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<blockquote data-quote="Cab-over Pete" data-source="post: 1678664" data-attributes="member: 416"><p>I used to be part of a silage gang years ago. A chap was telling me about a big customer they had with grass spread far and wide. He timed himself one day on a block several miles from the farm. If he went steady it took him whatever time, and if he caned the hell out of the tractor he could knock minute 15 seconds off the run. The round trip took 40 minutes at a steady pace. He reckoned if they all did a 12 hr chopping day and accounted for a lunch stop, he could do 16 loads a day. Thrashing about all day would mean he could just about squeeze another load in on the day. However, unless every driver on the team thrashed about like a d**kh**d all day long, all it meant was that he got to the field only to have to wait for the previous trailer to be filled........and everyone else would think he was a nob. That thrashing around minute saved would often be lost by the chopper moving fields, the metal detector stopping progress, chopper man needing a leak, etc, etc</p><p></p><p>If there's not enough trailers on the job and the chopper is waiting, that's not the trailer drivers fault. It's better to be late than in jail.</p><p></p><p>The chap I worked for had a reputation for cracking on well, but he always said to me to drive to the limit I felt safe at. He was a great bloke to work for and as long as we had a good steady day he was happy.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cab-over Pete, post: 1678664, member: 416"] I used to be part of a silage gang years ago. A chap was telling me about a big customer they had with grass spread far and wide. He timed himself one day on a block several miles from the farm. If he went steady it took him whatever time, and if he caned the hell out of the tractor he could knock minute 15 seconds off the run. The round trip took 40 minutes at a steady pace. He reckoned if they all did a 12 hr chopping day and accounted for a lunch stop, he could do 16 loads a day. Thrashing about all day would mean he could just about squeeze another load in on the day. However, unless every driver on the team thrashed about like a d**kh**d all day long, all it meant was that he got to the field only to have to wait for the previous trailer to be filled........and everyone else would think he was a nob. That thrashing around minute saved would often be lost by the chopper moving fields, the metal detector stopping progress, chopper man needing a leak, etc, etc If there's not enough trailers on the job and the chopper is waiting, that's not the trailer drivers fault. It's better to be late than in jail. The chap I worked for had a reputation for cracking on well, but he always said to me to drive to the limit I felt safe at. He was a great bloke to work for and as long as we had a good steady day he was happy. [/QUOTE]
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