Thread: 2017 Fall Harvest

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One of the fields was so long, and it had a creek that divided it. We started it on a Friday and Saturday mid morning we moved to the other side. I was headed to town when they moved the combines. I drove my truck the nw route to the other side of the field. When I took my first load to town I got to this bridge with that 25 ton sign. It freaked me out but I went across anyway. I figured here goes nothing. The sign had to be wrong. The road to the north we were on has 2 bridges and both of those had no weight signage, and were way sketchier. But that sign had me freaked out none the less. Haha

The last pic is of a 4850 I saw coming and going to the New Sharon Coop one Saturday. My friends had one on their dairy farm I ran a lot and ever since I've wanted one. My big plans were to get one and stick a snow blower on it. I put many hours of a 4850 chopping corn, pulling a disc, wagon, or who knows what else. :LOL:

Originally Posted by 40FordDeluxe

When I took my first load to town I got to this bridge with that 25 ton sign. It freaked me out but I went across anyway. I figured here goes nothing. The sign had to be wrong. The road to the north we were on has 2 bridges and both of those had no weight signage, and were way sketchier. But that sign had me freaked out none the less. Haha

Safety factors back in the day were about 2 on reinforced concrete bridges, which may or may not be right for THAT bridge. However, you proved that it was at least 32 tons, so there's that.