ATTENTION: farmers, harvesters, truck drivers, slaves, whatever you might be.
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MisterCMK;292356 wrote:
The truck drove just fine after getting out. Slow but that is normal.
holy shit! thats nuts. we had almost that same thing happen to a silage truck a few years ago when we had cattle. the guy got to close to the side of a grave road with water on both side, sucked him right in. the truck was on its side, lost its load in the water, oil and diesel spilt everywhere and the epa had to come out and do a clean up.
we hooked up a tripled-up stieger to pull it forward and a older cat with the flat tracks to pull it upright. the idiots who owned the cat were hudderites(sp) and didnt know how to drive it, they just sat there with smoke coming off of the tracks because they were spinning so bad.
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Grr;292371 wrote:
I didnt get any pics, but i damn near rolled our new 30 ton beet cart. had one tire off the ground and i got the conveyor up for ballast, only thing that saved it. scared the shit out of me thats for surePictures or it didn't happen. It will slide before it will ever tip over. :icon_bigsmurf:
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I have yet to figure out what the point of a beet cart is. If you are pulling trucks you might as well simply pull the semi alongside the harvester or run straight trucks which don't need to be pulled as often. I suppose before the advent of the Safe-T-Pull I could see them being used.
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MisterCMK;292442 wrote:
I have yet to figure out what the point of a beet cart is. If you are pulling trucks you might as well simply pull the semi alongside the harvester or run straight trucks which don't need to be pulled as often. I suppose before the advent of the Safe-T-Pull I could see them being used.that safe-t-pull thing you posted up was pretty slick
btw, nice pics guys, keep them commin'
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beachbum_jon;292448 wrote:
that safe-t-pull thing you posted up was pretty slickbtw, nice pics guys, keep them commin'
Its even better in the field. Much nicer than having to dick around with chains and the rope. The tractor can let go of the truck while they are moving rather than have to drag them up onto the road before they can stop.
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MisterCMK;292442 wrote:
I have yet to figure out what the point of a beet cart is. If you are pulling trucks you might as well simply pull the semi alongside the harvester or run straight trucks which don't need to be pulled as often. I suppose before the advent of the Safe-T-Pull I could see them being used.because a beet cart is built to be pulled through that shit - trucks aren't.
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look at all of those money beets.
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so when they drive down city streets in mhd all their dirt falls off before they pile them
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Bp-08;292697 wrote:
Dumb question that I should know but my family farmed further out west and didnt farm beets. but why do they used caged trailers for beets?well i dont know anything about beets, but im going to assume that why have all that extra metal that weighs more than mesh. With commodities such as corn/beans/wheat/canola/other grains, you need a full sided trailer in order to keep it in there, whereas beets wont fall through the mesh, in which you can have a lighter trailer, in which you can haul more. but thats just my assumption
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Because the same trailer lets them haul the money back to their farm without blowing away.
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Bp-08;292697 wrote:
Dumb question that I should know but my family farmed further out west and didnt farm beets. but why do they used caged trailers for beets?The trailer is built that way to be very light. The truck has no hydraulic pump or oil tank and trailer has no hoist on it to save weight. The sides are made of snow fence and thin steel tubing.
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