Waiting for the traffic light

jeffcat · Nov 11, 2015

Saw this a couple of days ago in south jersey. They were transferring this combine from their other store. It was very cloudy so this shot isn't too bad. Man was this baby big. Think any traffic would argue with him?

ray hofstetter · Nov 11, 2015

My cousin did that last month, drove through downtown headed to a field north of town. Cops really gave him a hard time, but couldn't do anything since he had his SMV sign on the back.

fixerupper · Nov 11, 2015

I doubt if anyone will bully him. It would be fun to see him come up behind a chronic tailgater and stop with the feeder house over the trunk.

notjustair · Nov 11, 2015

Boy, that makes my 9500 seem like an '81 Ford Tempo. Above all, anything that looks at all remotely mechanical must be covered by a panel that will gather dust and chaff along the bottom lip. I learned very quickly - hit the latch on the side covers and take off running. Unless you were already itchy and headed to the shower, of course.

Jim Naden · Nov 11, 2015

(quoted from post at 18:03:24 11/11/15) Boy, that makes my 9500 seem like an '[b:2abf286da8]81 Ford Tempo.[/b:2abf286da8] Above all, anything that looks at all remotely mechanical must be covered by a panel that will gather dust and chaff along the bottom lip. I learned very quickly - hit the latch on the side covers and take off running. Unless you were already itchy and headed to the shower, of course.

The Tempo was first produced for the 1984 model year.

Jim in MN · Nov 12, 2015

Back in the day a 7720 looked huge to me. Now they look like a toy when parked next to a new one. Same thing with the grain carts...everything has been super-sized.

jeffcat · Nov 12, 2015

With those duals on the front this guy took a FULL two lanes. Aka from the yellow line to the dirt on the edge of the shoulder. I think he did have a SMV on the back but he was really buzzing down the road!

rustyfarmall · Nov 12, 2015

"Think any traffic would argue with him?"

Yes, they will. I have transported machinery that easily requires more than one lane of the highway. Even with flashing lights, red flags and anything else you can think of, there are quite a few drivers who cannot see any further than about 2 feet in front of the hood of their car. It can get to be really interesting very quickly more often than you would think.

jeffcat · Nov 12, 2015

I will agree with you cause there are just so many idiots out there. BUTTTT I did get cut off buy some idiot in a service truck a few years ago and he ticked the bumper on the car in front of me. He was in for a real shock after I reported him to his Owner/ manager of the company. I knew the owner. Trouble is there is never a cop around when you need one. I am sure in your area there are farm people who will pull over now and then and let people pass and then there are the real ah farm people, hired hands, or transport drivers who just do not give a c***** about anything and would drive down the middle of the hi way so they don't get the tires muddy. This combine was on the road for every bit of 30 miles between the two shops.

rustyfarmall · Nov 12, 2015

(quoted from post at 10:30:08 11/12/15) I will agree with you cause there are just so many idiots out there. BUTTTT I did get cut off buy some idiot in a service truck a few years ago and he ticked the bumper on the car in front of me. He was in for a real shock after I reported him to his Owner/ manager of the company. I knew the owner. Trouble is there is never a cop around when you need one. I am sure in your area there are farm people who will pull over now and then and let people pass and then there are the real ah farm people, hired hands, or transport drivers who just do not give a c***** about anything and would drive down the middle of the hi way so they don't get the tires muddy. This combine was on the road for every bit of 30 miles between the two shops.

Try transporting a 100' grain auger for about 80 miles, or a disc that is 18' wide folded up, for about 120 miles. I have no desire to ever do that stuff again. For those who are wondering, yes, it is completely legal to transport agricultural equipment that is overwidth, and over length on the public roadways. Interstate highways excluded.

fixerupper · Nov 12, 2015

The guys I work with in the fall have a Lexion 590, the biggest combine made until Deere caught up with them. Last fall when we were in corn I was sitting on the end rows in a truck waiting for the grain cart. While sitting there I was watching a Gleaner F2 harvesting a test plot in this same field we were in and comparing it to the 590 with a 12 row head the Gleaner looked like a little toy. It doesn't seem too long ago when F2's were fairly common in these parts.

Yesterday that Lexion poked a hole in a $6000 grain cart tire with a corn head snoot. Ouch!

oc-18guy · Nov 12, 2015

not the biggest one but close, I think it says s680,s690 is the BIGGEST. still a big brute nonetheless!

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