Olliejunkie and others tarping a silage load

used red MN · Nov 14, 2018

In a recent post about tight boots Olliejunkie posted that he broke some in that didn?t fit right by tarping loads of silage. Anyone else heard of this? In northeast Kansas area I grew up in that would?ve been an unheard of too much of a waste of time. Sure if they were using trucks the edges of the road would have green trails. I remember one dry summer helping my buddy who ran a dairy chop corn on one of their farms. The field was about 15 miles away from the homeplace originally intended to be harvested for grain; but to dry to make much so decided to chop it. They used trucks and tractors with self unloading silage wagon?s. If I remember right the round trip would take three hours with a 4020 and Badger 6 wheel wagon, I think they had 3 of those wagons. Normally the field would be much closer to the pile or silo. I see Ollie is in Oregon, wonder if the law made them tarp the loads.

Olliejunkie · Nov 14, 2018

(quoted from post at 11:22:31 11/14/18) In a recent post about tight boots Olliejunkie posted that he broke some in that didn?t fit right by tarping loads of silage. Anyone else heard of this? In northeast Kansas area I grew up in that would?ve been an unheard of too much of a waste of time. Sure if they were using trucks the edges of the road would have green trails. I remember one dry summer helping my buddy who ran a dairy chop corn on one of their farms. The field was about 15 miles away from the homeplace originally intended to be harvested for grain; but to dry to make much so decided to chop it. They used trucks and tractors with self unloading silage wagon?s. If I remember right the round trip would take three hours with a 4020 and Badger 6 wheel wagon, I think they had 3 of those wagons. Normally the field would be much closer to the pile or silo. I see Ollie is in Oregon, wonder if the law made them tarp the loads.

We were hauling with semis about 30 miles one way. Most of the loose stuff blew off in about 5 miles. We quit tarping because we figured it wasn't worth it until we got pulled over and the officer had us come look at his windshield. I think someone complained. Fortunately my boss knew him. He took my boss back to the farm in his patrol car to pick up the tarps.

showcrop · Nov 14, 2018

Here in NH the law is very clear that you have to tarp unless you keep it under 30MPH. It goes without saying that many drivers would call it a waste of time, however, they don't make the call. The cop does. I am pretty sure that in many areas they won't worry about it, and if they do would likely write a warning but that it, of course up to the cop. The trucks hauling at 45 MPH to the dairy farm beyond my mothers place, left a swath sixteen inches wide and three inches thick on the side of the road by the time they finished.

moresmoke · Nov 14, 2018

These days with the power tarps that are available there is no excuse. Don?t even have to get out of the cab.

showcrop · Nov 14, 2018

(quoted from post at 16:39:38 11/14/18) These days with the power tarps that are available there is no excuse. Don?t even have to get out of the cab.

more smoke, Do you know what those cost?

Leroy · Nov 15, 2018

Never saw a silage load tarped but since the self unloading wagons they always have a roof on them that keeps the silage from blowing over the top of bed in loading. So with them if wind would want to blow the silage in transport it would just be trying to fill the back of bed more. No mater if tractor speed or pickup speed. Trucks for hauling silage have just not been used.

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