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On-the_road_again 
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 Topic: Sprinkler hauling 101 in Nebraska
Posted: 04 Apr 2011 at 8:11am |
A picture is worth a thousand words ...
These sprinkler sections were 100 feet long I'm guessing
These guys were doing 55 m.p.h.
Jim
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JoeO(CMO)
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Posted: 04 Apr 2011 at 9:20am |
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looks like it works that way!
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Posted: 04 Apr 2011 at 9:25am |
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!!! I wonder if that is a legal combination?
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Posted: 04 Apr 2011 at 9:31am |
 jmm wrote:
!!! I wonder if that is a legal combination? |
Doubt it ....
The way I see it, the truck in the rear acts like a ' tow dolly '.
The rear driver really can't do anything but steer a litle bit.
If he accelerates or brakes at a different rate than the lead truck,
the pipe will bend/crack.
I had never seen this before in my travels ......
Jim
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Posted: 04 Apr 2011 at 9:34am |
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Sweet! Sure beats heaving to tear it apart to move! Rear truck is probaly in netrual-coasting And driver just steers it?
Edited by farmtoybuilder - 04 Apr 2011 at 9:38am
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Posted: 04 Apr 2011 at 9:53am |
My god I hope they didn't have to make any sharp turns. It has to be legal otherwise they would've been hemmed up by the first cop that saw them. You can get away with just about anything when you have farm plates around here........ We use to run silage trucks that DOT would've impounded and had the driver sentenced to life in prison for driving if they didn't have farm plates. There was nothing really dangerous our trucks, they had working lights, seatbelts, mudflaps, and good brakes, but they also had rot on the cabs and cracked glass and such but they only drove 10-15 miles on the road at a time.
Was there a escort behind them? I think around here you can drive farm equipment on the road thats more then 102" wide as long as it has the triangle on the back and your not doing more then 25 mph but I THINK if you're going that fast and hauling somthing wider then 102" you need a escort regardless if you have farm plates. I maybe wrong as its been about 7-8 years since I use to do this sorta stuff. Either way if it wasn't legal those guys had !@#$'$ of steel or lack of brain function to do that.
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Posted: 04 Apr 2011 at 10:11am |
farmtoybuilder wrote:
Sweet! Sure beats heaving to tear it apart to move! Rear truck is probaly in netrual-coasting And driver just steers it? |
That's my guess also.
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Posted: 04 Apr 2011 at 10:50am |
These guys got the pickup box removed and lights on the roof. This aint their first time or their last.
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Posted: 04 Apr 2011 at 12:11pm |
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Yep, doubt if the rear truck even has his engine running, unless it was to keep the battery charged. In farm country, we used to do whatever it took to git-er-dun!
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Posted: 04 Apr 2011 at 12:18pm |
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Looks as if things could get real interesting if you got into much of a cross wind.
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Posted: 04 Apr 2011 at 12:38pm |
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That looks like a 4 lane road. Surely not Interstate 80?
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Posted: 04 Apr 2011 at 1:51pm |
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sure looks like i-80 to me! if they're far nuff out...they be safe! nsp olny stays around the bigger interchanges, for turn around purposes...they used to turn around in the medians, but they burned up to many cruisers and started to many ditch fires!
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Posted: 04 Apr 2011 at 5:42pm |
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I was looking at buying a used center pivot. They said if it was close enough, they would tow it there, was alot cheaper than tearing apart and rebuilding. I wondered how they towed it, as tires would be sideways. Now I know.
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Posted: 04 Apr 2011 at 6:01pm |
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The only thing I would do differently is remove the tires/wheels.
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Posted: 04 Apr 2011 at 8:19pm |
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A common site around here this time of year. I put a used pivot on a farm last year and the irrigation company brought it in that way. They did dent one pipe, things happen and an easy fix. Alot of new systems being bought to replace older units. So far DOT has left them alone, but who knows with that outfit. I think NE leads the country in irrigated acres., Mike
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Posted: 04 Apr 2011 at 10:57pm |
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What happened to the wheels between the first and second pic?????
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Posted: 04 Apr 2011 at 11:02pm |
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Eldon, they're two different rigs. The second pic has lights on the cab of the second truck and the first truck is different also.
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Posted: 04 Apr 2011 at 11:27pm |
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I've helped move two of them that way, only we didn't have a rear truck, we used a steerable dolly, ran 45-50 the whole way. REally simple, unhook the wiring, unhook the control rods, slide the boot back, lift off, and drive. No easier way!! We moved 2 of them about 35-40 miles that way, stay off the main roads, watch the bridges and hammer down boys! :-)
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