Check the state laws- did a seed corn harvest a few years back in Wisconsin, got to travel a section of interstate with tractor convoy. State patrol cars did a little clearing, pulled over cars that passed improperly, county deputy blocked traffic when coming to bridge so pickers could take up both lanes. Law has farm to market road designations, Implement of husbandry privileges, designated dates for overload/overwidth usage and slow moving vehicle rules that get tighter for night use but basicly say farmers during planting and harvets during daylight get most right of way situations. County cops are aware of laws and like to ticket cars breaking the passing slowmoving vehicles in unsafe manner- usually they can write multiple tickets and collect more money off car driver. Timber trucks get a couple overlength breaks on a couple roads also. Some of the laws were written when corn pickers were only 2 row heads mounted on tractors-this has been update some in many places to a max 10 or 12 foot wide limit but taking off corn head on a designated farm road is not required unless way over width or night usage. Most laws say overtaking driver responsible for checking clearance before passing- case law in Iowa, Wisconsin and Ohio has incidents of car driver passing improperly a "implement of husbandry" being held responsible for the resulting "accident", most other states probably have similar cases to be checked. If combine or tractor has visible flashing yellow lights and slow moving vehicle signage during daylight hours or full width lights at night the law tends to support farmers on non-interstate highway main roads. If Interstate runs on old farm to market road then some sections may farm use allowed also. RN
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