Down on the Farm
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The bridge pictures reminded me of the rural bridge paranoia I had while driving my dad’s fuel delivery truck decades ago on rural deliveries. Couldn’t take certain routes with old bridges with a full load on but could cross them empty. Crossing the old Quaker Mill bridge (old bowstring style with a wood deck) near Manchester was not something I liked doing even empty. That and the early spring question of "Is that road really passable with a full load on?"
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I'm guessing that bridge was never designed to handle that amount of weight. Back when that bridge was built farm equipment was a lot smaller.
I bet the whole rig weighs close to 37 - 40 tons.
Same here with my grandpa. My cousin on the other hand was driving a tractor in elementary school...
It's a lot different now then it was back when I was a kid. I was running vehicles back and forth between farms when I was 11. That included trucks, cars, tractors pulling wagons, manure spreaders, feed grinder, combine. I can't imagine my 14 yr old doing that today.
Hubby was driving a tractor in the fields before he was tall enough to reach the pedals sitting down...maybe 8, 10 years old. No way would that happen with the modern stuff. I'm not sure I'M tall enough to drive the modern rigs sitting down! 
Its just for fun. I've seen this before in a slide show before extension meetings start.
And the bridges thing is absolutely true. Those weight requirements are not a suggestion.
Hubby was driving a tractor in the fields before he was tall enough to reach the pedals sitting down...maybe 8, 10 years old. No way would that happen with the modern stuff. I'm not sure I'M tall enough to drive the modern rigs sitting down!
Probably not, the controls are designed to fit the middle 80% of the male population. If the room is available you expand the design to fit the middle 90% of the male population.
Is is that how it works? Do they have to pay to replace it? Or just pay a fine and the bridge gets funded with state road funds?
Aww, don't worry, KC, the aftermarket industry has you covered:
Aw, geeee...Thanks, zeros! Always thinking of the little people!
I tried a set-up like that in a car once...probably the most awkward design ever. No feeling of control through your feet; think really really squishy brakes...
I stand corrected, picture I saw earlier had 6 ton posting written on it - it is 10 ton - 15 ton - 18 ton. Setup still way overweight.
Here is an article about the Guthrie County bridge:
http://www.guthriecentertimes.com/news/article_a95f46f2-c6f8-11e3-92f6-0019bb2963f4.html
Here is an article about the Guthrie County bridge:
http://www.guthriecentertimes.com/news/article_a95f46f2-c6f8-11e3-92f6-0019bb2963f4.html
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