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Dave H (MI)

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Good thing I didn't pull into that water pump on the truck. I need to pull the combine out, put the corn head on a cart, then pull the 820 head out of the row and remove it from the header trailer that I use on the road. Have to figure out where to put the 820 head. I need to put that up for sale because I finally found head that will work out better for me. The truck is in the way.

This head I am buying is in Indiana. I will be pulling a header trailer (not a four wheel cart), but it has ag tires and I will need to go slow. The trailer does not have any type of plate. It does have a SMV sign. I will be passing thru the suburbs of South Bend to get lunch while empty. I will go straight over the state line on the way back. Maybe 20 miles in Indiana loaded but more when empty. Basically, I can get all the free help I want if I take them to a certain restaurant on the way down. Keeps me from doing it alone but it does take me into Indiana a little sooner than necessary.

So I want to be 100% in compliance with Indiana law regarding the moving of farm equipment. Anything I should be aware of? The sheriff is very active in the area of this farm. Pulled two cars over in front of the place while I was inspecting the head. Appreciate any info.
 
If you need to move the truck around on the property, only running a minute or two, take the belt off. That will keep the pump from breaking and ruining the radiator.
 
The 20 bypass around South Bend is limited access. Meaning, no farm equipment or SMV's. A buddy was pulling a manure spreader on the 20 by-pass and got a ticket.
 
Well if you get into Ohio anything that resembles farm equipment seems to be ok with an SMV even being pulled by a truck at a decent speed. 4 way flashers all the better.
 
Did you promise the extra help a dinner at Das Dutchman Essenhaus at your expense? Great place to eat. We will go out of our way to eat there and the prices are very reasonable.
 
ha

Have you been there lately? their prices have gone up.
I live in Middlebury. Essenhaus isn't the last place we go to eat but its not the first 5. i guess is not a novelty for us. My daughter worked there for a while and absolutely will NOT eat there.

for family style I'd go to Amish Acres in Nappanee 1st. For menu dining I'd go to the blue gate in Shipshewana first.
 
what part of Michigan are you coming from and where in IN are you heading? the more county roads you can take the better probably. South Bend city... well that is hard to say. never dealt with them. they may not care so much about being farm equipment like the County and State guys and might be less understanding and might be more likely to give a ticket. I would avoid bigger towns/cities. south bend streets are terrible and that cart will bounce all over the place... not an easy thing to park either.

As another mentioned you cannot go on the US20 "by-pass" or US31 around South Bend with it. Ticket for sure.

otherwise you're probably ok. its done alot. don't do anything dumb and they should leave you alone.
 
No, no, no...THAT truck is of great value to me. I pulled it out of the shed to get it out of the way of the combine (which, btw, would not move) and then shut it off and left it outside for the rest of the week. I won't drive it anywhere the way it is now.
 
We were planning on hitting the Portillos there. Chicago style Italian beef. The cheap help goes crazy for it.
 
Thinking of crossing into Indiana above South Bend just far enough to catch a late lunch, then heading across the top of the state to Michigan City to pick up my load. All rural over thataway but the lunch stop has me a little worried.
 
At least in southern Indiana the law could care less about farmers. I pull the grain heads everywhere on a cart with my truck and also pull a 450 bu wagon behind the pickup. You dont even need a cdl to haul grain with a semi.
 
Different state, different outcome. I was moving an old road grader out west. I had to go about 35 miles on CO highway 50 and down into NM. I called the state patrol, and gave them my route, and asked if they wanted me to do anything special. Hwy 50 is a hi speed mountain route. They said 'call 30 min before you get there, a trooper will meet you'. So, I did. Got to the hiway, there's a trooper, we chat for a min and he tells me to stay to the right and keep my orange beacon on. He escorts me 16 miles at 20MPH all the way to the turnoff for NM.

I called back in and thanked them for a job well done. It took almost an hour out of the patrol work, but saved a dicey situation. Super cool folk down there.
 
I sat through a massive dot and driving safety class for work that was taught by a state trooper and basically every ?you can?t do...? was followed by unless you are a farm. He said basically unless the truck is driving on three wheels or the trailer broke in half they never stop farm vehicles or anything that resembles a farm vehicle like bw4520 said you can roll down the highway at 60 mph with 80-90,000lbs of iron and corn and the only real requirement is have to be 18 years old
 
I rolled in to the chicken farm over 100000 pounds of corn and the lady at the scales said your not the biggest load today!
 
LOL All this advice and only a few said call. Local guy here got ticketed this past fall. Bought a swing arm and was towing it home. Got nailed going over 45 MPH with a SMV sign in the swing arm. This guy buys, repairs and sells NH haybines. Been pulling bines home for years at over 45 MPH. But when he went to court he lost. It was on the books.

So I'd call, you never know.

Rick
 
You are not to pull anything over 25 MPH with SMV sign on it. The SMV sign is what got him the ticket not
the doing 45. I keep an SMV sign on back of my Farmall 450 and pulled into a show and had two guys come up
to me and told me to get it off tractor while hauling it on trailer. They had been stopped and lucky only
got warning.
 
(quoted from post at 21:14:21 04/23/19) You are not to pull anything over 25 MPH with SMV sign on it. The SMV sign is what got him the ticket not
the doing 45. I keep an SMV sign on back of my Farmall 450 and pulled into a show and had two guys come up
to me and told me to get it off tractor while hauling it on trailer. They had been stopped and lucky only
got warning.
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Yea, I understand that. Still had to pay a fine.

Rick
 
(quoted from post at 17:26:49 04/23/19) I rolled in to the chicken farm over 100000 pounds of corn and the lady at the scales said your not the biggest load today!
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Cortland or North Vernon? Used to work @ RA as the Corporate Safety Coordinator.

As far as the law around South Bend, I couldn't tell ya. But I'm sure if you can get through there, you won't be bothered anywhere else.
 
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