Willie B
Senior Member
The thing all farmers have in common: All are gamblers.
They gamble on hundreds of things beyond their control. Many are very proud of the risks they take & get away with. They'll brag about it.
I see it at its worst in electrical safety, and highway safety.
Here, feed is mostly hay, or ensilage. Any grain fed is purchased from out of state. Hay is baled in the field, wrapped in plastic & some of it is left there.
Ensilage is chopped & hauled wet, usually in four wheeled wagons. The derelict condition of these wagons would terrify other motorists if they knew. I see one farmer with a rusted out 30 year old Four cylinder Ford Ranger towing 18000 LB wagons up a mile long hill very steep! At highway speed the whipping in the steering gear is terrifying. No brakes at all on these wagons. No lights on either truck or wagons.
I'm not aware of any tickets ever being issued.
They gamble on hundreds of things beyond their control. Many are very proud of the risks they take & get away with. They'll brag about it.
I see it at its worst in electrical safety, and highway safety.
Here, feed is mostly hay, or ensilage. Any grain fed is purchased from out of state. Hay is baled in the field, wrapped in plastic & some of it is left there.
Ensilage is chopped & hauled wet, usually in four wheeled wagons. The derelict condition of these wagons would terrify other motorists if they knew. I see one farmer with a rusted out 30 year old Four cylinder Ford Ranger towing 18000 LB wagons up a mile long hill very steep! At highway speed the whipping in the steering gear is terrifying. No brakes at all on these wagons. No lights on either truck or wagons.
I'm not aware of any tickets ever being issued.