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ChiXJeff said:
Da boy must have been from the city.

Occasionally, I see farm equipment on Highway 52 here. 18' wide equipment and 70+mph traffic don't mix well. Shoot, last fall, I followed 3 combines pulling their headers on trailers behind them go right through town.
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We get a quick turn over in city cops and hwy patrols up here b/c it is a training country for the HP. There is the occcassional new cop that writes tickets for even something as simple as a license plate light being burnt out...our Judge typically dimsisses those cases if brought to them. I will occassionally road the combine w/ the corn head on if it is just a few miles on a county road, but I have the decency to pull onto the shoulder to let people by and I have Camille and my hired guy running ahead and behind me with flashers.
No way in hell I could road it with a 30+ ft bean head going down a 2 lane road...no room. I trailer it, even between close fields b/c it is even too wide to get through the gates at the field enterances.

87manche said:
harvest season brings many traffic backups in my area. I especially like the farmers that are too lazy to pull the duals off when they roadie it. Making it impossible to pass, or for oncoming traffic to get by.
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Apparantly you have not had to take off too many duals, depending on if they are bolt on or clamp on, they can take a lot of work and time. My platform/deck on my combine is wider then my duals on it so taking off duals would not benefit anything other then create a lot more work for nothing. Even my field tractors that I run duals on are able to be kept on one lane of road and I just run the right side dual over the shoulder and it makes it so anyone can pass me the same as if I were driving a truck. It sounds like you have some inconsiderate assbags that just dont want to share the road. I was raised that you always pull over to let traffic by unless your on an uphill run (for accidents sake). I even pull over when hauling trailers or anything where I am the reason traffic is slowed down. Most the guys I farm around or hang out with that are farmers are all good about this...we have to be in the county that we are in, roads are dangerous and lots of hills and blind curves.
 
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ChiXJeff said:
The newer headers are all designed as quick-tach designs, all of the hydraulic and electrical hookups run through a single monster connector assembly.
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ours are set up that way, only takes bout 5 minutes to pop off and on the header cart......unless Camille is helping and it may take 7 minutes :D

I have 2 quick detach hydros and 2 quick throw latches and an electrical bulkhead. quick n easy, just the way I like it.
 
XJ&CHZ4ME said:
no doubt, better to be safe than sorry.

I actually got pulled over a few years back in the combine by a new city cop that was green as could be..he tried to argue with me on it being an oversized load and needed banners.....I had to explain to him that he needed to go back and read the laws pertaining to ag equipment.

Cheese "book'em Danno" Man
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I think farmers get away with too much!
I see them going down posted road with 100,000 pounds on two axles destroying the road as they go!
I also see them driving down a two lane highway after dark with one tiny light!
I call B.S.!
 
I'd dig up that "My wife ran into the side of a tractor speeding at dusk, and it's his fault thread", but it makes my head hurt. Suffice to say, you learn a lot about the average driver in the Midwest when you're rolling down the highway at 12mph.
 
Woo Hoo Jeep is alive again.

It died for most of the winter due to a slight draw on the batteries somewhere that I can't find.

FInally charged her up today and took her for a spin.

Thinking through the trip how bad I want to go to WinterFest....

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XJ&CHZ4ME said:
ours are set up that way, only takes bout 5 minutes to pop off and on the header cart......unless Camille is helping and it may take 7 minutes :D

I have 2 quick detach hydros and 2 quick throw latches and an electrical bulkhead. quick n easy, just the way I like it.
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I haven't gotten close to a harvester of any sort for decades, cherry harvesters being the obvious exception. Might have to make a run down during harvest.
 
terrehautian said:
Was up in Indy today at the Boat Sport travel show and Motorcycle expo. While walking to my Jeep, seen this.
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What........someone that can't park?:D
 
Probably had to park that way because the JK parked bad next to him (actually, bad parking was a pretty common thing there and I had to park on the infield of the dirt track).
 
ChiXJeff said:
I haven't gotten close to a harvester of any sort for decades, cherry harvesters being the obvious exception. Might have to make a run down during harvest.
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I run a Case 2188. It is getting some age on it but still has the modern technology. I have the GPS/yield monitor and flex head w/ quick detachs on it. Here are a few pics of the ol' girl. If you want to come down during harvest, we would love the company! We like to have a few cold beers when things are going good, and lots of cold beer when things go bad! :D

cutting beans-
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getting ready for corn this year-

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come on down, I will put ya to work!

Cheese "combine and headers cost more then my first 3 houses combined" Man
 
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FlexdXJ said:
That seems like a decent deal to me. Minus the lp axle bit. You don't plan to wheel anymore do you? Probably shouldn't have sold your last XJ to some asshole! :D
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Not a bit concerned about the LP axle. Nah, I don't regret selling the XJ to an asshole. Wheel it? Probably not. If I decide to, I'll use the YJ for that. If I keep it.
 
ChiXJeff said:
As long as it's not a limited access freeway, farm equipment is almost certainly legal. The overwide... that's another discussion.

The plan is to turn Highway 52 into a limited access freeway all the way from the Twin Cities to Rochester. It's been in the works for 20+ years, and will probably take at least that much longer. The last traffic lights on it will probably be gone in about 3 years.
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Listen...I'm wasted. But. I tell you. Typing is difficult. I'll get the prego girlfriend out to direct traffic if need be. You wanna get through GB....We got the route through GB. Thats what you get for drunk bowling...and now I'm rambling. At least I'd let you through town. I'll find a way to get you un-stuck if you get that way. We all got 4WD...fawk. Pay no attention.
 
dudeinanxj said:
Not a bit concerned about the LP axle. Nah, I don't regret selling the XJ to an asshole. Wheel it? Probably not. If I decide to, I'll use the YJ for that. If I keep it.
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FLEX!!!


I guess that wasn't you. Forgive my acoholic-ness.



Again........read previous statement...............See you next week. :D
 
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DRUNK!q!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 :D
 
Oh my God. I should not be on the internet. Sorry guys. I had way too much drink. I guess better to drink and post than drink and drive.
 
XJosh95 said:
I guess better to drink and post than drink and drive.
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Quoted for truth. Here I figured it'd be a quiet night and not too much to see here when getting up this morning.

FYI: Green Bay east side still confuses me from time to time. West side and De Pere I can drive blindfolded though I wouldn't recommend it.
 
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