hauling corn on the highway question. in reply to Ollie2, 11-07-2006 18:32:24

Whenever I am on the road with a tractor I drive on the shoulder. I do have to make a left turn across the highway to get to the other farm but it is at a gravel intersection that is wide enough for me to to be able to swing wide and see around whatever I am pulling so I can see if it is clear. It really frosts my fanny when I'm driving a lowboy hauling a 100,000 lb excavator and some damn farmer is just cruising down the middle of the highway in a tractor, so I respect what it takes to get a semi slowed down and then back up to speed to get around. On a different note just last night a guy was killed a few miles from here when a tractor pulling a hog manure tanker pulled out in front of him at 4:30 AM and in dense fog. What the heck were the crap haulers thinking being on the road in those conditions? A little common sense might have saved a man's life.

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farmerboy

11-07-2006 18:45:54

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Re: OT Hauling corn on the highway question. in reply to Ollie2, 11-07-2006 18:32:24

It depends on the road. If there is a nice wide graveled road side, I'll drive on the side of the road all the way. If it's narrow with steep banks, I never pull over. I'm not about to put my equipment in the ditch to save someone a couple minutes drive time.

Also, it seems if you're a good samaritan, it bites you in the butt. You pull over and stop to let cars by and you never get back on the road as everyone expects you to wait for them, even if they're a 1/4 or 1/2 mile behind. I've let 20 cars pass and get the finger by the 21st as I pull back on.

I do alot of road time on a Case IH Patriot 3200 Sprayer at 32 MPH. It's really hard to be a nice guy to everyone on the road.

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edchainsaw

11-07-2006 18:41:33

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Re: OT Hauling corn on the highway question. in reply to Ollie2, 11-07-2006 18:32:24

I only pull over when there is a place solid enough to hold me....
I made the mistake of pulling over 2 or 3 times.... and got stuck made bigger mess than if they had to pass me!

DO NOT pull over unless its safe for you as your load and equipment are probably worth as much or more than the cars running behind you. Just be as curtious as possible when you can when you cant be then you dont really have to.

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Larry NE IL

11-07-2006 22:02:37

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Re: OT Hauling corn on the highway question. in reply to edchainsaw, 11-07-2006 18:41:33

Living in the Chicago suburbs, I consider myself somewhat of an expert.....you also have to consider the drivers in this area.
When I first started back in the 70's I'd crowd over and the damn fools never quit passing, coming up a hill with oncoming traffic. Happened more than I've got fingers to count. I finally realized the safest thing to do was hog the road 'til I found a wide spot to pull off completely and let 'em go by.
One time I was pulling a 4 row JD 694 planter and squeezed over a little. Guy in a delivery truck squeezed through at about 55mph and the left marker cut a big scarf down the side of his truck...He never slowed down.

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Harold Hubbard

11-08-2006 03:54:44

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Re: OT Hauling corn on the highway question. in reply to Larry NE IL, 11-07-2006 22:02:37

I agree, hog the lane and it keeps most people from doing something stupid. The real fools are going to pass anyway, whether they can see or not. The other thing that is real scary is left turns, some people think that any signal or slowdown is an invitation to pass, so I try to be sure what following traffic is doing before I actually start turning. I have had to dive for the right hand shoulder more than once when some fool thought my left turn signal meant "come on by".

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