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Posted by Allan in NE on June 12, 2004 at 08:11:19 from (148.63.132.164):
In Reply to: transporting tractor? posted by Bob on June 12, 2004 at 01:46:04:
Hey Guys, Get your fingers at the ready and be prepared to do some typing ‘cause I'm gonna give you a reason to cuss & flame me big time. Scream and yell at me all ya want if it makes you feel better, but just stop and think about what you are doing. A number of years ago, out in the middle of nowhere here in western Nebraska, I topped a hill and happened upon a tractor/trailer that had been transporting a heavy load of 14x7" cinder blocks. For whatever reason, the rig had drifted across the roadway to the left, came down off the asphalt and had plowed into a dirt embankment. That load of blocks had came right thru the headache rack, thru the cab and ended up stacked like a concrete hay stack upon that driver. If the poor devil wasn't dead when that tractor hit the dirt, he sure was immediately thereafter. Now for the controversial part: I think you fellas are doing nothing less than spinning the cylinder on the proverbial Russian roulette revolver by loading these heavy tractors on your toy trailers hooked to your toy pickups and dragging them all over the country for nothing other than your “sport”. Tractors were just not meant to be transported all over hill and dale. Especially, when you are towing to an absolutely non-essential doing such as a county fair, a parade, a tractor show, or least we forget, one of those silly tractor pulls. I think that this lunacy is surpassed only by those idiots who jump out of a perfectly good airplane doing their ‘sky diving’ thing. Sure, sometimes the darned things “have” to be hauled, but I would not even consider towing one just the short distance into town for repairs. I would either load the thing on a real truck or more than likely; I would have the implement company come pick and it up. These things are heavy and they can be dangerous! So, bottom line, I guess I’d drop the goofy thing into gear. This is just my view, and is stated as such. Let the flaming begin, but please be careful with your towing. Allan
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