Re: Re: Transporting wide machinery down highway

Posted by paul on March 04, 2003 at 06:27:33 from (66.60.197.59):

In Reply to: Re: Transporting wide machinery down highway posted by rustyfarmall on March 03, 2003 at 19:16:49:

Each state is going to be different; and if you talk to the hwy patrol first, the guy telling you what is ok might have very different ideas & interpitations from the officer who is writing you the ticket.... Then we get into liability issues & private lawsuits should anything go wrong.

Assuming you can handle all of the above (farm liability insurance!!!!), find out the basic laws in your state.

Here in Minnesota, if you use that SMV sign, you better be moving less than 30 mph!!!!! But you can get away with pulling most any ag implement of any size on secondary roads, esp if behind a tractor. If you have something wide enough to extend into the opposing lane, you need a second pickup with flashers on _in front_ of the rig as a warning - they assume those behind can figure it out, but anyone coming at you should have some warning.

I'd talk to the state patrol in your state, you should be fine if you follow what they tell you - each state is different.

I'll assume it's not a folding disk, or you would. Folks try to go early in the morning on a Sunday when there is little traffic - for sure avoid rush hours! And so on. I brought a 16' field cultivator home 100 miles on state highway with a pickup, and a 20' 3-point planter 35 miles on secondary roads on a tractor - had a pickup in front of the planter. Saw sheriffs & hwy patrols on both trips, got waves, so must have been ok in my cases.

You are aware of the whip you will be getting with a short-wheelbase disk, and _anything_ you can do to tighten up the hitch linkage will will make the trip much better. Some run a chain & binder from the hitch pin to the outside corner of implement, a slight crabbing of the implement will keep down the sway. My most miserable trip was 11 miles with a loose disk, 12 mph, anything faster & it wanted to shake the back of the pickup off.

--->Paul

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