RANT: No driving, don't care, tractor drivers.

[whitsend]

It is that time of the year again.
Lots of tractors and combines driving up and down major highways.
And they are too lazy trailer their headers and implements when they drive on the road.

Two weeks ago I noticed my latch on my mailbox was bent up from someone hitting it.
Then today my wife text me this picture when she got home.

Thankfully I had the forethought to make my pole a 2 piece break away design so I don't have to dig another hole.
And I might be able to reuse the pole with some braces.

Just yesterday I passed a combine with a header that was as wide as both lanes and one shoulder.
NOTE TO FARMERS: TAKE YOUR HEADERS AND WIDE IMPLEMENTS OFF WHEN DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. AND WHEN YOU HIT SOMETHING LEAVE YOUR CONTACT INFO OR PAYMENT FOR THE DAMAGE.

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[3fifty7]

We trailer if at all possible. The liability is far to great not to, but I see way to many of my neighbors who are in too much of a hurry. It has cost some already.

 

[Gus McCrae]

 

[SamNavy]

Another good reason to get a CCTV system that covers the property as much as you can afford.

 

[Nomad.2nd]

That song pissed me off enough to stop listening to that a-hole's music...

NOT THEIR ROAD!!!!

 

[LACamper]

Next time set a thick walled steel pipe in concrete, then add a thin wood veneer... you won't have that problem twice.

 

[charlie12]

Next time set a thick walled steel pipe in concrete, then add a thin wood veneer... you won't have that problem twice.

What would your liability be when somebody hit it and got killed or injured?

 

[wfarrell1]

What would your liability be when somebody hit it and got killed or injured?

I would assume none, considering they lost ability some how to stay on the legal driving lane and hit something off the road..... I am not a lawyer or anything so I could be wrong, but I did stay at a holiday inn last night. (Disclaimer: Not responsible for any problems caused by my shotty legal advice)

 

[cookiemonster]

This has always bothered me about this song. He's the son of a third generation farmer, and he's been married ten years to the farmers daughter. Wtf. He married his sister?

 

[brfd557]

What would your liability be when somebody hit it and got killed or injured?

IIRC that happened when I was a kid here in BR except he had filled his garbage cans with concrete and he lost bigtime! I could very well be wrong but I believe I remember my dad talking to me about it.

 

[OneStory]

The previous owner must have set that pipe..,

 

[LACamper]

Its just a sturdy mail box post. You didn't put it in the lane of travel, its on your property. Maybe you're afraid a car is going to end up in your living room and hurt someone?

 

[whitsend]

I was talking to a neighbor today and there is a guy around me that put in a 8"-10" pipe 6' deep and filled it with concrete.
That made the tractor drivers pay real close attention to where the mailbox was.
But he lives on a parish road and I live on a US highway with lots of 55 mph + traffic. I don't want to risk the liability.

 

[whitsend]

We trailer if at all possible. The liability is far to great not to, but I see way to many of my neighbors who are in too much of a hurry. It has cost some already.

Thank you.
I thought of you when I posted this, and figured/hoped you would think like this.
My FIL works for a big farmer in Tensas Parish and just a few week ago was told to just drive the combine to the next field with the header on. Two other hand did but he took his header off anyway.
I appreciate thoughtful people, they are a rare commodity.